Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen and Dorda, working with Heuking and Wenger Vieli, have advised Inner Mongolia Mengtai Group on the acquisition of the Alu Menziken Group from Montana Aerospace.
The parties have not disclosed any financial details about the transaction. The transaction itself remains contingent on regulatory approval.
Mengtai Group is a privately owned Chinese group of companies with a main focus on energy generation and distribution, agriculture, and aluminum.
Alu Menziken is a manufacturer of lightweight components from aluminum, including solutions for e-battery systems, structural components, and crash management systems. The Alu Menziken Group consists of Alu Menziken Group, Reinach in Switzerland, Alu Menziken Euromotive, Ranshofen in Austria, Alu Menziken, Satu Mare in Romania, and Alu Menziken Germany, Dillingen in Germany.
Montana Aerospace is a highly vertically integrated manufacturer and supplier of system components and complex assemblies for the aerospace, e-mobility, and energy industries.
The NNDKP team included Partner Ruxandra Bologa, Managing Associates Mihai Fifoiu and Emanuel Flechea, and Associates Laurentiu Neacsu, Malina Trifu, and Raul Arama.
The Dorda team included Partners Martin Brodey, Florina Thenmayer, Magdalena Brandstetter, Nino Tlapak, and Bernhard Mueller, Counsels Andreas Seling and Magdalena Nitsche, Principal Associate Patricia Backhausen, and Associates Aleksandra Huebl-Langer, Julia Huber, Safiye Unuvar, Vivien Lux, Noah Hofer, Stefanie Dirnbauer, Sarah Gruber, and Dairine Sonnek.