Baker Tilly advises GESCO SE on the sale of the foundry and steelworks divisions of Dörrenberg Group

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01/08/2025
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Baker Tilly prepared the financial fact book and assisted with the APA design.

Frankfurt am Main, January 8, 2025 – The international consulting firm Baker Tilly has advised GESCO SE, an industrial group with leading companies in the capital goods industry, on the sale of the “Foundry” and “Steelworks” divisions of its subsidiary Dörrenberg Edelstahl GmbH.

The five-person team headed by Nils Klamar, Head of Financial Deal Advisory at Baker Tilly in Germany, prepared the financial fact book for the transaction on behalf of the portfolio company Dörrenberg. In addition, the Baker Tilly team advised the client on the tax structuring of the Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”).

In addition to Nils Klamar (Partner, Frankfurt am Main), tax advisor Uwe Roth (Partner, Munich), Daniel Zeiß (Director, Frankfurt), attorney-at-law and tax advisor Dr. Christiane Krüger, LL.M. (Director, Düsseldorf) and Felix Ptok (Junior Manager, Frankfurt) were involved in the transaction.

The two divisions of steel specialist Dörrenberg are transferred to Callista Private Equity GmbH. The takeover took effect on January 1, 2025. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

About GESCO

GESCO SE is an industrial group with market- and technology-leading companies in the capital goods industry with a focus on process technology, resource technology as well as healthcare and infrastructure technology. As a Prime Standard-listed company, GESCO SE gives private and institutional investors access to a portfolio of hidden champions in the German industrial SME sector.
www.gesco.de