Association for Corporate Growth Houston Announces Finalists for Fourth Annual Deal of the Year Awards
Houston, April 6, 2021 – The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Houston is proud to announce the finalists for the Fourth Annual Deal of the Year Awards. ACG Houston is focused on celebrating Houston’s booming middle market deal community. Our mission is to honor the deals and dealmakers who drive middle market growth resulting in job growth, capital formation and the advancement of meaningful business relationships.
The finalists have been reviewed and ranked by our independent panel of esteemed judges and top business leaders including Eric Bruce, CPA, Senior Managing Consultant at Briggs & Veselka, Co., Ernest Hunter, CEO of The Frenchy’s Companies, A. Kelly Williams, Managing Director at Milestone Venture Group, Inc., Kenneth Guidry, CPA, Founding Shareholder and Director Ambassador at PKF Texas, Ken Wiles, PhD, CFA, Executive Director of Hick, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance, and Pamela Martinson, Partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
The criteria for the nominations includes a closing date between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 with transactions that have a tie to the Greater Houston area (e.g. where the buyer, seller or assets were located).
The 2020 ACG Houston Deals of Year Award Categories and Finalists include:
CONSUMER PRODUCTS & SERVICES >>
- Buyer: Amtel Partners, LLC, Amtel New York Holdings, Inc
- Seller: Personal Communications Center, Inc., A New York Corporation
- Lender: Amegy Bank, as Administrative agent for Bank Syndicates, including Woodforest Bank, Bank of Texas and Amegy Bank
- Attorney: BoyarMiller, Porter Hedges
- Accountant: Weaver
- Buyer: TreeHouse Foods Inc.
- Seller: Ebro Group
- Investment Banker: RBC Capital Markets
- Attorney: Locke Lord, Winston & Strawn LLP
INDUSTRIAL, POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE ($25MM – $100MM >>
- Investment Banker: Houston Fleeting Services LLC
- Lender: Cheryl K, LLC (and all subisidaries)
- Attorney: BoyarMiller, Haynes & Boone
- Buyer: Rising Point Capital, Tecum Capital, UMB Capital Corp.
- Seller: Godish-Saxon Family
- Investment Banker: Reynolds Advisory Partners
- Lender: Tecum Capital, UMB, S&T Bank
- Attorney: McGuire Woods
- Buyer: Crossplane Capital
- Seller: The CapStreet Group
- Investment Banker: GulfStar Group
- Lender: PNC Business Credit
- Attorney: Akin Gump, Houston (Buyer’s Counsel), Holland & Knight, Dallas (Lender’s Counsel)
- Accountant: SCA Transaction Services
- Buyer: USA Water Holdings, LLC, Warren Equity Partners
- Seller: Si Environmental, LLC
- Investment Banker: Crutchfield Capital
- Attorney: Thompson & Knight
INDUSTRIAL, POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE ($100MM) >>
- Buyer: Pritzker Private Capital
- Seller: The Sterling Group
- Investment Banker: Harris Williams
- Attorney: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Buyer: Riverstone Holdings LLC
- Seller: Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation
- Attorney: White & Case
- Buyer: ORIX Capital Partners
- Seller: Hastings Equity Partners and Management, Specialty Welding and Turnarounds, LLC
- Lender: Cadence Bank
- Attorney: Thompson & Knight LLP
- Accountant: PwC, Grant Thornton
INDUSTRIAL, POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE (PRIVATE EQUITY) >>
- Buyer: Crossplane Capital
- Seller: The CapStreet Group
- Investment Banker: GulfStar Group
- Lender: PNC Business Credit
- Attorney: Akin Gump, Houston (Buyer’s Counsel), Holland & Knight, Dallas (Lender’s Counsel)
- Accountant: SCA Transaction Services
- Buyer: Harbour Group Industries, Inc.
- Seller: SHF, Inc.
