Cross-practice team supports leading investor on the transaction

Munich, 28 October 2026 - Latham & Watkins LLP has advised Triton Partners (Triton) on the sale of the Trench Group, a globally active technology provider of high-voltage components and systems for power grids, to the energy company GE Vernova. The purchase price amounts to the equivalent of USD 9 billion.

Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected at the end of 2027.

Latham & Watkins had already advised Triton on the acquisition of Trench.

Advisors Latham & Watkins:
Dr. Rainer Traugott (Partner, Federführung), Jeremias Bura (beide München), Lara Stelmach (Frankfurt), Jakob Baldes (Düsseldorf), Nils Horst (Frankfurt), Thomas Sandt (München, alle Associates, alle Corporate), Dr. Max Hauser (Frankfurt), Philipp Studt, Carles Esteva Mosso (beide Brüssel), Jason Cruise, Lindsey Champlin (beide Washington, D.C.), Kyra Bromley (New York, alle Partner), Dr. Nils Bremer (Frankfurt), Yanyan Yang (Hongkong, beide Counsel), Konstantinos Beikos-Paschalis, Panos Kokkinidis, Eva Beyer Blumental (alle Brüssel), Dr. Jörn Christian Kramer (Düsseldorf), William Reed (New York), Nathaniel Amann (San Diego, alle Associates, alle Kartellrecht), Stefan Süss (Partner), Johannes Lieb (Associate, beide Tax, München), Dr. Susan Kempe-Müller (Partner), Karolin Borcherding (Associate, beide Corporate/IP, Frankfurt), Dr. Tobias Leder (Partner), Julian Traub (Associate, beide Arbeitsrecht, München), Joachim Grittmann (Partner), Maxim Glusdak (Associate, beide Regulatory, Frankfurt), Alexandra Hagelüken (Partner, Frankfurt), Anna-Maria Kuckerz (Hamburg), Verena Birke (Frankfurt, beide Associates, alle Banking & Private Credit), Sven Nickel (Counsel, Frankfurt), Sebastian von Hornung (Associate, München, beide Real Estate), Dr. Wolf-Tassilo Böhm (Counsel, Datenrecht, Frankfurt), Dr. Stefan Bartz (Counsel, Compliance, Hamburg)

This text was automatically translated from the German original.