General Electric Company ("GE") has reached an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in Concept Laser GmbH. Concept Laser designs and manufactures powder bed-based laser additive manufacturing machines.

Hengeler Mueller advised GE on the transaction. The Hengeler Mueller team includes partners Maximilian Schiessl (Düsseldorf), Ulrich Blech (Berlin) (both Corporate/M&A), Wolfgang Kellenter (IP, Düsseldorf), Matthias Scheifele (Tax), Hendrik Bockenheimer (Labour) (both Frankfurt), Alf-Henrik Bischke (Competition) and Vera Jungkind (Regulatory) (both Düsseldorf), counsels Andrea Schlaffge and Patrick H. Wilkening (IP) (both Düsseldorf) as well as associates Jonas Brost, Marco Stempin (both Berlin), Philipp Esser, Marina Kederoglu, Ute König, Dennis Schlottmann, Marc Wetzig (all Düsseldorf), Isabel Rhode (Frankfurt) (all M&A), Benedikt Migdal (IP) (Düsseldorf), Marius Marx, Claudia Nees (both Tax, Frankfurt), Christian Häußer, Peter Wehner (both Labour, Frankfurt), Philipp Otto Neideck (Competition) and Philipp Cramer (Regulatory) (both Düsseldorf).