Press releases U.S. Desk

GvW has advised the Bürger Group on its sale of the Lauscha Fiber International Group to the Unifrax Group which belongs to the portfolio of the private equity investor American Securities.

Graf von Westphalen acted as legal counsel to the majority shareholder of Interturbine Projekt Management GmbH in the sale of the entire Interturbine Group to the NASDAQ-listed company B/E Aerospace (GS: BEAV).

Harvard Bioscience, Inc., a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, has acquired the business of AHN Biotechnologie GmbH through a subsidiary of its wholly owned Biochrom Ltd. subsidiary.

AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR) with registered offices in Wood Dale, Illinois has completed the acquisition of Telair International GmbH and Nordisk Aviation Products, AS from Teleflex International (NYSE: TFX) on December 2, 2011. The transaction value amounted to about USD 280 million.