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Our industrial experience covers a wide range of business areas where there has been and is currently a considerable impetus for consolidation and merger activity generally.  Our industrials group covers the following businesses:

  • aerospace and defence - aerospace suppliers, defence equipment manufacturers and aircraft manufacturers

  • automotive - automotive OEMs and auto parts suppliers

  • building materials and construction - manufacturers of light and heavy building material and construction and building companies

  • chemicals - manufacturers of commodity chemicals, speciality chemicals, fine chemicals and biotech products and agricultural chemicals

  • electronics and engineering - manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipment, multi-industry companies and manufacturers of all types of electronic and electrical controls, machinery and instrumentation

  • metals and mining - mining companies and producers and distributors of all ranges of metal

  • paper and packaging - paper manufacturers and paper merchants and producers of all types of plastic and paper packaging

  • project management - project management companies and providers of outsourced services

  • transport and logistics - ship owners and operators, airlines, rail operators, railroads and logistic companies
Lovells has acted on major transactions in the above sector for many years.  We have lawyers in key jurisdictions throughout the world who focus on specific sub-sectors within the above list and consequently have a detailed knowledge of the relevant sub-sectors and the issues facing our clients. 

Our expertise in cross-border transactions, which is based on the integrated, high level of service available throughout our network of offices, together with our solution-driven approach to project managing and implementing transactions, ensures that we provide a highly professional value added service to our clients which is aimed at enabling them to reach their goals wherever possible.

Our experience includes advising leading players in the relevant industries.  This experience together with the strength and depth of our capabilities in all the main financial centres in Europe and Asia enables us to provide an exceptional level of service to our clients in these sectors.