Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Pan-European private equity firm Astorg on entry into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of a majority stake in Lebronze alloys in partnership with Michel Dumont, who will remain a significant shareholder and Executive Chairman of the Board.
Definitive agreements for the acquisition will be entered into after consultation with employee representative bodies. The transaction will be subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the coming months.
Lebronze alloys manufactures semi-finished and finished products in technical high-performance copper and nickel alloys.
The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partner Diane Lamarche (Paris) and included partners Raphaël Richard, Neeloferr Roy, Estelle Philippi, Alexandre Jaurett, Orion Berg, Kami Haeri, Clara Hainsdorf, Franck Peter, Yann Utzschneider (all Paris), Philip Ou (Silicon Valley), Hendrik Röger (Hamburg), Bodo Bender (Frankfurt), Thilo-Maximilian Wienke (Düsseldorf), Farhad Jalinous (Washington, DC) and Jessica Kemp (London), local partner Alisa Preissler (Frankfurt), counsel Jean-Guillaume Meunier, Quirec de Kersauson and Alexandre Martin (all Paris), Costanza Mussi (Paris, Milan), and associates Nicolas Alfonsi, Charles Assous, Sarah Kouchad, Malik Touanssa, Philippine Chinaud, Capucine Briand, Benjamin Degoul, Louise Mouclier, Corentin Traxel (all Paris), Moritz Dubberke (Frankfurt), Chunlei Pang (Shanghai), Timothy Sensenig (Washington, DC), Brady Schoenlein (Silicon Valley), Kate Kelliher (London) and Royston Tan (Hong Kong).
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