Transfer Partners successfully advised The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, headquarters in Akron, United States, in the acquisition of Reifen Baierlacher KG, based in Weilheim, Germany, and comprehensively supported the entire transaction process.

The US-based company Goodyear is one of the largest tire manufacturers worldwide, employing approximately 64,000 staff members at 48 production locations in 22 countries. Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH operates five production sites throughout Germany (Hanau, Wittlich, Fulda, Riesa, Fürstenwalde) as well as the European central warehouse and logistics center and employs a total of more than 6,000 people.

Since its foundation in 1971, the tire specialist Baierlacher, nowadays a second generation family business, serves customers as a wholesaler and retailer around the central issue “tires and wheels”. Based on its own logistic network, Baierlacher covers significant parts of southern Germany to Austria with a large fleet and is able to flexibly respond to changing market conditions based on his over 50,000 tires in stock.

Transfer Partners' mandate on the side of the buyer covered the entire process, including contract negotiations up to successful completion.