Milbank Advising in Connection with Carlyle’s Acquisition of AutoForm

Milbank LLP is advising the financing sources in connection with the financing for Carlyle’s acquisition of AutoForm Engineering GmbH from global private equity firm Astorg.

AutoForm, founded in 1995, provides engineering software for sheet metal forming simulation, primarily used in the automotive industry.

The Milbank team was led by European Leveraged Finance/Capital Markets partners Suhrud Mehta and Miko Bradford, and supported by associates Zoe Halliday, Byron Nicol, Philipp Engel and James Szauer. The team also included Tax partners Russell Jacobs and Eschi Rahimi-Laridjani and associates Fareed Muhammed, Benjamin Heller and Pranav Subhedar and corporate associates Sarah Ullathorne and Daniel Woods.