Business Services Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Meador Staffing Services, Inc. by Openwork Holdings, LLC
- Seller: Meador Staffing Services, Inc.
- Buyer: Openwork Holdings, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: De Bellas & Co., LLC
- Seller Counsel: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
The Acquisition of Page by Stantec
- Seller: Page Southerland Page, Inc
- Buyer: Stantec Inc.
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Buyer Counsel: DLA Piper LLP
- Other Consultants: Haynes Boone, Morningstar Law Group, Forvis Mazars
The Acquisition of Advanced Spirits, LCC by Sallyport Partners Fund, LP
- Seller: Advanced Spirits, LLC
- Buyer: Sallyport Partners Fund, LP
- Seller Counsel: Mouer Huston
- Buyer Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis
- Senior Debt: Wells Fargo, Texas Capital
- Private Equity: Sallyport Partners Fund, LP
Business Infrastructure Services Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Underground Locating Division of Heath Consultants by USIC, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Partners Group
- Seller: Heath Consultants Incorporated
- Buyer: USIC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Westlake Securities
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Paragon Software Advisors
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM
- Seller Counsel: Cozen O’Connor
- Buyer Counsel: Dinsmore
- Private Equity: USIC, jointly owned by Kohlberg & Partners Group
- Other Consultants: Alavarez & Marsal, The Baldwin Group, Lockton
The Acquisition of Steger Bizzell by CHA Consulting
- Seller: Steger Bizzell Engineering, LLC
- Buyer: CHA Consulting, Inc. (portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital)
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Baker Tilly
- Seller Counsel: Ewing & Jones
- Buyer Counsel: Ropes Gray
- Private Equity: H.I.G. Capital
The Acquisition of Turbine Overhaul Performance Specialists, LLC by The Capstreet Group
- Seller: Turbine Overhaul Performance Specialists
- Buyer: The Capstreet Group
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Alantra
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Kroll
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Intrinsic
- Seller Counsel: Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
- Buyer Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Senior Debt: Amegy Bank
- Other Consultants: Arnovia, Lockton, Deloitte
The Acquisition of Prime Power Solutions by an entity controlled by Partners Group
- Seller: Arroyo Investors
- Buyer: Partners Group
- Sell-side Investment Bank: BofA Securities
- Seller Counsel: Bracewell LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Clifford Chance LLP
The Acquisition of Purge Rite Intermediate LLC by Vertiv Holdings Co.
- Seller: Purge Rite Intermediate LLC
- Buyer:Vertiv
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Harris Williams
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Stifel
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Alvarez & Marsal
- Seller Counsel: DLA Piper
- Buyer Counsel: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
- Other Consultants: McKinsey
Consumer Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Express ER by Altus Community Healthcare, LP, a subsidiary of ZT Corporate
- Seller: Express ER
- Buyer: ZT Wealth, LLC d/b/a ZT Corporate
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Berkeley Research Group, LLC
- Seller Counsel: Condon Tobin Sladek Sparks Nerenberg PLLC
- Buyer Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Other Consultants: Pasha Law PC
The Acquisition of Ludy Home Improvement Group, LLC by Mosaic Service Partners Buyer, LLC, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors
- Seller: Ludy Home Improvement Group, LLC d/b/a Houston Window Experts
- Buyer: Mosaic Service Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: XLCS Partners, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
- Buyer Counsel: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
The Acquisition of Alpha Foods Co. by MBC Companies, a portfolio company of e2p
- Seller: Alpha Foods Co.
- Buyer: MBC Companies (portfolio company of e2p)
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Baker Tilly
- Seller Counsel: Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Buyer Counsel: Norton Rose Fullbright
- Private Equity: Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p)
- Other Consultants: FTI Consulting, Hauser, Inc.
The Acquisition of Optimal Wireless by Sun Com Mobile
- Seller: Optimal Wireless, LLC
- Buyer: Sun Com Mobile, LLC
- Seller Counsel: Clark Hill
- Buyer Counsel: BoyarMiller
- Senior Debt: PNC
Distribution Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of MOC Products Group by LKCM Headwater Investments
- Seller: MOC Products Company LLC
- Buyer: MOC Purchaser, LLC (i.e.,LKCM Headwater Investments)
- Seller Counsel: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Mayer Brown LLP
- Senior Debt: UMB Bank, N.A.
- Private Equity: LKCM Headwater Investments
- Other Consultants: Clark Hill PLC, Jackson Walker LLP
The Acquisition of MRC Global (US) Inc. by DNOW Inc.
- Seller: MRC Global (US) Inc.
- Buyer: DNOW Inc.
