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Gleiss Lutz advises automotive supplier PMG on its acquisition of Yangzhou Leader Powder Metallurgy

​A Gleiss Lutz team has advised German automotive supplier Powder Metal Goldschmidt (PMG) on its acquisition of Chinese powder metallurgy specialist Yangzhou Leader Powder Metallurgy (LEADER). 

Powder Metal Goldschmidt (PMG), headquartered in Füssen, Germany, is an internationally leading manufacturer of powder metallurgical transmission, engine and shock absorber components and a leading supplier of powertrain and chassis components. With around 1,450 employees at currently eight locations in Europe, Asia and the USA, the company produces components from powder metal. In the financial year 2020, the PMG Group generated sales of around 230 million euros.

LEADER, based in Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province, China), was founded in 1997 and, with its approximately 250 employees, specialises in the production of powder metal parts, in particular ferrite parts and shock absorber components. 
The following Gleiss Lutz team led by Dr Michael Burian (partner, Frankfurt, lead) and Dr Anselm Christiansen advised PMG on the transaction: Josefine Wiegand (both Stuttgart), Dr Torsten Spiegel (Berlin, both M&A), Dr Ocka Stumm (partner), Dr Dominik Monz (both Tax), Dr Kai Birke (partner), Dr Jan-Alexander Lange (counsel, both Finance, all Frankfurt), Dr Johannes Hertfelder (partner), Dr Daniela Drixler (both Antitrust, Stuttgart).

Gleiss Lutz has a leading Asia practice and regularly advises Chinese investors on projects in Germany and Europe as well as German companies on their activities in China.

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