TriMas takes over GMT’s aerospace division

Düssel­dorf — Inter­na­tio­nal law firm Bird & Bird has advi­sed TriMas Corpo­ra­tion on the acqui­si­tion of the aero­space divi­sion of Gummi-Metall-Tech­­nik GmbH (GMT). With the acqui­si­tion, TriMas intends to expand its aero­space and defense offe­rings while streng­thening its rela­ti­onships with Euro­pean defense suppliers. 

TriMas Corpo­ra­tion is a diver­si­fied manu­fac­tu­rer of engi­nee­red products head­quar­te­red in Bloom­field Hills, Michi­gan (USA). The company serves various indus­tries world­wide and opera­tes in three segments: Pack­a­ging, Aero­space and Specialty Products. TriMas Aero­space specia­li­zes in the design and manu­fac­ture of highly engi­nee­red compon­ents for commer­cial aircraft manu­fac­tu­r­ers and the U.S. military. 

GMT is a leading manu­fac­tu­rer of vibra­tion damping compon­ents and systems and was foun­ded in 1968 in Bühl, Germany. The company offers inno­va­tive, high-perfor­­mance solu­ti­ons for various indus­tries, inclu­ding mecha­ni­cal engi­nee­ring, aero­space and rail vehic­les. GMT opera­tes world­wide with subsi­dia­ries and sales offices in seve­ral countries. 

Dr. Stefa­nie Orttmann (photo), lead part­ner on the tran­sac­tion, commen­ted: “We are deligh­ted to have been able to support TriMas in this tran­sac­tion. This deal is an exam­ple of Bird & Bird’s strong cross-border capa­bi­li­ties and in parti­cu­lar our close rela­ti­onships with US companies.”

Advi­sor TriMas Corpo­ra­tion: Bird & Bird 

Part­ner Dr. Stefa­nie Orttmann, LL.M. (lead) and asso­cia­tes Jan Medele, Henrike Camph­au­sen, Anna Klings­ei­sen, Felix Spind­ler, LL.M. and Moritz Wargalla, LL.M. (all Corpo­rate, Düssel­dorf), Part­ner Miriam Rich­ter, Asso­ciate Tom Jako­beit (both Commer­cial, Munich), Part­ner Lenn­art Schüß­ler, Coun­sel Lea Noemi Mackert, LL.M.Coun­sel Dr. Nils Lölfing, Asso­ciate Dr. Natal­lia Karni­ye­vich, Part­ner Dr. Matthias Lang (all Commer­cial, Düssel­dorf), Part­ner Ronald Hendrikx and Legal Direc­tor Anthony Rosen, Asso­ciate Teni­sha Cramer (all Commer­cial, London) as well as Part­ner Stéphane Leri­che (Commer­cial, Paris), Part­ner Dr. Stephan Wald­heim and Asso­cia­tes Tamy Tietze, Gitty Nary­many Shandy (all Anti­trust, Düssel­dorf) and Dr. Florian Hinde­rer (Anti­trust, Munich), Part­ner Dr. Phil­ipp Egler, LL.M. (Dispute Reso­lu­tion, Frank­furt), Part­ner Dr. Catha­rina Klumpp, LL.M., and asso­cia­tes Sebas­tian Bünte and Julia Neuper (all employ­ment law, Düssel­dorf), asso­ciate Stanis­lav Schmidt (finan­cing & finan­cial regu­la­tion, Frank­furt), part­ner Dr. Chris­to­pher Maier­hö­fer and asso­ciate Roksana Hoss­eini, LL.M. (both patent law, Munich), Part­ner Dr. Constan­tin Eikel and Asso­ciate Dr. Rick Wend­ler (both trade­mark law, Düssel­dorf), Coun­sel Jürgen Schlink­mann (real estate law, Munich), Part­ner Dr. Rolf Schmich, Coun­sel Michael Brüg­ge­mann and Asso­cia­tes Thomas Schmidt and Julian Stra­ßel (all tax law, Frankfurt). 

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