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2 May 2025
The Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited, a leading company in the manufacture of writing instruments, has announced that it has reached an agreement with C. Josef Lamy GmbH, headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, to acquire all the shares of Lamy and the LAMY brand and make it a wholly-owned subsidiary. LAMY stands worldwide for high-quality designer writing instruments.
Mitsubishi Pencil was founded in Japan in 1887 and today employs more than 2,700 people worldwide. The company has 22 international sales offices and operates 11 production facilities.
Hengeler Mueller has advised Mitsubishi Pencil on the transaction together with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Japan).
Hengeler Mueller-Team for Mitsubishi Pencil
M&A: Annika Clauss, Frank Burmeister (both lead, both partners), Caspar Conzen, Niklas Lewicki, Laura Rothmann, Guglielmo Ziani (all associates, all Frankfurt),
Antitrust/Regulatory: Vera Jungkind (partner, Dusseldorf), Christian Dankerl (counsel, Brussels), Thomas Kosmider (Dusseldorf), Lino Völzke (Brussels, both associates),
Tax: Markus Ernst (partner, Munich), Sebastian Adam (Frankfurt), Julia Gramer (Munich, both associates),
Employment: Christian Hoefs (partner), Andreas Kaletsch (associate, both Frankfurt),
IP: Matthias Rothkopf (counsel), Kira Fritsche (associate, both Dusseldorf),
Real Estate:Talbot Zander, Jean Friedrich Härtelt (both associates, both Frankfurt).