- Investment Banker: Statesman Corporate Finance
- Attorney: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, Blank Rome LLP
- Buyer: Baymark Partners, Denver Glass Interiors
- Seller: The Theut Company
- Investment Banker: Gilbert & Pardue, LLC (GaP)
- Attorney: BoyarMiller, Hallett & Perrin, PC
- Accountant: Howard & Co., P.C., JTJones PLLC
INDUSTRIAL, POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE (STRATEGIC) >>
- Buyer: ORIX Capital Partners
- Seller: Hastings Equity Partners and Management, Specialty Welding and Turnarounds, LLC
- Lender: Cadence Bank
- Attorney: Thompson & Knight LLP
- Accountant: PwC, Grant Thornton
- Buyer: Universal Forest Products, Inc
- Seller: Quest
- Investment Banker: GulfStar Group
- Attorney: BoyarMiller
- Buyer: Dresser Natural Gas Solutions, First Reserve
- Seller: Flow Safe
- Investment Banker: GulfStar Group
- Attorney: Gross-Shuman, Dubois Bryan & Campbell
- Accountant: LVBW LLP Accountants & Consultants
- Wealth Advisor: Northern Trust
- Consultant: Embark
ENERGY ($25MM – $100M) >>
- Buyer: Blackbuck Resources
- Seller: Cimarex Energy
- Lender: Bank of Texas
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Buyer: SMG Industries, Inc
- Seller: 5J Transportation Group
- Investment Banker: Chiron Financial LLC
- Lender: Amerisource Business Capital
- Attorney: Amerisource Business Capital, JP Consulting
ENERGY ($100MM+) >>
- Buyer: Argonaut Private Equity, CSL Capital Management, Baker Hughes
- Seller: BJ Services, LLC
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy I A Division of Piper Sandler
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis
- Accountant: Ankura
- Seller: Hoover CS, First Reserve
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy I A Division of Piper Sandler
- Attorney: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Investment Banker: Credit Suisse Securities
- Attorney: White & Case LLP
ENERGY (PRIVATE EQUITY) >>
- Buyer: KPS Capital Partners, LP
- Seller: Baker Hughes, Schlumberger
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy, A Division of Piper Sandler, Piper Sandler & Co.
- Lender: PNC Business Credit Southwest Region
- Attorney: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Blank Rome
- Accountant: Deloitte
- Other: Riveron
- Buyer: Argonaut Private Equity, CSL Capital Management, Baker Hughes
- Seller: BJ Services, LLC
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy I A Division of Piper Sandler
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis
- Accountant: Ankura
- Buyer: Blackbuck Resources
- Seller: Cimarex Energy
- Lender: Bank of Texas
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
ENERGY (STRATEGIC) >>
- Buyer: Zarvona Energy LLC / Zarvona III-A, L.P.
- Seller: Approach Resources Inc.
- Investment Banker: Perella Weinberg Partners, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
- Attorney: Thompson & Knight LLP
- Buyer: Argonaut Private Equity, CSL Capital Management, Baker Hughes
- Seller: BJ Services, LLC
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy I A Division of Piper Sandler
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis
- Accountant: Ankura
- Buyer: Blackbuck Resources
- Seller: Cimarex Energy
- Lender: Bank of Texas
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
TECHNOLOGY >>
- Buyer: ICON Information Consultants, L.P.
- Seller: Vendorpass, Inc., The Adecco Group
- Investment Banker: Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
- Lender: BMO Harris Bank N.A.
- Attorney: Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren LLP
- Accountant:Weaver
- Buyer: G&A Partners
- Seller: G&A Partners
- Investment Banker: Brown, Gibbons Lang + Company
- Lender: Fifth Third Bank
- Attorney: Haynes and Boone, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Dentons Cohen and Grigsby P.C.
- Accountant: Laporte CPAs and Business Advisors
- Private Equity: The Riverside Company
- Buyer: American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc., f/k/a Pensare Acquisition Corp.
- Seller: Stratos Management Systems Holdings LLC d/b/a Computex Technology Solutions, Navigation Capital Partners
- Lender: Comerica Bank
- Attorney: Haynes and Boone, LLP, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Accountant: UHY LLP, Marcum LLP
RECAPITALIZATION >>
- Buyer: KPS Capital Partners, LP
- Seller: Baker Hughes, Schlumberger
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy, A Division of Piper Sandler, Piper Sandler & Co.
- Lender: PNC Business Credit Southwest Region
- Attorney: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Blank Rome
- Accountant: Deloitte
- Other: Riveron
- Seller: Hoover CS, First Reserve
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy I A Division of Piper Sandler
- Attorney: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Buyer: USA Water Holdings, LLC, Warren Equity Partners
- Seller: Si Environmental, LLC
- Investment Banker: Crutchfield Capital
- Attorney: Thompson & Knight
RESTRUCTURING >>
- Buyer: Zarvona Energy LLC / Zarvona III-A, L.P.
- Seller: Approach Resources Inc.
- Investment Banker: Perella Weinberg Partners, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
- Attorney: Thompson & Knight LLP
- Buyer: Argonaut Private Equity, CSL Capital Management, Baker Hughes
- Seller: BJ Services, LLC
- Investment Banker: Simmons Energy I A Division of Piper Sandler
- Attorney: Kirkland & Ellis
- Accountant: Ankura
- Buyer: MOGAS Industries, Inc.
- Seller: Watson Valve Services
- Investment Banker: Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
- Attorney: The Claro Group, Okin Adams LLP, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Other: MACCO Restructuring Group, LLC