Ashurst LLP has advised Charterhouse and Mirion Technologies, Inc., on the acquisition of Canberra, a subsidiary of the French nuclear group Areva.

Mirion Technologies, which is controlled by funds managed by Charterhouse Capital Partners, is a global provider of radiation detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring products and services to the nuclear, defence and medical markets.

Canberra specialises in the production of nuclear measurement instruments.

The choice of purchaser was announced by Areva on 24th December 2015.

The transaction is expected to be finalised by the end of 2016.

The Ashurst LLP Paris team was led by corporate partner, Yann Gozal. The team also comprised corporate associates, Margaux Bognon-Küss and Joseph Gadenne, competition partner, Michaël Cousin and associate, Fanny Giroud, employment law counsel, Nataline Fleury and associate, Claire-Marie Hincelin.