中伦助力美卓收购塞尔姆达成协议

Metso Corporation (“ Metso ”) recently announced that it reached an agreement with Chinese company SELM (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“ SELM ”) to acquire the latter’s screening business, operations, and key assets. This acquisition is subject to certain conditions precedent and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025.

美卓是为全球骨料、矿物加工与金属冶炼行业提供可持续技术、系统解决方案和服务的先行者。美卓总部位于芬兰，在赫尔辛基纳斯达克上市。美卓在近50个国家拥有17,000多名员工，2023年销售额约54亿欧元。美卓正在中国投资以扩展其筛分解决方案，通过本次收购将塞尔姆的业务与美卓在筛分设备、筛网、维修和服务方面的专业知识相结合，美卓能够加强其服务能力，更好地支持中国矿山与骨料行业的客户。

Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing, and metals refining industries globally. Metso is headquartered in Finland, and listed on the Nasdaq and Helsinki. With more than 17,000 employees across nearly 50 countries, Metso reported sales of approximately EUR 5.4 billion in 2023. Metso is investing in China to expand its screening solutions. By integrating SELM’s business with Metso’s expertise in screening equipment, screens, maintenance, and services through this acquisition, Metso will be able to enhance its service capabilities and better support customers in China’s mining and aggregates industries.

中伦律师事务所在本次收购中作为美卓的法律顾问，为其提供了包括尽职调查，交易架构设计，交易文件起草、审阅及修改，交易谈判，并协助签约等各项法律服务。本项目由高级顾问 陈晓飞 负责和主办，项目组成员包括 吕威 、 许茜 、 崔北媞 、 孙治邦 、 王钰 、 刘天枢 等。此外，合伙人 赵刚 、 刘用印 和非权益合伙人 张洪来 亦为本项目提供了知识产权等相关专业建议和支持。

Zhong Lun Law Firm, as legal advisor to Metso in the acquisition, provided full-package legal services which encompassed legal due diligence, transaction structure design, transaction documents drafting, reviewing, and revision, as well as assistance with negotiation and execution of transaction documents. The project was led and managed by Senior Counsel Sophie Chen . The team members included Winnie Lv , Qian Xu , Beiti Cui , Zhibang Sun , Yu Wang , and Tianshu Liu , among others. Partners Gang Zhao and Yongyin Liu and non-equity partner Honglai Zhang also provided professional advice on and support for intellectual property rights and other related matters.