2019 Awards Booklet

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18TH ANNUAL
M&A ADVISOR AWARDS
NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
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Welcome
Welcome to the 18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards.
Since 2002, we have been honoring the leading transactions, companies and
dealmakers in the M&A industry.This year we had the privilege of overseeing the
judging of over 230 award finalists representing over 500 different firms.Tonight,
it is our great pleasure to recognize those finalists and bestow upon the winners
our highest honor for M&A firms and professionals.
In addition to recognizing the finalists and winners, each year our advisory
committee chooses dealmakers who exemplify the characteristics of leadership,
perseverance, creativity and integrity in their work.This evening we are pleased
to present James E.Abbott, Partner and Co-Head of the Business Transactions
Group, Seward & Kissel and Steven H. Goldberg, co-leader of the Mergers and
Acquisition team, BakerHostetler with the 2019 Leadership Award. We look
forward to celebrating their achievements and ascension into the M&A Advisor
Hall of Fame.
Lastly, in 2016, we lost a valued member of our community,Thomas Farrell. In
honor of his generous contribution to the M&A industry, the 2019 Thomas Farrell
Memorial Award will be presented tonight to Ramsey W. Goodrich, Managing
Partner, at Carter, Morse & Goodrich. He has demonstrated tireless dedication to
the advancement of our industry.
On behalf of The M&A Advisor Team, it is my pleasure to welcome you here
this evening for this celebration of “dealmaking.”Your participation and the
collaborative contributions of our alliance partners, sponsors and judges make it
possible to provide this valuable awards program.
If we may be of assistance to you in any capacity tonight, it is our pleasure to
serve you.Thank you for joining us this evening.
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6:30 - 7:30 pm AWARDS GALA RECEPTION
Presented by
7:30 - 9:30 pm AWARDS GALA DINNER
18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Presentation
Hosted by Laura Keller | Anchor, MandA.TV
Thomas Farrell Memorial Award Presentation
Ramsey W. Goodrich | Managing Partner, Carter, Morse & Goodrich
Leadership Award Presentation and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
James E. Abbott | Partner and Co-Head of the BusinessTransactions Group
Seward & Kissel LLP
Steven H. Goldberg | Partner and Co-leader, Mergers and AcquisitionTeam
BakerHostetler LLP
9:30 - 10:30 pm Closing Party Presented by

Awards Gala Hosts
@LauraJKeller
@rogeraguinaldo
Roger Aguinaldo is the Founder of The M&A Advisor and a Senior Advisor at
CC Capital, a private investment firm focused on SPACs and upper middle and
large market buyouts.A leading authority on private equity investing, mergers
and acquisitions and finance, Mr.Aguinaldo has consummated over $15 billion
of M&A and financial transactions over the past 32 years. Recent acquisitions
include the privatization of Dun & Bradstreet and the SPAC buyout of insurance
company, Fidelity Guaranty. Currently, he’s seeking an acquisition for Collier Creek,
a $475mm consumer SPAC. Mr.Aguinaldo began his career at Merrill Lynch &
Co. where he handled M&A of Fortune 500 co. and large financial institutions.
He was actively involved in one of the largest LBOs at the time – the $1.5 billion
acquisition of Del Monte Foods Corporation. He received a BS from Carnegie
Mellon University and an MBA from NewYork University.
Laura J. Keller is honored to serve as an Anchor for MandA.TV, as well as the
Master of Ceremony for the 18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards. Laura is a Senior
Vice President at Teneo.A former journalist, she has extensive experience covering
a variety of financial, business and public policy topics, including credit markets,
banking, asset managers and special situations -- especially restructuring scenarios
and merger and acquisitions.At Teneo, Ms. Keller provides strategic counsel and
develops communications and public affairs strategies to help clients address their
most challenging and complex issues. Her core practice areas include financial
communications, restructuring and executive presentation coaching. She gained her
expertise in financial business news working at Bloomberg News and as the on-air
anchor for a digital video platform focused on the asset management industry. Prior
to Bloomberg she was a senior member of the news organization’s Finance Team
and also co-led coverage of distressed credit.
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Award Judging
Earlier this year,The M&A Advisor issued a Call for Nominations to all M&A professionals to
participate in the 18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards.To qualify the nominees,The M&A Advisor
Awards research team used both real-time and historical information on the candidates, during
the nomination vetting process.A panel of 28 independent judges, chosen for their M&A industry
expertise, were then selected to evaluate the qualified nominees.
THE MEMBERS OF THE 2019 JUDGING PANEL WERE:
Jonathon Adelson | Managing Director,Valuation Research
Ulf Angelin | Managing Partner, CrossBorderVernture Partners
Jonathon Adelson | Managing Director,Valuation Research
Ulf Angelin | Managing Partner, CrossBorderVernture Partners
Myrna Barakat | Managing Director, MB Corporate Advisory Partners
Ben Boissevain | Managing Director,Ascento Capital
Charles Botchway | CEO, Madison Street Capital
Tej Brahmbhatt | Founding Partner,Watchtower Capital
Tim Brouwer | Managing Director,ARIX Business Intelligence
Jeff Bunin |Vice President, Capital Lending Corp
Brendan Burke | Managing Director, Capstone Headwaters
Jack Butler | CEO, Birch Lake Holdings
Jason Casella | Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Josh Colter | Director of Acquisitions & Finance, Robbins Properties LLC
Ian Fay | Co-Founder & Head Group,Vier Energy Capital
Michael Fein | ExecutiveVice President, Kingsdale Advisors
Richard Garnick | CEO,The Conjoin Group, LLC
Marc Kalton | Managing Director, Edica-Garnett Partners
Nicholas Kim | Managing Director, Private M&A, N. Hahn & Co. Inc.
Susan Koss | Partner and Managing Director, O’Keefe
Stephen Peca | Managing Director,Windy Acres Capital & Advisory
Jason Pelroth | Principal, BHMS Investments, LP
Doni Pertlroth,Vice President, Charter Oak Equity
Andy Robison | Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dharmendra Singh | CEO, Mergerware
Scott Sutton |VP Business Development, Safeguard Business Systems
Janet Tweed | CEO & Founder, Gilbert Tweed
William Wilson | Partner,Wilson Williams LLC
Igor Zaks | President,Tenzor Ltd
Shuo Zhang | CEO and Managing Partner, Renascia Partners
The candidates were judged in the security datasite to ensure that all eligible nominations were
processed and evaluated securely and confidentially.
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18TH ANNUAL
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18th
Annual M&A Advisor Awards
The finalists for the 18th
Annual M&A Advisor Awards are as follows:
I. SECTOR DEAL OF THE YEAR
ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR
Acquisition of Oildex by DrillingInfo
Vaquero Capital Intertek
Restructuring of PetroQuest Energy
FTI Consulting
Houlihan Lokey
Seaport Global Securities
Dacarba
Heller, Draper, Patrick, Horn & Manthey, LLC
Akin Gump
Porter Hedges LLP
Subordinated Preferred Equity Investment into Energy Distribution Partners
Jordan, Knauff & Company Energy Distribution Partners
Acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company by Brookfield Business Partners
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Milbank,Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Recapitalization of kV Power by Rock Hill Capital
Romanchuk & Co.
Atkins, Hollmann, Jones, Peacock, Lewis & Lyon, Inc.
Rock Hill Capital
Restructuring of Jones Energy, Inc.
Epiq
Kirkland & Ellis
Jackson Walker L.L.P
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Merger of Transocean and Ocean Rig
Seward & Kissel LLP
Transocean Ltd.
Ocean Rig UDW Inc.
Ogier
King & Spalding LLP
Hamburger
Maples and Calder
Wenger &Vieli Ltd
Acquisition of EQT Core Conventional Appalachia by Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
Stifel RBC
FINANCIALS DEAL OF THE YEAR
Acquisition of First Team Resources Corporation by King Bancshares, Inc.
GLC Advisors & Co.
Morris Laing
First Team Resources Corporation
K Coe Isom
King Bancshares, Inc.
Stinson
Merger of LourdMurray with Delphi Private Advisors, with an investment from HighTower
Republic Capital Group
Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP
LourdMurray
Delphi Private Advisors
HighTower
Acquisition of 1st Global Inc. by Blucora Inc.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Foley & Lardner, LLP
ERG Capital
PJT Partners
Blucora
Merger of National Commerce Corporation with and into CenterState Bank Corporation
Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough
Raymond James
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.
Acquisition of JetPay by NCR
FT Partners
JetPay
NCR
Acquisition of Ozark National Life Insurance by National Western Life Insurance Company
Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc
CNS Corporation
Ozark National Life Insurance
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Sale of Hyperwallet to Paypal
Raymond James
Hyperwallet
PayPal
Series E Financing of Marqeta led by Coatue Management
FT Partners
Coatue Management
Marqeta
MATERIALS DEAL OF THE YEAR
Sale of Robert Allen Duralee Group to RADG Holdings
SSG Capital Advisors LLC
RAS Management Advisors, LLC
Hahn & Hessen LLP
Otterbourg, P.C.
Perkins Coie LLP
Winchester, Sellers, Foster & Steele, P.C.
White and Williams LLP
Acquisition of North American Railway Steel Tie Corporation (NARSTCO) by RailWorks Corp
Clayton Capital Partners RailWorks Corp
Divestiture of global assets to facilitate the merger of Praxair with Linde
Deloitte Consulting LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Linde Aktiensgesellschaft
Praxair
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Messer Industries GmbH
Acquisition of Goldcorp Inc. by Newmont Mining Corporation
White & Case
BMO Capital Markets
Citi
Goldman Sachs
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Goodmans LLP
TD Securities
BofA Merrill Lynch
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Fort Capital Partners
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Sale of Republic Metals Corporation to Asahi Holdings, Inc.
Paladin Management Group, LLC
Akerman LLP
Luskin Stern & Eisler LLP
RPA Advisors, LLC
Cooley LLP
CBIZ, Inc.
Arnold & Porter
Ernst &Young LLP
Acquisition of Reed’s Metals, Inc. by Union Corrugating Company
Generational Capital Markets
Reed’s Metals
Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC
Industrial Opportunity Partners
Union Corrugating
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
VRA Partners
Sale of Clean Earth by Compass Diversified Holdings
The Compass Group
Moelis & Company LLC
Houlihan Lokey
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Alvarez & Marsal
BMO Capital Market
Acquisition of ArrMaz Custom Chemicals by Arkema
TheValence Group
Lazard Middle Market
Moelis & Company
Proskauer Rose
Kirkland & Ellis
Nob Hill Law Group

