Building Products & Construction Services Deal of the Year
A Divestiture of XBL Holdings LLC by Lilium Group
- Seller: XBL Holdings LLC
- Buyer: The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Bluejay Advisors
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: BMF
- Seller Counsel: Perkins Coie LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
- Senior Debt: Amerisource Business Capital
- Private Equity: Amerisource Business Capital
- Other Consultants: Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C.
The Acquisition of MDM Contracting, LLC dba Centex Construction by Centex Acquisition, LLC a portfolio company of O2 Investment Partners, LP
- Seller: MDM Contracting, LLC D/B/A Centex Construction
- Buyer: O2 Investment Partners, LP
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C.
- Buyer Counsel: Honigman LLP
- Senior Debt: LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC
- Private Equity: O2 Investment Partners, LP
The Acquisition of Mueller Supply Company, Inc by Cornerstone Building Brands
- Seller: Mueller Supply Company, Inc.
- Buyer: Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Houlihan Lokey
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: PwC
- Seller Counsel: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Sullivan & Cromwell
The Acquisition of Gauge Engineering by Green Companies, Inc.
- Seller: Gauge Engineering
- Buyer: Green Companies, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
- Buyer Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Other Consultants: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (ERISA/benefits counsel to seller), UHY (accounting advisor to seller), Whitley Penn (accounting advisor to seller)
The Acquisition of Katy Steel Company by Group AGF
- Seller: Katy Steel Company
- Buyer: Groupe AGG
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: PWC (Canada)
- Seller Counsel: Adams and Reese LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Holland & Knight
- Senior Debt: National Bank of Canada
- Other Consultants: Miller Grossbard Advisors
The Acquisition of AHI Supply by High Street Capital
- Seller: AHI Supply
- Buyer: High Street Capital
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Calvetti Ferguson
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: CohnReznick
- Seller Counsel: Porter Hedges
- Buyer Counsel: Perkins Coie
- Senior Debt: First Bank
- Junior Debt: Wells Fargo Strategic Finance
- Other Consultants: HUB International
Consumer Product & Services Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Texas Tool Traders by U.S. LBM a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity and Platinum Equity
- Seller: Texas Tool Traders
- Buyer: U.S. LBM
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Moss Adams
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Katz, Sapper & Miller
- Seller Counsel: Nance & Simpson
- Buyer Counsel: Honigman
- Private Equity: Bain Capital Private Equity | Platinum Equity (buyer sponsors)
The Acquisition of STAT Emergency Centers by Altus Community Healthcare
- Seller: STAT Emergency Centers
- Buyer: ZT Corporate
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Morgan Stanley
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Berkeley Research Group, LLC
- Seller Counsel: Jackson Walker LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Senior Debt: Farmers & Merchants Bank, Amerant Bank
- Senior Debt: Kayne Anderson
- Private Equity: Rotunda Capital Partners, LLC
- Other Consultants: Crowe, LLP
The Acquisition of MDM Contracting, LLC dba Centex Construction by Centex Acquisition, LLC a portfolio company of O2 Investment Partners, LP
- Seller: MDM Contracting, LLC D/B/A Centex Construction
- Buyer: O2 Investment Partners, LP
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C.
- Buyer Counsel: Honigman LLP
- Senior Debt: LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC
- Private Equity: O2 Investment Partners, LP
The Acquisition of McCoy-Rockford, Inc. by Lonestar Commercial Interiors, Inc.
- Seller: McCoy-Rockford, Inc.
- Buyer: Lonestar Commercial Interiors, Inc. a portfolio company of Blue Stem Equity, LLC
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C.