- Buyer Counsel: Haynes and Boone, LLP
The Acquisition of Moffitt Holdings, LLC by Main Street Capital Corporation
- Seller: Moffitt Holdings, LLC
- Buyer: Main Street Capital Corporation
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
- Buyer Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke
- Senior Debt: Main Street Capital Corporation
- Private Equity: Main Street Capital Corporation
The Acquisition of National Sealants & Lubricants, LLC by Bron Tapes
- Seller: National Sealants & Lubricants, LLC
- Buyer: Bron Tapes
- Sell-side Investment Bank: XLCS Partners, Inc.
- Seller Counsel: BoyarMiller
- Buyer Counsel: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Energy & OFS Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Adams Resources & Energy by an affiliate of Tres Energy
- Seller: Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.
- Buyer: Tres Energy, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Seller Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke
- Buyer Counsel: King & Spalding
- Senior Debt: Cadence Bank
The Acquisition of Quail Tools by Superior Energy Services
- Seller: Quail Tools, LLC
- Buyer: Superior Energy Services, Inc.
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Houlihan Lokey
- Seller Counsel: Haynes Boone
- Buyer Counsel: Baker Botts
- Other Consultants: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
The Acquisition of Bold Productions Services, LLC by funds managed by Apollo affiliates
- Seller: BOLD Production Services, LLC
- Buyer: Apollo
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Riveron
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: PwC
- Seller Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke, LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Senior Debt: Bank OZK
- Private Equity: OFS Energy Fund
- Other Consultants: Lockton
The Acquisition of Citadel Casing Solutions by Innovex International
- Seller: Citadel Casing Solutions
- Buyer: Innovex International, Inc.
- Sell-side Investment Bank:Piper Sandler Companies
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: CFOx
- Seller Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke
- Buyer Counsel: Akin Gump
- Private Equity: NGP Energy
- Other Consultants: KPMG, Lockton
Manufacturing & Fabrication Deal of the Year
The Transaction (Diverstiture & Acquisition) of BWFS Industries by JHBDMB Holdings, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Trust
- Seller: BWFS Industries
- Buyer: JHBDMB Holdings, Inc
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Withum
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Buyer Counsel: Blank Rome
- Senior Debt: Prosperity Bank
- Junior Debt: Joe Butcher
- Other Consultants: Isaacks & Associates, LP, BVA Group, MKP-Price & Co., CPA
The Acquisition of ESCO Plastics by Colson Group
- Seller: ESCO Plastics Company
- Buyer: The Colson Group USA, LLC, a portfolio company of Blue Wolf Capital Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Hancock Firm
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Buyer Counsel: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Private Equity: Blue Wolf Capital Partners
The Acquisition of Ascend Performance Materials by Silver Point Capital & Lead Investors
- Seller: Ascend Performance Materials
- Buyer: Silver Point Capital, L.P.
- Sell-side Investment Bank: PJT Partners
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Evercore
- Seller Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis
- Buyer Counsel: Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
- Senior Debt: Wells Fargo, BoA, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan
- Junior Debt: Silver Point Capital, Invesco, UBS Asset Management, others
- Private Equity: SK Capital
- Other Consultants: FTI Consulting, Hilco Global, Deloitte LLP
The Acquisition of USA Industries, LLC by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Seller: USA Industries, LLC
- Buyer: Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: SCA Transaction Services
- Seller Counsel: Jones Day
- Buyer Counsel: Honigman LLP
- Private Equity: Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Other Consultants: Baker Tilly, Alvarez & Marsal
The Acquisition of Spitzer Industriese by Race Rock
- Seller: Spitzer Industries
- Buyer: Race Rock
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Jefferies
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM
- Seller Counsel: Jones Day
- Buyer Counsel: Gibson Dunn
- Senior Debt: JP Morgan
- Other Consultants: Stephens, Inc, Phase Engineering
The Acquisition of Fencecrete America by Lake State Partners and WoodLake Group
- Seller: Fencecrete America
- Buyer: Lake State Partners LLC and WoodLake Group
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: LCG Advisors
- Seller Counsel: Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP
- Buyer Counsel: IceMiller
- Senior Debt: Mizzen Capital
- Other Consultants: Hylant
Software & Technology Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Vehicle Scanning Solutions by Greybull Stewardship
- Seller: Vehicle Scanning Solutions, LLC
- Buyer: Greybull Stewardship
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Statesman Business Advisors, LLC
- Seller Counsel: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Buyer Counsel: Maynard Nexsen
The Acquisition of Gimmal Purchaser, LLC by Morae Global Corporation, a portfolio company of Lateral Investment Management
- Seller: Gimmal Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Rubicon Technology Partners
- Buyer: Morae Global Corporation
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Cannacord Genuity LL
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM US
- Seller Counsel: Cooley LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Senior Debt: BC Partners Advisors L.P.
- Private Equity: Lateral Investment Management
- Other Consultants: West Monroe Partners, Marsh, BlueChip Underwriting Services
A Divestiture of Tachus Fiber by Crosstimbers Capital Group to Ezee Fiber
- Seller: Tachus, LLC
- Buyer: Ezee Fiber Texas, LLC
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Bank Street Group
- Seller Counsel: Latham & Watkins LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Sidley Austin LLP
- Private Equity: Crosstimbers Capital Group
- Other Consultants: I Squared Capital, TVG Consulting
The Acquisition of Heliogen Inc. by Zeo Energy Corp.
