Morrison Foerster advised Crest Group (“Crest”), a global industrial technology manufacturer, on its acquisition of Dukane, a global manufacturer of advanced ultrasonic solutions and plastic joining technologies. Crest is backed by Stellex Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm.
Crest is a leading manufacturer of ultrasonic cleaning and welding solutions. Dukane specializes in the design and production of highly engineered, automation-enabling plastic bonding and cutting solutions for mission-critical manufacturing applications. The acquisition reflects Crest’s continued commitment to strategically expand its platform and provide customers with a broad array of solutions.
The MoFo team advising Crest was led by M&A partners James Lee and Leo Martin and corporate associates Hannah Yang, Jacob Robart and Courtney Henf. The wider team included tax partner Richard Nugent; executive compensation and benefits partners Rachel Faye Smith and Crescent Moran Chasteen, of counsel Jennifer Miani and associate Arton Falahati; technology transactions partner Anthony Ramirez and associate Addison Yang; intellectual property partners Anita Choi, Josh Crawford, and Wolfgang Schönig and of counsel Shunji Fukasaka; Germany tax partner Jens-Uwe Hinder; Germany corporate/M&A counsel Julian Gebauer; Germany employment + labor partner Hanno Timner; and environmental partner Bill Tarantino.
The MoFo team advising Crest on finance matters was led by finance partners Dario Avram, Michael Vernace, Jake Burne, and Jennifer Seipelt.
Read Crest’s press release.