- Buyer Counsel: Brad Eastman
- Private Equity: Bluestem Equity
E&P (Upstream) Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Apache Corporation’s East Texas Eagle Ford Assets by WildFire Energy a portfolio company of Kayne Anderson and Warburg Pincus
- Seller: Apache Corporation
- Buyer: WildFire Energy, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: TD Securities
- Buyer Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke (Locke Lord, LLP), Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Paul Hastings, LLP
- Senior Debt: JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- Junior Debt: Bank of America
- Private Equity: Kayne Anderson, Warburg Pincus
- Other Consultants: Kayne Anderson, Warburg Pincus, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
The Acquisition of East Texas Oil and Gas Assets by Buckhorn Production
- Buyer: Buckhorn Production
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Ten Oaks Energy Advisors, LLC
- Seller Counsel: Sidley Austin
- Buyer Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Food & Beverage Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Healthy Bites Collective by Genesis Park and Riveter Capital
- Seller: The Healthy Lunch Box
- Buyer: Genesis Park
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Bennett Thrasher
- Seller Counsel: Nixon Peabody
- Buyer Counsel: Porter Hedges
- Senior Debt: Genesis Park
- Private Equity: Riveter Capital
- Other Consultants: Bowen, Miclette & Britt
The Acquisition of Mama Lycha Foods by Rotunda Capital Partners
- Seller: Mama Lycha Foods
- Buyer: Rotunda Capital Partners, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Crowe, LLP
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Katz, Sapper, & Miller
- Seller Counsel: Haynes & Boone, LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Senior Debt: Kayne Anderson
- Private Equity: Rotunda Capital Partners, LLC
- Other Consultants: Crowe, LLP
Industrial Distribution Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of U.S. Silica Holdings by Apollo Global Management
- Seller: U.S. Silica
- Buyer: Apollo Global Management
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: PwC
- Seller Counsel: Morrison Foerster
- Buyer Counsel: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Other Consultants: Aon, Ramboll, WSP Global Inc.
The Acquisition of American Alloy Steel, Inc. by Reliance, Inc.
- Seller: American Alloy Steel, Inc.
- Buyer: Reliance, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
The Acquisition of Katy Steel Company by Group AGF
- Seller: Katy Steel Company
- Buyer: Groupe AGG
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: PWC (Canada)
- Seller Counsel: Adams and Reese LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Holland & Knight
- Senior Debt: National Bank of Canada
- Other Consultants: Miller Grossbard Advisors
Industrial Manufacturing Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of LPW Group, a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital by Oaktree Capital Management
- Seller: LPW Group
- Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler / BMO
- Seller Counsel: Foley & Lardner
- Buyer Counsel: Latham & Watkins
A Divestiture of DeltaValve and TapcoEnpro by CIRCOR, a portfolio Company of KKR
- Seller: CIRCOR Refinery Valves (DeltaValve & TapcoEnpro)
- Buyer: SCF Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Cohn Reznick
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Riveron
- Seller Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis
- Buyer Counsel: Vinson & Elkins
The Acquisition of American Alloy Steel, Inc. by Reliance, Inc.
- Seller: American Alloy Steel, Inc.
- Buyer: Reliance, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
The Majority Recapitalization of Victory Energy, a portfolio company of Saw Mill Capital, by Main Street Capital
- Seller: Victory Energy
- Buyer: Main Street Capital
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Moss Adams
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Baker Tilly
- Seller Counsel: Reinhart
- Buyer Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke (formerly Locke Lord)
- Private Equity: Saw Mill Capital (seller sponsor)
- Other Consultants: Willis Towers Watson, Kunkemoeller Law Office, Eide Bailly
Industrial Services Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Adapt2 Solutions by Energy Exemplar a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Transition Partners & Vista Equity Partners
- Seller: Adapt2 Solutions
- Buyer: Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Crutchfield Capital
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Alvarez & Marsal
- Seller Counsel: Foley & Lardner
- Buyer Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Private Equity: Vista Equity Partners
The Acquisition of Texas Tool Traders by U.S. LBM a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity and Platinum Equity
- Seller: Texas Tool Traders
- Buyer: U.S. LBM
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Moss Adams
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Katz, Sapper & Miller
- Seller Counsel: Nance & Simpson
- Buyer Counsel: Honigman
- Private Equity: Bain Capital Private Equity | Platinum Equity (buyer sponsors)
The Acquisition of Mobile Energy Rentals by Solaris Energy Infrastructure
- Seller: Mobile Energy Rentals
- Buyer: Solaris Energy Infrastructure
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Buyer Counsel: Vinson & Elkins
- Other Consultants: Paul Hastings (Piper Sandler Counsel)
A Divestiture of IRIS NDT by First Reserve
- Seller: IRIS NDT Inspection & Engineering Inc.
