Hunton & Williams LLP advised Dynacast International in a $1.1 billion transaction in which Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager, will acquire a controlling stake in the firm. Dynacast is a global manufacturer of small, highly complex metal components.
The transaction has an overall enterprise value of $1.1 billion and is expected to close in February 2015. The Hunton & Williams team advising Dynacast was led by Douglas S. Granger and Richard Warren, with assistance on tax matters from Jeffry M. Blair, J. G. Ritter and Jessica N. Agostinho; antitrust issues from Gregory L. Kinzelman; and corporate details from E. Blair Wortham and Austin P. Maloney.
Dynacast is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and uses proprietary precision die-casting and metal injection molding technologies to produce high-volume components with complex shapes and tight tolerances. With 23 manufacturing plants in 16 countries worldwide, it serves clients including blue-chip customers across the automotive, telecommunications, computing, consumer electronics and health care industries.
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