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TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES DEAL OF THE YEAR
Sale of TRUSTID, Inc. to Neustar, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital)
Raymond James Golden Gate Capital
Acquisition of Texas Utility Engineering by EN Engineering
Jackson Walker
Texas Utility Engineering Inc.
Lange, Poteet, & Co., LLP
EN Engineering
McGuireWoods
General Atlantic Service Company
CIVC Partners
Sale of GreatCall to Best Buy
Raymond James
GTCR
GreatCall
Best Buy Co., Inc.
PwC
Goldman Sachs
Acquisition of 15 television stations in 10 U.S. markets from Cordillera Communications by The E.W.
Scripps Company
BakerHostetler
Cordillera Communications, LLC
Cooley LLP
Methuselah Advisors
The E.W. Scripps Company
Wells Fargo
Acquisition of Qualitynet by VIVA
Kuwait Telecommunications Company
Bahrain Telecommunications Company B.S.C
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)
Acquisition of Radisys Corporation by Reliance Industries
Raymond James
Radisys
Reliance Industries
Acquisition of Legacy Telecommunication by Enertech and Tower Arch Capital
JD Merit & Company
Enertech Resources Holdings
Tower Arch Capital
Legacy Telecommunications, Inc.
Acquisition of Deep Blue Communications by Comcast
Leonis Partners Comcast
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$25MM)
Acquisition of Hydrow by L Catterton
L Catterton Hydrow
Acquisition of Legends Express Car Wash by WhiteWater Express Car Wash
Holland & Knight
Barton Creek Capital
SkyKnight Capital
WhiteWater Express Car Wash
Sale of Straye Footwear to BBC International
Objective Capital Partners
Straye Footwear
The Bookkeeping Boutique
BBC International
Hahn & Hessen LLP
Otterbourg, P.C.
Perkins Coie LLP
Winchester, Sellers, Foster & Steele, P.C.
Sale of Pride Family Brands to Brown Jordan
Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Pride Family Brands
Blank Rome LLP
DLA Piper
Acquisition of Allwaste Services by Waste Management
Allwaste Services Inc.
Newsome Law
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Acquisition of Nutrafol by L Catterton
L Catterton Nutrafol
Restructuring of Diesel USA, Inc.
Arent Fox LLP
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($50MM-$100MM)
Restructuring of Steel City Media
Gordian Group
Carmody MacDonald
Smithwick & Belendiuk
Alix Partners
Quinn Emanuel
Moore &Van Allen
Sale of DFA Holding Company, Inc.to the DFA New York Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG Partners
DFA NewYork LLC
Morrison Cohen
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Argent Financial Group
Sale of San Felasco by Harvest Health & Recreation, Inc.
Young America Capital Harvest Health & Recreation
Acquisition of Jurassaic Quest by L2 Capital
Statesman Corporate Finance L2 Capital
Capitalization of Grupo Turistore subscribed by Alta Growth Capital and Nexxus Capital
PC Capital
Grupo Turistore
Nexxus Capital
Alta Growth Capital
Sale of Alliance Cosmetics Group to Mandom Corporation
BDA Partners Mandom Corporation
Acquisition of City Gear by Hibbett Sports
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Fifth Third Securities
Wyatt,Tarrant & Combs
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
PJ Solomon
Hibbett Sports, Inc.
Bank of America
Regions Bank
Acquisition of Aftermath, a portfolio company of Serent Capital, by Abry Partners
MHT Partners
Serent Capital
Abry Partners
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM)
Acquisition of Tonal by L Catterton
L Catterton Tonal
Sale of Urban Armor Gear, LLC to Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.
D.A. Davidson
Urban Armor Gear, LLC
Greenburg Traurig
Hammond, Kennedy,Whitney & Company, Inc.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
PFK O’Connor Davies
Acquisition of Canidae by L Catterton
L Catterton Canidae
Sale of Polartec to Milliken & Company
Polartec
Versa Capital Management
Milliken & Company
Sale of Leyou to Warburg Pincus
BDA Partners Warburg Pincus
Acquisition of Remington Products Company by Gridiron Capital
Cascade Partners Gridiron Capital
Acquisition of SodaStream International by PepsiCo
Centerview Partners
The Goldman Sachs Company
Perella Weinberg Partners
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Shearman & Sterling
Meitar Liquornik Geva Lasham Tal
White & Case
Paul,Weiss, Rifkind,Wharton & Garrison
Restructuring of Claire’s Stores
FTI Consulting
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Claire’s Stores
CONSUMER STAPLES DEAL OF THE YEAR
Sale of Kane Beef to JDH Capital
Gordian Group
The Claro Group
Okin Adams
JDH Capital
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Acquisition of Louisiana Fish Fry by Peak Rock Capital
GulfStar Group
Louisiana Fish Fry
Kean Miller
Peak Rock
McDermott,Will & Emery
PwC
Willis Towers Watson
Acquisition of Yucatan Foods, LP by Landec Corporation
D.A. Davidson
Yucatan Foods, L.P.
Piper Jaffray & Co.
The Giannuzzi Group LLP
Moss Adams
Landec Corporation
Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Deloitte Tax LLP
ABD Insurance and Financial Services
Acquisition and integration of Harry’s Fresh Foods, and separation of “Stockpot” from Campbell’s, by
Kettle Cuisine
West Monroe Partners
Kettle Cuisine
Campbell Soup Company
Kainos Capital
BNP Paribas
PwC
Divestment of 51% stake in Al Kabeer Group by Savola Group
Alpen Capital (ME) Ltd Savola Group
Acquisition of Cholula by L Catterton
L Catterton Cholula
Merger of Dogfish Head Brewery with the Boston Beer Company
Nixon Peabody
The Boston Beer Company
Dogfish Head Brewery
Acquisition of Good Food Holdings by EMart
Dentons
Paul Hastings
Piper Jaffray & Co
KPMG - Financial Due Diligence
EY (Korea)
EY (US)
Citigroup
McMillanDoolittle
HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$100MM)
Acquisition of CiVentiChem LLC by Sterling Pharma Solutions
Wombat Capital Partners
CiVentiChem
Smith Anderson
Sterling Pharma Solutions
Womble Bond Dickinson
Sale of Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes to NetHealth
Leonis Partners
Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes
NetHealth

