White & Case LLP has advised IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche, and its subsidiary GIMA, on its acquisition of Komax Systems LCF and Komax Systems Rockford and a 76 percent holding in Komax Systems Malaysia, companies based in Switzerland, the United States and Malaysia  respectively.

IMA is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and tea and coffee. It has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1995.

The international White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Michael Immordino (Milan & London) and Arlene Hahn (New York), local partner Leonardo Graffi (Milan) and by associates Silvia Totti, Alessandro Picchi (both Milan), Jason Krause and Robin Heszkel (both New York).