Thermo Fisher Scientific $4.2 billion acquisition of FEI

Overview:

• Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired FEI in a $4.2 billion deal.
• Thermo Fisher is the world's largest manufacturer of scientific instruments.
• FEI designs microscope technology.
• The move by Thermo Fisher comes shortly after their January acquisition of genetic analysis company Affymetrix.
• Thermo Fisher obtained $6.5 billion in financing to fund the acquisition from a consortium of lenders, most notably JPMorgan.
• Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (Matthew Guest, Gregory Pessin) represented Thermo Fisher.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Larry Sonsini, Tony Jeffries, Mike Ringler) represented FEI.
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Patrick Ryan, Mark Brod, Ed Chung) advised JPMorgan and the consortium of lenders.

Kurt Stumpo - Journalist - North America and the Caribbean