DLA Piper advised MANN+HUMMEL with its strategic investment in M-Filter Group

MANN+HUMMEL Group is expanding its Northern and Eastern Europe presence by investing in Finnish filtration company M-Filter. DLA Piper represented MANN+HUMMEL in the transaction. 

MANN+HUMMEL is a leading global company in filtration technology. Under its two business units Transportation and Life Sciences & Environment, the German-based Group develops intelligent filtration and separation solutions that enable cleaner mobility, cleaner air and cleaner water. In 2021, over 23 000 employees at more than 80 locations generated a turnover of €4.2 billion. 

M-Filter Group is one of the largest filter manufacturing companies in Northern and Eastern Europe with several production facilities in Finland and Lithuania.  

“The DLA Piper team advised us in all legal aspects relating to the investment including coordination of the legal stream in the Baltics. Our cooperation with DLA Piper in this multijurisdictional transaction was smooth, practical and business minded. With M-Filter, we will open new strategic business areas in Scandinavia and in the Baltics”, says Group General Counsel Gunnar Skoeries at MANN+HUMMEL Group. 

The DLA Piper team led by partner Matti Ylä-Mononen comprised Essi Lavikkala, Aleksi Jounela, Vera Pallasvesa, Antto Oksanen, Sanna Rautio, Tuukka Toropainen, Mika Oinonen and Auriina Holck from DLA Piper in Finland and Tatiana Marzoli from DLA Piper in Germany.