- Buyer: Apave SA
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Stifel
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: CBIZ, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: Gray Reed
- Buyer Counsel: Goodwin
- Senior Debt: BNP Paribas, HSBC, Barclays
- Private Equity: First Reserve (seller)
- Other Consultants: McCuaig – Seller Canadian counsel / Blakes – buyer Canadian counsel, Deloitte – Seller tax and Canadian tax, PAND – Seller Canadian accounting/tax
The Acquisition of PSI by The Colt Group a portfolio of The CapStreet Group
- Seller: Plant Services Incorporated (PSI)
- Buyer: The Colt Group
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Lighthouse Capital
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Myrtle Oak Advisors
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Intrinsic
- Seller Counsel: Kerr, Russell, & Weber
- Buyer Counsel: Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher
- Senior Debt: Apogem Capital
- Private Equity: The CapStreet Group
The Acquisition of Integrity Elevator Solutions by Del Monte Capital
- Seller: Integrity Elevator Services
- Buyer: Del Monte Capital
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Embark
- Seller Counsel: Ewing & Jones
- Buyer Counsel: Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren LLP
- Senior Debt: Woodforest National
- Private Equity: Del Monte Capital
Oilfield Services Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of LPW Group, a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital by Oaktree Capital Management
- Seller: LPW Group
- Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler / BMO
- Seller Counsel: Foley & Lardner
- Buyer Counsel: Latham & Watkins
A Divestiture of DeltaValve and TapcoEnpro by CIRCOR, a portfolio Company of KKR
- Seller: CIRCOR Refinery Valves (DeltaValve & TapcoEnpro)
- Buyer: SCF Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Cohn Reznick
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Riveron
- Seller Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis
- Buyer Counsel: Vinson & Elkins
The Acquisition of U.S. Silica Holdings by Apollo Global Management
- Seller: U.S. Silica
- Buyer: Apollo Global Management
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: PwC
- Seller Counsel: Morrison Foerster
- Buyer Counsel: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Other Consultants: Aon, Ramboll, WSP Global Inc.
The Acquisition of Trojan Rentals, LLC by DNOW Inc.
- Seller: Trojan Rentals, LLC
- Buyer: DNOW Inc. (NYSE: DNOW)
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler & Co.
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Berkeley Research Group
- Seller Counsel: Steptoe LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Winston & Strawn LLP
The Acquisition of Mobile Energy Rentals by Solaris Energy Infrastructure
- Seller: Mobile Energy Rentals
- Buyer: Solaris Energy Infrastructure
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Buyer Counsel: Vinson & Elkins
- Other Consultants: Paul Hastings (Piper Sandler Counsel)
The Acquisition of Sage Energy Partners, LP by BGC Group, Inc.
- Seller: Sage Energy Partners, LP
- Buyer: BGC Group, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
- Buyer Counsel: Cantor
Technology & Business Services (Corporate / Strategic Acquisition) Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Adapt2 Solutions by Energy Exemplar a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Transition Partners & Vista Equity Partners
- Seller: Adapt2 Solutions
- Buyer: Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Crutchfield Capital
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Alvarez & Marsal
- Seller Counsel: Foley & Lardner
- Buyer Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Private Equity: Vista Equity Partners
The Acquisition of NOVUM Consulting Group, LLC by Apeture Holdco, LLC
- Seller: NOVUM Consulting Group, LLC
- Buyer: Aperture Holdco, LLC, portfolio company of Trinity Hunt Partners
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C.