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Acquisition of AppleWhite Dental LLC by Cordental Group
Cleary Gull Inc.
Tonka Bay Equity Partners LLC
AppleWhite Dental LLC
New MainStream Capital
Cordental Group
Acquisition of Gibraltor Laboratories by Sotera Health
Capstone Headwaters Sotera Health
Acquisition of Neighbors Health by Multiple Parties
FTI Consulting
Porter Hedges LLP
Houlihan Lokey
Key Bank
Reed Smith
BRG Capstone
Cole Schotz
Glass Ratner
ZT Corporate
Sale of Reliant Care Management’s Skilled Nursing Facilities Portfolio to Griffin-American Healthcare
REIT IV, Inc.
Dresner Partners Investment Banking Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.
Sale of One Homecare Solutions to WayPoint Capital Partners
Holland & Knight
One Homecare Solutions
Waypoint Capital
Acquisition of Putnam Associates by UDG Healthcare plc
Clearsight Advisors UDG Healthcare plc
HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES DEAL OF THE YEAR ($100MM-$1B)
Creation of OneOncology by Tennessee Oncology and General Atlantic
Tennessee Oncology, PLLC
OneOncology
Sheppard Mullin
General Atlantic
Paul,Weiss, Rifkind,Wharton & Garrison LLP
Acquisition of New Century Health by Evolent Health
Water Street Healthcare Partners
New Century Investment, LLC
Winston & Strawn
Evolent Health, Inc.
Acquisition of Peoples Health Inc. by UnitedHealthcare
Provident Healthcare Partners
HealthLink Enterprises, Inc.
Taggart Morton, LLC
Neiman & Interian, PLLC
UnitedHealth Group
LabCorp-Envigo: Sale, spin-out, transfer of a business unit to the spin-out and an ongoing commercial
agreement
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Envigo International
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Laboratory Corporation of America
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Restructuring of Elements Behavioral Health
Polsinelli
Blue Mountain Capital Management
McDonald Hopkins
Sale of North American Rescue, portfolio company of Blue Wolf Partners LLC, to Henry Schein, Inc.
Holland & Knight
Blank Rome LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Sale of InHealth to TA
Holland & Knight
Oppenheimer
Ropes & Gray
Recapitalization of Ethos Veterinary Health, LLC by Brown Brothers Harriman
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc. Brown Brothers Harriman
HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Acquisition of Shire by Takeda
Finsbury
FTI Consulting
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Merger of LifePoint Health with RCCH HealthCare Partners
White & Case
LifePoint
RCCH HealthCare Partners
Praxair, Inc
Acquisition of Mission Healthcare Foundation by HCA Management Services
KeyBanc Capital Markets
Debevoise & Plimpton
Drinker Biddle & Reath
Acquisition of Paragon Bioservices by Catalent
UBS
Centerview Partners
Chase Bank
William Blair & Company
Fried Frank
Latham & Watkins
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Gordon Feinblatt
Kirkland & Ellis
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Acquisition of Syntimmune by Alexion
Centerview Partners
SRS Acquiom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Foley Hoag
Fox Rothschild
Goodwin
McCarter & English
INDUSTRIALS DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$50MM)
Acquisition of Jetco Holdings, L.L.C. by GTI Transport Solutions Inc.
Cleary Gull Inc.
Jetco Holdings, L.L.C.
Campbell & Riggs, PC
GTI Transport Solutions Inc.
Novacap
EY
Gowling WLG
Acquisition of SCR Air Services by NFI Industries
Capstone Headwaters NFI Industries
Purchase of assets of TAC Insumos Industriales
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
TESAC
Ogletree Deakins
Acquisition of Andrie Transportation by Auxo Investment Partners
Capstone Headwaters
Auxo Investment Partners
Barners & Thornburg
Miller Johnson
BDO
Acquisition of Garvin Industries, Inc. by Southwire Company, LLC
BCMS Corporate LLC
Garvin Industries, Inc.
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka,White,Williams & Aughtry
Southwire Company, LLC
VRA Partners
Eversheds Sutherland
Romanchuk & Co.
Rock Hill Capital
Acquisition of Multi-Wing America Inc. by Multi-Wing Group APS
Cleary Gull Inc.
Multi-Wing America
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Ermgassen & Co.
Plante Moran
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

