Noerr advises TransMedics Group (Nasdaq: TMDX) on strategic investment in PAD Aviation to create dedicated European transplant logistics network

A Noerr team led by Natalie Daghles and Vanessa Hoffmann Linhard has advised the Nasdaq-listed U.S. TransMedics Group on the successful strategic investment in PAD Aviation service GmbH, a premier European private aviation operator.

This strategic investment serves the establishment of a logistics network for organ transplants in Europe. The investment in PAD Aviation is a critical step forward for TransMedics' ongoing efforts to replicate the OCS NOP model—which has been successful in the U.S.— in Europe to expand the adoption of the OCS perfusion technology and establish a dedicated pan-European organ transplant air and ground logistics network to support transplant activities across the European Union.

TransMedics is the world's leader in portable extracorporeal warm perfusion and assessment of donor organs for transplantation. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, the company was founded to address the unmet need for more and better organs for transplantation and has developed technologies to preserve organ quality, assess organ viability prior to transplant, and potentially increase the utilization of donor organs for the treatment of end-stage heart, lung, and liver failure.

Founded in 2006, PAD Aviation is a leading European business aviation operator, independent of commercial airlines. The company operates from its 24/7 hub in Paderborn, Germany, offering maximum flexibility—particularly for time-critical missions such as organ transport. The company operates a modern fleet and employs more than 40 highly trained and type-rated pilots. 

Noerr's multidisciplinary team combined transactional know-how, regulatory expertise and in-depth sector knowledge:

Lead: Natalie Daghles (Partner, Düsseldorf) and Vanessa Hoffmann Linhard (Associated Partner, Hamburg, both M&A)

M&A: Lars Frederik Bühren (Senior Associate, Düsseldorf), Leonie Köster (Associate, Hamburg), Nikolas Kau (Senior Associate), Leonie Steffens (Associate, both Düsseldorf)

Aviation Regulatory: Christian Alexander Mayer (Partner), Joachim Rung (Senior Associate, both Munich)

Health Care & Life Sciences: Isabel Jakobs (Associated Partner), Agnes Heilmaier (Associate, both Munich)

Employment: Sven Lohse (Associated Partner, Hamburg), Vincent Jungbauer (Senior Associate), Adnan Alomerovic (Senior Associate, both Munich), Christin Lindenberg (Senior Associate), Lara Wolff (Associate, both Hamburg)

Tax: Andre Happel (Partner, Frankfurt), Steffen Arlich (Associated Partner, Munich), Eric Epler (Senior Associate), Thomas Renner (Senior Associate, both Frankfurt), Severin Garreis (Senior Associate, Munich), Marcel Zeidler (Associate, Frankfurt)

Antitrust/FDI: Fabian Hübener (Partner, Brussels), Max Helleberg (Associated Partner, Berlin), Nigina Zahedi (Senior Associate, Brussels), Johanna Krauskopf (Senior Associate, Frankfurt)

Commercial: Mansur Pour Rafsendjani (Partner, Munich), Lukas Schu (Senior Associate, Frankfurt)

IP: Katja Steinthaler (Associated Partner, Munich)

Banking & Finance: Michael Schuhmacher (Partner), Martina Buller (Associated Partner, both Frankfurt)

Restructuring: Thomas Hoffmann (Partner, Frankfurt), Simone Schönen (Partner), Stephanie Bender (Associated Partner, both Hamburg)