The team was led by corporate partners David Higgins and Adrian Maguire in London and Florent Mazeron in Paris

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised The Carlyle Group, a leading private equity fund, on its $3.2bn acquisition of Atotech from Total S.A., the French integrated oil and gas company. Atotech is a chemicals business specialising in metallisation, panel plating and corrosion protection products.

Freshfields partner David Higgins commented: “We are delighted to have advised The Carlyle Group on the successful acquisition of Atotech. The international nature and complexity of the deal played to our strengths as a firm and we look forward to working with The Carlyle Group in the future”.

Freshfields partner Adrian Maguire also commented: “The fast-paced nature of the transaction required us to work closely with The Carlyle Group in order to complete the deal. We’re very happy to have had the opportunity to support The Carlyle Group on this deal”.  

The deal was coordinated across Freshfields’ global network, which displayed the strength of  its ‘one firm’ approach and enabled the team to deliver this high value deal for the client. The team was led by corporate partners David Higgins and Adrian Maguire in London and Florent Mazeron in Paris.