Dentons advised Italian manufacturer SAES Getters on a complex, US$40 million joint venture deal with US-based Polyera Corporation and Polyera Taiwan Corporation Limited. The transaction included a cash investment and contribution of intellectual property in Europe, the US and Asia. The joint venture entity will manufacture flexible organic transistors that will enable a variety of innovative applications for display screens.

A cross-border Dentons team advised SAES Getters across three continents. The engagement stemmed from an introduction made by Partner Sara Biglieri in Milan. Senior Counsel Francesca Prati (Milan) coordinated the cross-border and Italian law aspects of the transaction, while Partner Duccio Mortillaro (Los Angeles) and Associate Alison Caverly (Chicago) advised on US law, and Partner Tzutien Huang (Taipei) advised on Taiwanese law.

SAES Getters is an advanced functional material company, which conceives and produces new materials with special characteristics for application in electronics, domotics, automobiles, particle accelerators, gas purification and other areas. Polyera is focused on the research, development and manufacture of next-generation flexible electronics.