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Acquisition of Prestige Stamping Inc. by Investment Partners
Prestige Stamping, Inc.
Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C.
Derderian, Kann, Seyferth & Salucci, P.C.
Miller Johnson
BDO
Barnes & Thornburg
INDUSTRIALS DEAL OF THE YEAR ($50MM-$100MM)
Acquisition of Techno Blue
Alpen Capital (ME) Ltd HBK Contracting Company
Reed’s Metals
Union Corrugating
VRA Partners
Acquisition of GDS Holding by Moran Environmental Recovery
GulfStar Group
GDS Holding, Inc.
Bauer Moynihan & Johnson LLP
Loren Hostek CPA
Moran Environmental Recovery, LLC
Jonathan Black
Acquisition of B&G Crane Services by Maxim Crane Works
FTI Consulting
Stifel, Miller Buckfire
Apollo Management
PwC
Paul Weiss
Refinancing of Gearbox Holdings, Inc.
Raymond James
Monomoy Capital Partners
McDonald Hopkins
Czech Asset Management
Davis Polk & Hardwell
Refinancing of Apex Linen
JD Merit & Company
Snell & Wilmer
Highland Capital Avenue Partners
Acquisition of Schilli by TFI International
Clayton Capital Partners
TFI International
Schilli
Acquisition of Roll-Rite Group Holdings, LLC by Safe Fleet Holdings, LLC
Cleary Gull Inc.
Capital Partners Inc.
Argosy Private Equity
Alvarez & Marsal
Finn Dixon & Hertling LLP
Safe Fleet Holdings, LLC
Paul Weiss
KPMG LLP
INDUSTRIALS DEAL OF THE YEAR ($100MM-$1B)
Restructuring of The NORDAM Group, Inc.
Huron
The Carlyle Group
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Latham & Watkins
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
PwC
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
CR3 Partners
Simpson,Thacher & Bartlett
AlixPartners
Morrison Foerster
Jefferies
J.P. Morgan
Sale of JRM Holdings, Inc. to the JRM Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG Partners
JRM Construction Management
Morrison Cohen
Stout Risius Ross
Aegis Fiduciary Services
Congratulations
Republic Capital Group is honored to be a finalist for
2 awards, for the Merger of LourdMurray with Delphi
Private Advisors, with an investment from HighTower:
• M&A Deal of the Year ($100MM-$250MM)
• Financials Deal of the Year
to all of the Finalists and Winners of
the 18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards
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Acquisition of Cambridge Sound Management Holdings by Biamp
Capstone Headwaters Biamp Systems Corp
Acquisition of Wendorff Bros. Co., Inc. by MiddleGround Capital
Cleary Gull Inc.
Wendorff Bros. Co., Inc.
BDO USA, LLP
Reinhart BoernerVan Deuren, SC
MiddleGround Capital
Baker McKenzie
FTI Consulting
Acquisition of Kauffman Engineering, Inc. by Monomoy Capital Partners
KPMG Corporate Finance LLC
Kauffman Engineering, Inc.
Restructuring of Epic
Dentons
Haynes and Boone
Vedder Price
CR3 Partners
Raymond James
GreatCall
GTCR
Best Buy Co., Inc.
The Compass Group
Houlihan Lokey
Alvarez & Marsal
BMO Capital Markets
INDUSTRIALS DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Merger of Engility Holdings, Inc with Science Applications International Corp.
Guggenheim Securities LLC
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Dovel Technologies
KKR & Co. Inc.
General Atlantic
Fairmont Consulting Group
Morrison & Foerster LLP
SAIC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Stone Key Partners LLC
Stone Key Securities LLC
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Praxair, Inc
Acquisition of Rockwell Collins by United Technologies
Wharton MidMarket Advisors
Citigroup
Harris,Wiltshire & Grannis
J.P. Morgan
McCarthy Tetrault
Morgan Stanley
Stikeman Elliot
Rigrodsky & Long
Skadden Arps
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Acquisition of Nexeo Solutions by Univar
Moelis & Company
Lorelli & Company
The Goldman Sachs Group
Davis Ward Phillips &Vineberg
Kahn Swick & Foti
Acquisition of InfraReit by OnCor Electric Delivery
Evercore Group
Sullivan & Cromwell
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Kahn Swick & Foti
Vinson & Elkins
White & Case
Acquisition of USG by Gebr. Knauf
Morgan Stanley
J.P. Morgan
Baker & McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Shearman & Sterling
Cleary Gottlieb
Jones Day
Kahn Swick & Fo
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (B-TO-B) DEAL OF THE YEAR
Sale of The Data Incubator to Pragmatic Marketing
Leonis Partners Pragmatic Marketing
Sale of valantic to Dr. Holger von Daniels and Deutsche Private Equity
Raymond James
Auctus Capital Partners
Deutsche Private Equity
Aquisition of Avanxo by Globant
BowstringAdvisors,a division of Citizens Capital Markets Globant
Sale of Destinations by Design to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
ButcherJoseph & Co. GreatBanc Trust Company
JD Merit & Company
Snell & Wilmer
Acquisition of Bedrock Petroleum Consultants to NES Global Talent
Capstone Headwaters
AEA Investors, LP
NES Global Talent
Sale of Intelliteach to BV Investment Partners
Raymond James
Intelliteach
BV Investment Partners
Ropes & Gray
Dominus Capital
White & Case
Providence Strategic Growth
UTILITIES DEAL OF THE YEAR
Acquisition of AUC Group by AquaVenture
Capstone Headwaters AquaVenture Holdings, Ltd.
Jackson Walker
Lange, Poteet & Co., LLP
EN Engineering
McGuireWoods
CIVC Partners
Merger of Dominion Energy with SCANA Corporation
McGuireWoods LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
RBC Capital Markets
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Acquisition of Vectren Corporation by CenterPoint Energy
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Cleary Gottlieb
Akin Gump
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
Sullivan & Cromwell
Baker Botts
Kahn Swick & Foti
Rigrodsky & Long
Romanchuk & Co.
Rock Hill Capital

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Acquisition of U.S. Water Services by Kurita Water Industries
Allete
GCA Advisors
Houlihan Lokey
Morrison & Foerster
II. FIRM OF THE YEAR
ACCOUNTING/DUE DILIGENCE FIRM OF THE YEAR
ACA Aponix
BDO USA, LLP
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Citrin Cooperman
CohnReznick
BOUTIQUE INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM OF THE YEAR
Bailey Southwell & Co.
Clayton Capital Partners
CSG Partners
JD Merit & Company
Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc.
MelCap Partners, LLC
P&M Corporate Finance
Spurrier Capital Partners
SurePath Capital Partners
Vaquero Capital
COMMUNICATIONS FIRM OF THE YEAR
FTI Consulting Strategic Communications
Kekst CNC
Rooney Partners
Ruder Finn
W2O Group
CONSULTING FIRM OF THE YEAR
Ankura Consulting Group, L.L.C.
Bain & Company
CBIZ CMF
Moore Colson CPAs and Advisors
Protiviti
INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM OF THE YEAR
BDA Partners
Capstone Headwaters
D.A. Davidson & Co.
Financial Technology Partners (FT Partners)
Leonis Partners
Santander Global Corporate Banking
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
AZB & Partners
Gowling WLG
Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O.
Orrick Herrington
LENDER FIRM OF THE YEAR
BDCA
Churchill Asset Management LLC
Jefferies Finance
Monroe Capital LLC
Somitomo Mitsui Banking
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM OF THE YEAR
Constitution Capital Partners
HGG
Huron Capital
JLL Partners
L Catterton
STRATEGIC CORPORATION OF THE YEAR
American Water
Archer Daniels Midland
Boston Scientific
Safeguard Business Systems
Stryker
VALUATION FIRM OF THE YEAR
Berkeley Research Group
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Generational Group
Objective Capital Partners, Life Sciences & HealthcareValuation Practice
VRC |Valuation Research
III. PRODUCT/SERVICE OF THE YEAR
EY People Advisory Services
CBIZ CMF’s Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis
DatasiteOne, Merrill Corporation
APEX’s - APEX247
SS&C Technologies GlobeOp Private Equity Services

