SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz advises the shareholders of ROFA Industrial Automation AG on the sale to SPIE

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, led by partners Prof. Dr. Jochem Reichert and Jan Friedrichson, advised the shareholders of ROFA Industrial Automation AG on the sale of the ROFA Group to the listed SPIE Group.

By acquiring ROFA Industrial Automation AG (ROFA), headquartered in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, and a leading provider of industrial services in Germany, SPIE intends to strengthen its strategic position in the German industrial services market. The transaction remains subject to antitrust approval.

ROFA primarily delivers turnkey solutions across factory automation as well as warehouse and logistics automation. Its service portfolio covers the full project lifecycle, from consulting and software/hardware engineering to manufacturing, commissioning, and after-sales services.

With more than 1,200 employees, ROFA generated global revenues of approximately EUR 430 million in 2025, together with its various domestic and international subsidiaries. Founded in 1967, ROFA has developed from a regional provider of conveyor technology into an internationally active system integrator, supporting predominantly German clients worldwide, particularly in the logistics, automotive, food, retail, and healthcare sectors.

The SPIE Group is a listed European market leader for multi-technical services in the energy and communications sectors. With approximately 55,000 employees worldwide, SPIE generated consolidated revenues of EUR 9.9 billion in 2024.

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz acted as lead legal advisor to the sellers and, in this capacity, managed and coordinated the entire legal side of the transaction process across all relevant jurisdictions, including local legal counsels in China, Austria, Hungary, Romania, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States.

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz:

Prof. Dr. Jochem Reichert (Co-Lead, Corporate/M&A, Mannheim/Frankfurt), Jan Friedrichson (Co-Lead, M&A/Corporate, Mannheim/Munich), Dr. Christoph Kiegler (Tax, Mannheim), Dr. Stephanie Birmanns (Competition/Foreign Trade, Brussels), Dr. André Reinhard (Employment, Mannheim), Dr. Michael M. Cohen (M&A/Corporate, Frankfurt), Dr. Maria Held (Competition/Foreign Trade, Munich), Alexander Stolz, LL.M. (Dresden/Exeter) (IP/Data Protection, Mannheim), Dr. Steffen Henn (IP/Data Protection, Mannheim, Mannheim), Julian Weidlich (M&A/Corporate, Mannheim), Dr. Jakob Groh, LL.M. (Northwestern) (Corporate, Mannheim), Dr. Till Kotterer-Rädecke (Corporate/Finance, Mannheim), Dr. Christoph Wenzel (Corporate/M&A, Munich), Dr. Svenja Huemer, M.A. (Business), LL.B. (Competition/Foreign Trade, Mannheim), Hannah Bräunche (IP/Commercial, Mannheim), Nikolai Kühner (Tax, Mannheim), Tabea Prskawetz (Employment, Mannheim).

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