- Buyer Counsel: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Private Equity: Trinity Hunt Partners
The Acquisition of Houston Landscapes Unlimited by Ethoscapes a portfolio company of Evolution Strategy Partners
- Seller: Houston Landscapes Unlimited
- Buyer: Ethoscapes Holdco, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: CCG Advisors
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: UHY Advisors
- Buyer Counsel: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Senior Debt: Enterprise Bank & Trust
- Private Equity: Evolution Strategy Partners, LLC
Technology & Business Services (Recapitalization) Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Integrity Elevator Solutions by Del Monte Capital
- Seller: Integrity Elevator Services
- Buyer: Del Monte Capital
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Embark
- Seller Counsel: Ewing & Jones
- Buyer Counsel: Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren LLP
- Senior Debt: Woodforest National
- Private Equity: Del Monte Capital
The Acquisition of Healthy Bites Collective by Genesis Park and Riveter Capital
- Seller: The Healthy Lunch Box
- Buyer: Genesis Park
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Bennett Thrasher
- Seller Counsel: Nixon Peabody
- Buyer Counsel: Porter Hedges
- Senior Debt: Genesis Park
- Private Equity: Riveter Capital
- Other Consultants: Bowen, Miclette & Britt
The Acquisition of Allpoints Land Survey, Inc. by The CapStreet Group, LLP
- Seller: Allpoints Land Survey, Corp.
- Buyer: The Capstreet Group, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Corporate Finance
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Abip Advisors, LLP
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM US, LLP
- Seller Counsel: Porter Hedges LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Latham & Watkins LLP
- Senior Debt: Truist Financial
- Private Equity: The Capstreet Group, LLC
- Other Consultants: Acclaro Growth Partners, Inc
Houston Private Equity (Acquisition) Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Quiltcraft Industries, Inc. by Willistown Capital
- Seller: Quiltcraft Industries, Inc.
- Buyer: Willistown Capital
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Calvetti Ferguson
- Seller Counsel: Hallett Perrin
- Buyer Counsel: McGuireWoods
- Senior Debt: Cadence Bank
- Junior Debt: Providence Investment Partners, Midwest Mezzanine Funds
- Private Equity: Two Local Houston Family Offices
- Other Consultants: Baker Tilly
The Acquisition of Alliance Strategies by Platform Partners
- Seller: Alliance Strategies
- Buyer: Platform Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Bigelow
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Asenti Diligence Partners
- Seller Counsel: Wilmer Hale
- Buyer Counsel: Latham & Watkins
- Senior Debt: Amegy Bank
- Private Equity: Platform Partners
- Other Consultants: Fulcrum Consulting Group (Customer), IT Ally (Technology), Kaiser Associates (Regulatory)
The Acquisition of Integrity Elevator Solutions by Del Monte Capital
- Seller: Integrity Elevator Services
- Buyer: Del Monte Capital
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Embark
- Seller Counsel: Ewing & Jones
- Buyer Counsel: Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren LLP
- Senior Debt: Woodforest National
- Private Equity: Del Monte Capital
The Acquisition of Allpoints Land Survey, Inc. by The CapStreet Group, LLP
- Seller: Allpoints Land Survey, Corp.
- Buyer: The Capstreet Group, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Corporate Finance
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Abip Advisors, LLP
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM US, LLP
- Seller Counsel: Porter Hedges LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Latham & Watkins LLP
- Senior Debt: Truist Financial
- Private Equity: The Capstreet Group, LLC
- Other Consultants: Acclaro Growth Partners, Inc
The Majority Recapitalization of Victory Energy, a portfolio company of Saw Mill Capital, by Main Street Capital
- Seller: Victory Energy
- Buyer: Main Street Capital
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Moss Adams
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Baker Tilly
- Seller Counsel: Reinhart
- Buyer Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke (formerly Locke Lord)
- Private Equity: Saw Mill Capital (seller sponsor)
- Other Consultants: Willis Towers Watson, Kunkemoeller Law Office, Eide Bailly
Houston Private Equity (Divestiture) Deal of the Year
A Divestiture of Sallyport Commercial Finance by Sallyport Investments
- Seller: Sallyport Commercial Finance
- Buyer: Northrim BanCorp
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Janney Montgomery Scott
- Seller Counsel: Latham & Watkins
- Buyer Counsel: Accretive Legal, PLLC
- Other Consultants: Spencer Fein, Evershed Sutherland
A Divestiture of Surgical Notes Holdings, LLC by The CapStreet Group
- Seller: Surgical Notes Holdings, LLC
- Buyer: Surgical Information Systems
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Guggenheim Partners
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM
- Seller Counsel: Latham Watkins
- Buyer Counsel: White & Case
- Private Equity: The CapStreet Group (sell side) and Nordic Capital (buyside)