ACG Houston Deal of the Year
Deal of the Year Awards Ceremony: April 30, 2025
2025-04-30 06:00:00
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2024 ACG Houston Deal of Year Award Categories and Finalists

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

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 Groupe AGF

  • Seller: Katy Steel Company
  • Buyer: Groupe AGF
  • 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 & Johnson PLLC
  • 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)

 

 

 

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Deal of the Year Awards
ACG Houston's eighth annual Deal of the Year event is focused on celebrating Houston's booming middle-market deal community. We'll be honoring the deals and dealmakers who drive M&A resulting in economic and corporate growth, strategic impact, capital formation and the advancement of meaningful business relationships.
Important Dates
Nomination Deadline: February 24, 2025
Finalists Announced: March 27, 2025
Award Ceremony: April 30, 2025