Foley conseille Knowles Corporation dans l'acquisition de Cornell Dubilier

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal adviser to Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN) (Knowles), a leading global supplier of high performance components and solutions, including ceramic capacitors and radio frequency (RF) filters, advanced medtech microphones, balanced armature speakers, and audio solutions, in entering a definitive agreement to acquire Cornell Dubilier, a technology leader and manufacturer of high-quality film, electrolytic, and mica capacitors used in demanding medtech, military, aerospace, and industrial electrification applications.

Knowles is a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones and balanced armature speakers, audio solutions, and high-performance capacitors and RF products, serving the consumer electronics, medtech, defense, electric vehicle, industrial, and communications markets. Knowles’ focus on the customer, combined with unique technology, proprietary manufacturing techniques, and global operational expertise, enables it to deliver innovative solutions across multiple applications.

The Foley deal team was led by partner Kevin Schulz and associates Eric Lauria-Banta and Austin Kissinger and included support from partners Sarah Slack, Alan Rutenberg, Christopher Swift, Carmen Decot, Amy Ciepluch, Christopher King, John Palmer, Jennifer Urban, and Erin Toomey, senior counsels Daniel Pieringer, Jordan Bergmann, and Samuel Goldstick, of counsel Sophie Lignier, foreign legal consultant Andres Alvarez-Cordero, and associates Katie Plachta, Hillary Vedvig, Richard Flannery, and Parker White, among others.