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IV. PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
R. Scott Sutton,Vice President, Safeguard
Michael McDonald, Director Corporate Development, Molex LLC
Sheila Spence,VP of Corporate Development, Spotify
Joshua Whipple, ExecutiveVP, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning, Global Payments
Shekar Ayyar, EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development,Vmware
INVESTMENT BANKER OF THE YEAR
David Grove, Managing Partner,Vaquero Capital
Clark Spurrier, Founder & CEO, Spurrier Capital Partners
Noah A. Hunt, Director of Mergers & Acquisitions, Zweig Group
Brenen Hofstadter, Chief M&A Officer, Generational Capital Markets
ToddViegut, Managing Director,Allegiance Capital
Jason Murgio, CEO, Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc
Steve McLaughlin, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner, FT Partners
David H. Crean, Managing Director, Objective Capital Partners
LEGAL ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
Jane Rose Siegfried,Associate, Ballard Spahr LLP
Lisa O’Neill, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
Arleen Nand, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ellen Ching, Partner, Paul,Weiss, Rifkind,Wharton & Garrison
Ed Batts, Partner, Head of Global M&A, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
SERVICE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Andrew Swihart, Manager, UHY Advisors Corporate Finance
Kyle Ludwig, Senior Director, CBIZ
Kaity Templin, M&A Specialist, Business Development Manager, EHS Support
Tim Clifford, President & CEO,Abacus Finance Group, LLC
Ryan Guthrie, Partner & National Practice Leader,Transaction Advisory Services, BDO USA, LLP
V. DEAL FINANCING OF THE YEAR
DEBT FINANCING OF THE YEAR
Sale of Midwest Equipment Company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
ButcherJoseph & Co. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust
Debt Financing of Summit Risk Advisors
Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc Colbeck Capital Management
Financing of ResinTech, Inc
Capstone Headwaters Fulton Bank of New Jersey
Financing of AeroCentury Corp
Capstone Headwaters MUFG Union Bank and NORD/LB
Capital Raise for BiteSquad
Leonis Partners BiteSquad
Refinancing of Gearbox Holdings, Inc.
Raymond James
McDonald Hopkins
Czech Asset Management
Davis Polk & Hardwell
Refinancing of Harte Gold
BNP Paribas Harte Gold Corp.
EQUITY FINANCING OF THE YEAR
Majority Recapitalization of SchoolAdmin by Quad Partners
GulfStar Group
SchoolAdmin
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Quad Partners
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Subordinated Preferred Equity Investment into Energy Distribution Partners
Jordan, Knauff & Company Energy Distribution Partners
Majority Recapitalization of DistroKid by Silversmith Capital and Spotify
Horizon Partners
DistroKid
Goodwin Procter (formerly Gunderson Dettmer)
Spotify
Kirkland & Ellis
KPMG
Latham Watkins
Silversmith Capital Partners
Ansarada
Series A Minority Financing of Checkout.com led by Insight, DST, GIC, Ribbit, Blossom Capital
FT Partners
Checkout.com
Insight Partners
DST Global
Capital Raise for BiteSquad
Leonis Partners BiteSquad
Series E Financing of Marqeta led by Coatue Management
FT Partners
Marqeta
Coatue Management
Series E Minority Financing of GoCardless Led by Adams Street Partners and Google Ventures
FT Partners
GoCardless
Adams Street Partners
Refinancing of Stone by Ant Financial
FT Partners Ant Financial
VI. RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR
RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$100MM)
Restructuring of Diesel USA, Inc.
Arent Fox LLP
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Gordian Group
Carmody MacDonald
Alix Partners
Quinn Emanuel
Moore &Van Allen

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FTI Consulting
Porter Hedges LLP
Houlihan Lokey
Key Bank
Reed Smith
BRG Capstone
Cole Schotz
Glass Ratner
ZT Corporate
Sale of Open Road Films to Raven Capital Management
FTI Consulting
Raven Capital Management
DLA Piper
Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern
Greenberg Traurig
Restructuring of Jones Energy, Inc.
Epiq
Kirkland & Ellis
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR ($100MM-$1B)
Acquisition of Black Box Corporation by AGC Networks
Raymond James
Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey
Alston & Bird
Jones Day
Alvarez & Marsal
Acquisition of 2 Verity Health hospitals by Santa Clara County
Dentons
Office of the County Counsel - County Of Santa Clara
Berkeley Research Group
Cain Brothers
Restructuring of Elements Behavioral Health
Polsinelli
Blue Mountain Capital Management
McDonald Hopkins
Alvarez & Marsal
Restructuring of Epic
Dentons
Haynes and Boone
Vedder Price
CR3 Partners
Restructuring of PetroQuest Energy
FTI Consulting
Houlihan Lokey
Seaport Global Securities
Dacarba
Heller, Draper, Patrick, Horn & Manthey, LLC.
Akin Gump
Restructuring of The NORDAM Group, Inc.
Huron
The Carlyle Group
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Latham & Watkins
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
PwC
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
CR3 Partners
Simpson,Thacher & Bartlett
AlixPartners
Morrison Foerster
Jefferies
J.P. Morgan
Restructuring of Tops Markets
FTI Consulting
Evercore
Silverpoint Capital
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Lazard Freres & Co LLC
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
Restructuring of Westmoreland Coal Company
FTI Consulting
Kirkland & Ellis
Stein Advisors LLC
Alvarez & Marsal North America LLC
McKinsey & Company RTS
Centerview Partners LLC
Thunderwood Capital
Congratulations to All of
Tonight’s Finalists and Winners!
And a Special Congratulations to S&K
Partner Jim Abbott on his M&A Advisor
Leadership Award and Induction into
the M&A Advisor Hall of Fame!
www.sewkis.com
“James Abbott is a hard-working,
no-nonsense, down-to-earth lawyer
with very good business acumen.”
‒Chambers USA 2019
Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Restructuring of COFINA
Stifel Financial
Miller Buckfire
Citi
US Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas
Phoenix Management Services
Proskauer Rose
Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez
O’Neill & Borges
O’Melveny & Myers
Kramer Levin
Weil
Cadwalder
Milbank
McDermott
Quinn Emanuel
Davis Polk
Coda Advisors
Broadspan Capital
Ducera
Restructuring of iHeartMedia
Finsbury
Kirkland & Ellis
iHeartMedia
FTI Consulting
Claire’s Stores
Restructuring of EXCO Resources, Inc.
Alvarez & Marsal North America PJT Partners
Restructuring of Catalina
Centerview Partners
FTI Consulting
Restructuring of Cenveo
Kirkland & Ellis
Greenhill & Co.
Rothschild Inc.
Zolfo Cooper
VII. TECHNOLOGY DEALS OF THE YEAR
TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$25MM)
Acquisition of FreshPlanet by Vivendi
Drake Star Partners Vivendi
Acquisition of roundCorner by Salesforce.org
Clearsight Advisors
Salesforce.org
roundCorner
Acquisition of RPM Software by ScanSource
Allegiance Capital Corporation ScanSource
Acquisition of SmartRG, Inc. by ADTRAN, Inc.
D.A. Davidson
Bradley
DLA Piper
Warren Averett
GulfStar Group
SchoolAdmin
Quad Partners
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Sale of Everyone Counts to Votem
Objective Capital Partners
Votem
Cahill, Gordon and Reindel, LLC
Falcon Investment Advisors
Cooley LLP
Leonis Partners
NetHealth
Majority Investment in Rock Solid Technologies by Strattam Capital
Strattam Capital
Rock Solid Technologies
Wyrick Robbins
IT ExchangeNet (ITX)
Acquisition of Navigator Management Partners by Avaap
Clearsight Advisors
Avaap USA
NMS Capital
Acquisition of TriNimbus by Onica
Drake Star Partners Sunstone Partners
Sale of Enterworks to Winshuttle
Raymond James
Black Dragon Capital
EnterWorks
Symphony Technology Group
Recapitalization of BiggerPockets.com by McCarthy Capital
GLC Advisors
KO Firm
BiggerPockets
Riveron
McCarthy Capital
Koley Jessen
Growth Investment in Answer 1, LLC by Sunstone Partners
D.A. Davidson
ReedSmith LLP
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
RSM US LLP
Jackson Walker
Lange, Poteet & Co., LLP
EN Engineering
McGuireWoods
CIVC Partners
BCMS Corporate LLC
VRA Partners
Acquisition of Solid Systems CAD Services by Park Place Technologies
Agile Equity
Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zube
BDA
Park Place Technologies
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan
PwC
Sale of Valant to Gemspring Capital
Spurrier Capital Partners Gemspring Capital
Aquisition of Avanxo by Globant
Bowstring Advisors, a division of Citizens Capital
Markets
Globant
Acqusition of TCI, LLC by Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
Cleary Gull Inc.
Godfrey & Kahn SC
BKD
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
Bond Schoeneck & King

