Lindsay Goldberg’s Acquisition of VDM Group from ThyssenKrupp
April 21, 2015
On April 17, 2015, ThyssenKrupp AG, a diversified industrial group, announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its alloy unit VDM Group to Lindsay Goldberg LLC. Cravath is acting as U.S. counsel to Lindsay Goldberg in connection with this transaction, which is subject to board and regulatory approvals. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Cravath team was led by partners Richard Hall and Andrew R. Thompson and included associate Kyle C. Harmon on M&A matters; partner Tatiana Lapushchik on banking matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II on tax matters; associate Matthew Cantor on executive compensation and benefits matters; and senior attorney Annmarie M. Terraciano on environmental matters. Maria Rita Sobral also worked on M&A matters, Andrew T. Davis and June Hwang also worked on tax matters and Daniel P. Herrmann also worked on executive compensation and benefits matters.
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