Date: March 3, 2011
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone:
(612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com
For Immediate Release
Fredrikson & Byron Represents Eurofins Scientific SE in its
$200 Million Acquisition of Lancaster Laboratories, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN March 3, 2011 – – Fredrikson & Byron acted as legal counsel for Eurofins Scientific SE in its agreement to acquire Lancaster Laboratories, Inc. (Lancaster, PA, USA) from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA). The acquisition is for approximately US$200m, subject to post-closing adjustments. Attorney Steve Dickinson led the legal team, which also included Fredrikson attorneys Barbara Müller and Amber Brown.
Read the Eurofins Scientific press release.
About Eurofins Scientific SE (Paris: EUFI.PA): Eurofins Scientific is a life sciences company operating internationally to provide a comprehensive range of analytical testing services to clients from a wide range of industries including the pharmaceutical, food and environmental sectors. With 8,000 staff in more than 150 laboratories across 30 countries, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 40,000 reliable analytical methods for evaluating the authenticity, origin, safety, identity, composition and purity of biological substances and products. The Group is committed to providing its customers with high quality services, accurate results in time and, if requested, expert advice by its highly qualified staff.
For further information please contact Investor Relations at +32-2-769 7383 or at ir@eurofins.com.
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