P+P advised Norican Global on the acquisition of Light Metal Casting Solutions Group

Funds managed by AUCTUS Capital Partners ("Auctus Funds") have sold their shares in Light Metal Casting Solutions Group ("LMCS") to Norican Global A/S ("Norican"). Majority shareholder of Norican are private equity funds managed by Altor Equity Partners.

LMCS is a group of leading manufacturers of production facilities and service providers for the light metal industry that process aluminum, magnesium and zinc alloys. The core brands include StrikoWestofen, ItalPresse and Gauss.

Norican Holding is the leading worldwide provider for metal forming and valorization. The core brands include DISA and Wheelabrator.

Since its formation, the Altor Funds family has secured EUR 5.8 bn in commitments. Their funds have invested more than EUR 3.1 bn in more than 40 companies, with a focus on midsize Nordic companies.

P+P Pöllath + Partners advised Norican and private equity fund Altor on all legal aspects of the transaction with the following team:

• Dr. Frank Thiäner (partner, lead, M&A/private equity, Munich)
• Tobias Jäger (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
• Dr. Jens Linde (counsel, financing, Frankfurt)
• Daniel Wiedmann (counsel, antitrust law, Frankfurt)
• Dr. Tim Junginger (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
• Pascal Köstner (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
• Andreas Kühnert (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
• Benjamin Maciejewski (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)

AFR Aigner Fischer (Munich) advised Auctus Fonds with the following team:

• Florian Aigner (partner, lead, M&A, corporate)
• Gabor Mues (partner, financing)
• Matthias Heilmeier (senior associate, M&A, all Munich)