Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised MICRODYN-NADIR, the water treatment business unit of global filtration leader MANN+HUMMEL on the acquisition of OLTREMARE, a leading European manufacturer of spiral-wound membrane elements. OLTREMARE, based in Fano, Italy, is known for both the production of custom and private-label spiral products and the distribution of reverse osmosis, ion exchange.

The acquisition will allow MICRODYN-NADIR to expand their wide range of membrane filtration products to provide even more product options to their global customer base. The addition of OLTREMARE expands MICRODYN-NADIR’s capability to provide customized products and solutions.

The international Norton Rose Fulbright team was led by Karsten Kühnle (partner, corporate/M&A, Frankfurt) and Marcello Ciampi (senior associate, corporate/M&A, Milan), and included partners Attilio Pavone, Arturo Sferruzza, Daniel Marschollek, Clemens Rübel, Christian Filippitsch, Tino Duttiné and Sheela Moorthy, of counsels Kai Krüger and Michael Wiedmann, senior associates Bernhard Fiedler and Max Seuster, and associates Giorgio Manca, Ginevra Biadico, Denis Dräger and Yi Jia Ng.

MANN+HUMMEL is a leading global expert for filtration solutions. The company group with its headquarters in Ludwigsburg, Germany, develops solutions for motor cars, industrial applications, clean air in interior spaces and the sustainable use of water. In 2016 the group achieved sales of approx. 3.5 billion euros worldwide with more than 20,000 employees at more than 80 locations.