- Seller: Heliogen Inc.
- Buyer: Zeo Energy Corp
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Pickering Energy Partners
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler & Co.
- Seller Counsel: Cooley LLP
- Buyer Counsel: Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Houston Private Equity Deal of the Year
A Divestiture of Kobus by Agile Growth Equity
- Seller: Agile Growth Equity’s
- Buyer: Dresser Utility Solutions
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Morningside
- Seller Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke
- Buyer Counsel: DuBois Bryant & Campbell
- Private Equity: Agile Growth Equity
- Other Consultants: Weaver
The Acquisition of Elevex Capital, LLC by Sallyport Partners Fund, LP
- Seller: Elevex Capital, LLC
- Buyer: Sallyport Partners Fund, LP
- Buyer Counsel: Troutman, Pepper Locke
- Senior Debt: Woodforest Bank, Wells Fargo
- Private Equity: Sallyport Partners Fund
- Other Consultants: Bel Air Law Firm, Texas Pacific Group
The Acquisition of Precision Concepts International and Comar by The Sterling Group
- Seller: Precision Concepts International
- Buyer: The Sterling Group
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Evercore
- Seller Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, Jones Day
- Buyer Counsel: Latham & Watkins
The Acquisition of Fabtex, Inc. by Quiltcraft Industries, Inc., a portfolio company of Willistown Capital LLC
- Seller: Fabtex, Inc.
- Buyer: Willistown Capital LLC
- Buy-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 Purge Rite Intermediate LLC by Vertiv Holdings Co.
- Seller: Purge Rite Intermediate LLC
- Buyer: Vertiv
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Harris Williams
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Stifel
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Alvarez & Marsal
- Seller Counsel: DLA Piper
- Buyer Counsel: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
- Other Consultants: McKinsey
The Acquisition of The Cornerstone Companies by Del Monte Capital
- Seller: The Cornerstone Companies
- Buyer: Del Monte Capital
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Embark
- Seller Counsel: Blank Rome
- Buyer Counsel: Troutman Pepper Locke
- Senior Debt: Woodforest
- Private Equity: Del Monte Capital
Houston Investment Bank Deal of the Year
The Acquisition of Colorado Petroleum Products Company by Diesel Direct
- Seller: Colorado Petroleum Products Company
- Buyer: Diesel Direct
- Sell-side Investment Bank: DGP Capital
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: CLA
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: RSM
- Seller Counsel: Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter
- Buyer Counsel: Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin LLP
- Other Consultants: Taft Law
The Acquisition of SeisWare International Inc. by Computer Modeling Group Ltd.
- Seller: SeisWare International Inc.
- Buyer: Computer Modelling Group Ltd.
- Sell-side Investment Bank: DGP Capital
- Seller Counsel: DLA Piper
- Buyer Counsel: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
The Acquisition of Northwind Delaware Holdings LLC by MPLX LP
- Seller: Northwind Delaware Holdings LLC
- Buyer: MPLX LP
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler & Co.
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Goldman Sachs
- Seller Counsel: Latham Watkins
- Private Equity: Five Point Infrastructure LLC
The Acquisition of Sand Revolution by Total Sand Solutions
- Seller: Sand Revolution
- Buyer: Total Sand Solution
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Seller Counsel: Branscomb Law
- Buyer Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis
- Other Consultants: Bonadio
The Acquisition of Basler Electric by Littelfuse
- Seller: Basler Electric Company
- Buyer: Littelfuse, Inc.
- Sell-side Investment Bank: GulfStar Group
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Grant Thornton
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Ernst & Young
- Seller Counsel: King & Spalding
- Buyer Counsel: Preti Flaherty
- Other Consultants: Lockton
The Acquisition of Moser Energy Systems by Atlas Energy Solutions
- Seller: Moser Energy Systems
- Buyer: Atlas Energy Solutions
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Perella Weinberg / Tudor, Pickering Holt
- Buy-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Alvarez & Marsal
- Seller Counsel: Katten Muchin Rosenman
- Private Equity: Hilltop Holdings / Hilltop Opportunity Partners
- Other Consultants: Gordon Brothers
The Acquisition of Hawk Line Construction by Lime Rock New Energy
- Seller: Hawk Line Construction
- Buyer: Lime Rock New Energy
- Sell-side Investment Bank: Piper Sandler Energy Group
- Buy-side Investment Bank: FMI Capital Advisors
- Sell-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Redpath
- Buy-side Quality of Earnings Provider: Grant Thornton
- Seller Counsel: Koley Jessen
- Buyer Counsel: Gibson Dunn