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Gordian Group
Carmody MacDonald
Alix Partners
Quinn Emanuel
Moore &Van Allen
Acquisition of Social & Scientific Systems by DLH Holdings
Avascent
Baker TillyVirchow Krause
KippsDeSantos & Company
Houlihan Lokey
Becker
Hogan Lovells
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
Acquisition of DonRiver by Ciena
DonRiver
Ciena
Sale of D3 Technology to NCR
Leonis Partners
D3 Banking
NCR
Sale of ThreatConnect to Providence Strategic Growth
Raymond James
ThreatConnect, Inc.
Raymond James
Dominus Capital
White & Case
Intelliteach
Ropes & Gray
Series E Minority Financing of GoCardless Led by Adams Street Partners and Google Ventures
FT Partners
GoCardless
Adams Street Partners
Acquisition of Radisys Corporation by Reliance Industries
Raymond James
Radisys
Reliance Industries
Financing of ResinTech, Inc
Capstone Headwaters Fulton Bank of New Jersey
Acquisition of BCM One by Thompson Street Capital Partners
BCM
Thompson Street Capital Partners
Sale of LeaseLabs, Inc. to RealPage
Holland & Knight
Software Equity Services
SEG Capital Advisors
Recapitalization of AutoQuotes by Luminate Capital Partners
Markets
Luminate Capital Partners
ERG Capital
PJT Partners
Blucora
Acquisition of MicroPact by Tyler Technologies
Spurrier Capital Partners Tyler Technologies
Acquisition of Signicat by Nordic Capital
FT Partners
Signicat
Nordic Capital
Minority Growth Investment in CivicPlus by BV Investment Partners
GLC Advisors
Polsinelli
CivicPlus
Sale of Loring Ward to Focus Financial Partners
Raymond James
Loring Ward
Dechert
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Sale of Conscia to Nordic Capital
Raymond James Nordic Capital
Acquisition of Alchemy Systems by Intertek Group
Vaquero Capital DrillingInfo
Sale of Lighthouse Technologies Holdings Corp. to Lightyear Capital
Dentons
Macquarie Group
BKD
Davis Polk
William Blair & Co
Acquisition of Noventis by WEX
Raymond James WEX Inc.
Sale of BuildingConnected to Autodesk
Raymond James Autodesk
Sale of PayScale to Francisco Partners
Raymond James
PayScale
Warburg Pincus
Francisco Partners
FT Partners
Insight Partners
Checkout.com
DST Global
TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($500MM-$1B)
Sale of Combell Group to Hg
Raymond James
Waterland
Hg Capital
Majority Investment in Invoice Cloud from General Atlantic
Raymond James
General Atlantic
Summit Partners
Paul Weiss
Invoice Cloud
Kirkland & Ellis
PwC

