Global law firm Clifford Chance is advising Spectris plc, the expert in providing insight through precision measurement, in its agreement to acquire SciAps, a Boston-based instrumentation company specializing in handheld portable analytical instruments.

The recently announced transaction is subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals, with closing expected to take place later this year.

The cross-border, multi-practice Clifford Chance team is being led by M&A partners Benjamin Sibbett and Cephas Sekhar. They are being assisted by M&A associates Katerina Papacosma, Vicki Ye, Jake Makar, William Wilcox and Shuhan Liu. Other lawyers working on the matter include:

• Tax: partner Philip Wagman and associate Joshua Thomas;
• Executive compensation and employment: partner Howard Adler and associate David Walsh;
• Intellectual property: counsel Daryl Fairbairn;
• Regulatory: partners Megan Gordon and Renee Latour, counsel Catherine Ennis and Jacqueline Landells, and associates Brian Yin, Holly Bauer and David Harris;
• Insurance: counsel James Grayer
• Real estate: counsel Victoria Manthas and associate Anthony Norris; and
• Environmental: partner Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers and associate Kami McFarland.

Other team members include lawyers across Clifford Chance’s New York, Washington, DC, London, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf and Beijing offices.