Baker Tilly advises OWL KapitalPartner on investment in Guss-Ring

Düsseldorf, April 7, 2025 – The international consulting firm Baker Tilly has comprehensively advised OWL KapitalPartner Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft on its investment in Guss-Ring GmbH & Co. Vertriebs-KG. The services included legal and tax advice on the transaction as well as antitrust advice. 

Attorney-at-Law Bernhard Rehbein (Partner) was the partner in charge for the transaction. Attorneys-at-law Dr. Stefan Meßmer (Partner, Antitrust Law), Marco Stahn (Director, Labor Law), Christoph Reinhardt (Senior Manager, Antitrust Law), Bernd Conrad (Senior Manager) and Konstantin Troll (Manager, both Corporate Law) provided legal advice. Tax advice was provided by attorney-at-law and tax advisor Dr. Christiane Krüger (Director, Tax).

OWL KapitalPartner, a subsidiary of Volksbank in East Westphalia, becomes a minority shareholder in the Gütersloh-based international technical supplier Guss-Ring, which specializes in individual cast and forged parts, as part of a strategic acquisition. This will support the long-term development of Guss-Ring and further strengthen the company’s market position.

“With this successful transaction, Baker Tilly has once again demonstrated its expertise in providing legal and tax advice on complex corporate investments,” says Bernhard Rehbein. “We are proud that we were able to provide comprehensive and practical advice thanks to our interdisciplinary expertise and would like to thank the client for their trust.”
 
About OWL KapitalPartner
OWL KapitalPartner is an investment company based in Germany that specializes in medium-sized companies. The company invests in high-growth companies from various sectors and supports them with strategic and financial expertise. With an experienced investment team, OWL KapitalPartner supports its portfolio companies in sustainably increasing their value and opening up new markets.

About Guss-Ring
Guss-Ring is a traditional company in the casting industry and is a pioneer in the so-called “casting-as-a-service” model, which covers the entire value chain from planning and selecting the manufacturer to logistics and delivery. OWL KapitalPartner’s investment will initiate the succession process at the family-owned company, which was established in 1984, and strengthen the company’s long-term development in order to successfully meet the challenges of the market and enable future growth.