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Steven Goldberg is Co-Leader of the firm’s national Mergers and
Acquisitions team and is the Business Group Coordinator for the NewYork
office. Steven is widely recognized as one of the leading M&A lawyers in the
country. He practices primarily in transactions, private equity, joint ventures
and strategic investments. For more than 25 years, he has represented both
publicly traded and privately held companies in transactional and securities
matters in a number of industries. Steven frequently writes about corporate
topics and has been cited in various professional periodicals. He has been
continually recognized individually and for his practice in The Legal 500 and
is also continually ranked in Chambers USA:America’s Leading Lawyers
for Business, where he has been described as an “‘extraordinarily bright
and hardworking’ lawyer who ‘is really adroit at realizing our needs
and getting to the core of the issue quickly’” (Chambers USA 2015). In
2018,The Legal 500 again named him a Top 10 ”Leading Lawyer” in Mergers
& Acquisitions. He was also named a “Super Lawyer” in the NewYork
metropolitan region. He is the winner of the 2017, 2015, 2014 and 2012
M&A Advisor TMT (Technology, Media and Telecom) Sector Deal of the
Year Award and the 2017, 2015 and 2010 M&A Advisor Middle-Market Deal
of theYear Award. Steven sits on the advisory board of WITNESS, a global
human rights organization. He also sits on the 2019 Law360 Editorial Board
for Mergers & Acquisitions.
2019 THOMAS FARRELL MEMORIAL
AWARD RECIPIENT
2019 LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS
Ramsey W. Goodrich
Managing Partner
Carter Morse & Goodrich
James E. Abbott
Partner
Seward & Kissel LLP
Steven H. Goldberg
Partner
BakerHostetler LLP
Jim Abbott is a Partner and the Co-Head of the Business Transactions
Group at NewYork-based law firm Seward & Kissel. For 35 years, he has
represented global clients in connection with M&A, joint venture and private
equity transactions. In recent years, Jim’s team has handled transformative
mergers in every segment of the international shipping industry: the
mergers of Euronav and Gener8 Maritime (oil tankers),Transocean and
Ocean Rig (offshore drilling), Scorpio Tankers and Navig8 Product Tankers
(product tankers), Star Bulk Carriers and Oceanbulk (bulk carriers) and
Poseidon Containers and Global Ship Lease (containerships). He also
focuses on multiple deals each year involving investment management
businesses, as well as middle market transactions in a variety of other
industries. In 2018,The National Law Journal named Jim an M&A Trailblazer,
recognizing “movers and shakers in the legal industry.” Chambers USA ranks
Jim a Leading Individual and reports that “clients are full of praise” for Jim,
“saying he always puts client satisfaction as a primary objective, brings a
lot of experience to deals.” The Legal 500 reports that “Jim Abbott is very
helpful with the overall strategic advice and guidance he provides... and
not only is he personable and affable, but he can subtly drive a very hard
bargain.” Jim received a B.A. degree from Colgate University and a J.D. from
NYU School of Law. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Jennifer and is
most proud of his grown children Sarah Jane, Sophie and Nick (none of
whom are lawyers).
Ramsey W. Goodrich is a Managing Partner at Carter Morse &
Goodrich and brings more than 25 years of experience advising
business owners of privately held middle market companies on M&A
and capital transactions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Goodrich
has advised on more than 100 transactions totaling more than $3.5
billion in value. Outside of the office, Mr. Goodrich is the current
Chairman of the Exit Planning Exchange – TriState Region, following
his terms as President of XPX Connecticut. He is currently also the
Chairman Emeritus and Past President of the Connecticut Chapter
of the Association for Corporate Growth. He was a Global Board
Member for ACG where he was involved with a major strategic
planning effort and then Chaired the 2017 ACG annual Intergrowth
Conference in LasVegas. He is an active speaker on M&A and Capital
transactions, having given dozens of presentations to corporations,
associations and trade organizations and is a regular speaker at industry
conferences around the country. Prior to joining Carter Morse &
Goodrich in 2005, Mr. Goodrich enjoyed careers at Spinnaker Group
Capital Advisors LLC, E&Y Corporate Finance, Banque Paribas and
Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Goodrich received his MBA from Stern
School of Business at NYU and his BA degree St. Lawrence University.
He also completed MBA graduate studies in international business
administration at the Institut Superieur des Affaires (ISA) in France. Mr.
Goodrich holds his NASD Series 7, 24, 63, 79 and 99 securities licenses.

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HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
James E. Abbott
Partner
Seward & Kissel LLP
Steven H. Goldberg
Partner
BakerHostetler LLP
2019 Leadership Award Recipients
The M&A Advisor is proud to honor the contribution and achievements of these
distinguished industry professionals with their induction intoThe M&A Advisor
Hall of Fame
Scripps Company
BakerHostetler
Cooley LLP
Methuselah Advisors
Wells Fargo
Raymond James
GTCR
GreatCall
Best Buy Co., Inc.
PwC
Goldman Sachs
Acquisition of Spring Communications, a subsidiary of GameStop, by Prime Communications
J.P. Morgan
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey
Pepper Hamilton
GameStop
Prime Communications
Sale of PIEtech to Envestnet
Raymond James
PJT Partners
Acquisition of Max, formerly known as Leumi Card, by group of investors, including Warburg Pincus,
Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings
Phoenix insurance Company
Azrieli Group
Leumi Partners
Gornitzky & Company
TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Acquisition of ConvergeOne by CVC Capital Partners
Raymond James CVC Capital Partners
Restructuring of iHeartMedia
Finsbury Kirkland & Ellis
Acquisition of eFront by BlackRock
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Scotto Partners
Citigroup
J.P. Morgan
McCarthy Tetrault
Morgan Stanley
Stikeman Elliot
Rigrodsky & Long
Skadden Arps
Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition of DCT Industrial Trust by Prologis
J.P. Morgan
Cleary Gottlieb
Goodwin
Kahn, Swick & Foti
Mayer Brown
Acquisition of Red Hat, Inc. by International Business Machines
Kahn Swick & Foti
Levi & Korsinsky
Rigrodsky & Long
Skadden,Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
JPMorgan Chase
Guggenheim Partners
Morgan Stanley
Cleary Gottlieb
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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VIII. CORPORATE/STRATEGIC DEAL OF THE YEAR
CORPORATE/STRATEGIC DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM–$25MM)
Wombat Capital Partners
CiVentiChem
Smith Anderson
Acquisition of Andersen Commercial Plumbing by ART Capital and ORIX BruteenGlobal
ART Capital
ORIX Brutten Global
Lobb & Plewe
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Andersen Plumbing
Acquisition of RPM Software by ScanSource
Allegiance Capital Corporation ScanSource
Acquisition of Allwaste Services by Waste Management
Allwaste Services Inc.
Waste Management
Newsome Law
Sale of Leading National Pet Food Ingredient Processor and Distributor to Meateor US LLC
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Winchester, Sellers, Foster & Steele, P.C., counsel to
RADG Holdings, LLC
Hahn & Hessen LLP
Otterbourg, P.C.
Perkins Coie LLP
Clearsight Advisors Salesforce.org
Strategic Acquisition of ASR Restoration by Interstate Restoration
Myers,Widders, Gibson, Jones
James Plisky, CPA
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
RSM
BCMS Corporate LLC
VRA Partners
Acquisition of MicroConnex Corporation by Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
Cleary Gull Inc.
MicroConnex Corporation
Carlisle Companies
KPMG, LLP
Tate & Oellrich, Inc.
FreeVector Advisors
Acquisition of Transportation Equipment by The Andersons, Inc.
Generational Equity The Andersons, Inc.
Acquisition of MS Industries, Inc. by Gnutti Carlo USA, Inc.
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
MS Industries, Inc.
GCI Management Consulting GmbH
Gnutti Carlo
UHY
Sale of Republic Metals Corporation to Asahi Holdings, Inc.
Arnold & Porter
Paladin Management Group, LLC
Akerman LLP
Luskin Stern & Eisler LLP
RPA Advisors, LLC
Cooley LLP
CBIZ, Inc.
Ernst &Young LLP
Acquisition of Golf Digest by Discovery
Greenhill & Co.
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Proskauer Rose
Acquisition of First Commonwealth Bank by Peoples Bank
ProBank Austin
Raymond James
Stoll Keenon Ogden
Dinsmore & Shohl
GulfStar Group
GDS Holding, Inc.
Loren Hostek CPA
Jonathan Black
Acquisition of Ponder Brothers, LLC by Phase Three Star, LLC
Fortson, Bentley and Griffin
Ponder Enterprises
PT Star Management Inc.
Meridian Partners
Acquisition of Red Giant Oil Company by HollyFrontier
Corporate Finance Associates
Koley Jessen
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
HollyFrontier
Reed’s Metals
Union Corrugating
VRA Partners
Closing Deals Nationwide
Ballard Spahr proudly congratulates our colleague and
2019 Legal Advisor of the Year finalist—Jane Siegfried.
www.ballardspahr.com

