Sheppard Mullin Helps Arlington Capital Form Qarbon Aerospace

Sheppard Mullin advised Washington-area private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Triumph Group Inc.’s composites business and three aerostructure fabrication facilities to form a new company, Qarbon Aerospace.

No financial details were disclosed for the transaction, which was announced last year and closed Monday, according to a statement.

Qarbon Aerospace makes large, complex components and assemblies such as fuselages, wings, flight control surfaces and engine nacelles. It operates nearly two million square feet of factory space in Red Oak, Texas, Milledgeville, Ga., and Rayong, Thailand. Customers include makers of commercial and defense aircraft.

Pete Wick, who ...