Noerr advises Truck-Lite on the sale of FER to the Chinese Boao group

Noerr has advised the US group Truck-Lite on the sale of its German company FER to the Chinese Boao group.

FER, Eisenach, is a leading Tier I / Tier II supplier of interior and exterior lighting products for light vehicles. The company primarily serves leading European OEMs and has over 400 employees. FER now trades under the name Rebo Lighting & Electronics.

Truck-Lite is headquarterd in Falconer, New York, and operates manufacturing facilities in the US, England and Mexico. It is a major producer of safety lighting, forward lighting, wiring harnesses, mirrors, turn signal switches and safety accessories to the commercial vehicle industries. Boao, based in Chongqing, China, is a leading supplier of LED lighting systems, electronic sensors, printed circuit boards, and controllers to automotive original equipment manufacturers.

Noerr partners Dominik Rompza, Tibor Fedke and Stefan Schwab advised Truck-Lite on the sale process. They regularly advise clients on complex cross-border transactions.

Advisors to Truck-Lite Co., LLC: Noerr LLP

Dominik Rompza (Private Equity), Dr Tibor Fedke (Corporate/M&A, joint team lead), Dr Stefan Schwab (Employment Law), Dr Bärbel Sachs (Foreign Trade Law), Dr Torsten Kraul (IP/IT Law), Dr Clemens Schönemann (Real Estate), Peter Stauber (Antitrust Law, all Berlin)

Associates: Florian-Felix Marquardt (Tax), Dr Thorsten Becker (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Katrin Lütgenau, Fabian Witt (both Corporate/M&A, all Berlin), Dr Yifan Zhu (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt)