M&A team advises FW Murphy Production Controls in its sale to Dover Corporation
United States | Press release - Business | October 2023
A team of corporate lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright’s Texas offices advised FW Murphy Production Controls, a subsidiary of privately-owned Genisys Controls LLC, in its sale to Dover Corporation. Following the closing of the transaction, FW Murphy will become part of the Dover Precision Components operating unit within Dover’s Pumps & Process Solutions segment.
Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Rosenberg, Texas, FW Murphy is a leading provider of control, remote monitoring, digital-twin-based predictive maintenance, and adaptive performance optimization components, solutions and instrumentation for reciprocating compressors and associated drive systems. FW Murphy’s solutions are used in natural gas production, transportation and industrial use markets, as well as in emerging hydrogen and carbon capture applications.
Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of more than US$8 billion. With more than 25,000 employees, Dover Corporation delivers innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies.
Norton Rose Fulbright’s team was led by Daryl L. Lansdale (San Antonio/Austin) and Bryan Caleb Wittman (San Antonio) and included Cassidy Tennyson and Olivia Law Sone (Dallas). Additional legal support was provided by Todd Schroeder and Alexander Clark (Dallas) on tax, Amanda Wait and Andrew Eklund (Washington, DC) on antitrust and Katie Van Dyk (Austin) on real estate.
Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Rosenberg, Texas, FW Murphy is a leading provider of control, remote monitoring, digital-twin-based predictive maintenance, and adaptive performance optimization components, solutions and instrumentation for reciprocating compressors and associated drive systems. FW Murphy’s solutions are used in natural gas production, transportation and industrial use markets, as well as in emerging hydrogen and carbon capture applications.
Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of more than US$8 billion. With more than 25,000 employees, Dover Corporation delivers innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies.
Norton Rose Fulbright’s team was led by Daryl L. Lansdale (San Antonio/Austin) and Bryan Caleb Wittman (San Antonio) and included Cassidy Tennyson and Olivia Law Sone (Dallas). Additional legal support was provided by Todd Schroeder and Alexander Clark (Dallas) on tax, Amanda Wait and Andrew Eklund (Washington, DC) on antitrust and Katie Van Dyk (Austin) on real estate.
