EMCORE Announces Merger with Velocity One, Establishing A Compelling New Player in the Aerospace and Defense Market

The deal, which is backed by private investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners, will result in EMCORE joining fellow aerospace component manufacturers Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. and Aerosphere Power as wholly owned subsidiaries of Velocity One through this take-private transaction, establishing the new company as an emerging force in the aerospace and defense industry. 

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The team advising EMCORE on the transaction was led by Corporate/M&A partners Jim Masetti and Drew Simon-Rooke. Other Pillsbury lawyers advising on the deal include Corporate/M&A counsel Brandon Eckford, and associates Jon Schreiber and Tess Beimler; Capital Markets partner Davina Kaile, special counsel Danielle de Zorzi and associate Chantele Karim; Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Colleen Lamarre; Intellectual Property partner David Jakopin; and Regulatory partners Ben Cote, Matt Rabinowitz and Aaron Ralph.