14 November, 2018
L&L recently acted for and advised II-VI on its proposed acquisition of Finisar, to be implemented by way of merger in a total deal size of approximately USD 3.2 billion.
Both II-VI and Finisar are US publicly-traded corporations.
The transaction is a strategic combination expected to drive significant value creation through increased scale, broadened technological base, complementary product roadmaps, and leadership positions in fast-growing markets.
The combination of II-VI and Finisar would unite two innovative, industry leaders with complementary capabilities and cultures to form a formidable industry leading photonics and compound semiconductor company capable of serving the broad set of fast-growing markets of communications, consumer electronics, military, industrial processing lasers, automotive semiconductor equipment and life sciences
The L&L team was headed by Senior Partner Mohit Saraf & Partner Vikrant Kumar.