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Agile Equity
BDA
PwC
Acquisition of TCI, LLC by Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
Cleary Gull Inc.
Godfrey & Kahn SC
BKD
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
Bond Schoeneck & King
Acquisition of City Gear by Hibbett Sports
Fifth Third Securities
Wyatt,Tarrant & Combs
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
PJ Solomon
Hibbett Sports, Inc.
Bank of America
Regions Bank
Capstone Headwaters AEA Investors, LP / NES Global Talent
Acquisition of DonRiver by Ciena
DonRiver
Ciena
FTI Consulting
Porter Hedges LLP
Houlihan Lokey
Key Bank
Reed Smith
BRG Capstone
Cole Schotz
Glass Ratner
ZT Corporate
Acquisition of Watson Inc. by Glanbia Nutritionals
Carter Morse & Goodrich Glanbia Nutritionals
Acquisition of Triton Industries by BRP Inc.
BRP Inc.
Bodman PLC
2020 DISTRESSED INVESTING SUMMIT
FEATURING THE 14TH ANNUAL TURNAROUND AWARDS
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARCH 17/18, 2020
SAVE THE DATE
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THE M&A ADVISOR ANNOUNCES
THE THOMAS FARRELL
MEMORIAL AWARD
Generational Group congratulates
Ramsey Goodrich for being the recipient
of this distinguished award.
2019

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Sale of Sternberg Lighting to Lumenpulse Group
Prairie Capital Advisors
Sternberg Lighting
Holland & Knight
Professional Fiduciary Service
Porte Brown
Reinhart BoernerVan Deuren
Lumenpulse Group Inc.
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin
Burns Levinson
KPMG
Leonis Partners
D3 Banking
NCR
Acquisition of Baker Industries, Inc. by Lincoln Electric
Baker Industries
UHY Corporate Finance
Lincoln Electric
Baker Hostetler
Acquisition of Cambridge Sound Management Holdings by Biamp
Capstone Headwaters Biamp Systems Corp
Alpen Capital (ME) Ltd
Savola Group
Al Kabeer Group
Acquisition of Lackawanna Insurance Group by Group 1001
Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc. Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Acquisition of JetPay by NCR
FT Partners JetPay
Acquisition of MicroPact by Tyler Technologies
Tyler Technologies
MicroPact
Sale of Loring Ward to Focus Financial Partners
Raymond James
Loring Ward
Dechert LLP
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
CNS Corporation
Vaquero Capital
DrillingInfo
Houlihan Lokey
Acquisition of Cartiva, Inc. by Wright Medical Group
Guggenheim Securities
Gunderson Dettmer StoughVilleneuve Franklin &
Hachigian, LLP
Cartiva, Inc.
JP Morgan Securities LLC
Wright Medical Group N.V.
Divestiture of Gemini by NorthStar to GTCR
Raymond James
NorthStar
TA Associates
Goodwin
Deloitte
GTCR
Latham & Watkins
Ernst &Young
Bain & Co.
Sale of Road Ranger to Enex S.A.
Raymond James
DLA Piper
Thompson & Knight LLP
EY
Sale of Strategic Insight to ISS
Raymond James
Genstar Capital
Strategic Insight
Institutional Shareholder Services
Raymond James
Hyperwallet
PayPal
Taggart Morton, LLC
UnitedHealth Group
agreement
CORPORATE/STRATEGIC DEAL OF THE YEAR ($500MM-$1B)
Raymond James
GTCR
GreatCall
Best Buy Co., Inc.
PwC
Goldman Sachs
Sale of Rex Energy to PennEnergy
FTI Consulting
Jones Day
Perella Weinberg Partners L.P.
PennEnergy Resources
Vinson & Elkins
Sale of PIEtech to Envestnet
Raymond James
PJT Partners
Acquisition of EQT Conventional Appalachia by Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
Stifel RBC
Scripps Company
BakerHostetler
Cooley LLP
Methuselah Advisors
Wells Fargo
Maynard Cooper & Gale
Raymond James
Acquisition of ArrMaz Custom Chemicals by Arkema
TheValence Group
Moelis & Company
Proskauer Rose
Kirkland & Ellis
Nob Hill Law Group
Acquisition of Spring Communications, a subsidiary of GameStop, by Prime Communications
J.P. Morgan
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey
Pepper Hamilton
GameStop

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CORPORATE/STRATEGIC DEAL OF THE YEAR ($1B-$5B)
FTI Consulting
Claire’s Stores
Dovel Technologies
KKR & Co. Inc.
General Atlantic
SAIC
Seward & Kissel LLP
Transocean Ltd.
Ocean Rig UDW Inc.
Ogier
King & Spalding LLP
Hamburger
Maples and Calder
Wenger &Vieli Ltd
Acquisition of Nexeo Solutions by Univar
Moelis & Company
Lorelli & Company
Davis Ward Phillips &Vineberg
Kahn Swick & Foti
Vinson & Elkins
Stikeman Elliott
Centerview Partners
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Acquisition of Cloverleaf Cold Storage by AmeriCold Logistics
Deutsche Bank
Wells Fargo Securities
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Acquisition of ILG by Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Moelis & Company
J.P. Morgan
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Fried, Frank, Harris
CORPORATE/STRATEGIC DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $5B)
Merger of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust with LaSalle Hotel Properties
Raymond James
Citi
Goldman Sachs
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Praxair, Inc
Citigroup
J.P. Morgan
McCarthy Tetrault
Morgan Stanley
Stikeman Elliot
Rigrodsky & Long
Skadden Arps
Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition of Flipkart by Walmart
Fortis Advisors
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Barclays Bank UK
J.P. Morgan Securities
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons
Gunderson Dettmer
Khaitan & Company
Acquisition of Costa Ltd. by The Coca-Cola Company
Rothschild
Deutsche Bank
Morgan Stanley
Clifford Chance
Skadden,Arps
Slaughter & May
Acquisition of DCT Industrial Trust by Prologis
J.P. Morgan
Cleary Gottlieb
Goodwin
Kahn, Swick & Foti
Mayer Brown
IX. CROSS BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR
CROSS BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM - $100MM)
Purchase of assets of TAC Insumos Industriales
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
TESAC
Ogletree Deakins
Acquisition of Triton Industries by BRP Inc.
BRP Inc.
Bodman PLC
Acquisition of MS Industries, Inc. by Gnutti Carlo USA, Inc.
MS Industries, Inc.
GCI Management Consulting GmbH
Gnutti Carlo
Acquisition of Multi-Wing America Inc. by Multi-Wing Group APS
Cleary Gull Inc.
Multi-Wing America
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Ermgassen & Co.
Plante Moran
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Acquisition of Avanxo by Globant
Markets
Globant
Acquisition of Yucatan Foods, LP by Landec Corporation
D.A. Davidson
Yucatan Foods, L.P.
Landec Corporation
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
The Giannuzzi Group LLP
Moss Adams
Deloitte Tax LLP
ABD Insurance and Financial Services

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Sale of Sternberg Lighting to Lumenpulse Group
Prairie Capital Advisors
Sternberg Lighting
Holland & Knight
Professional Fiduciary Services
Porte Brown
Reinhart BoernerVan Deuren
Lumenpulse Group Inc.
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin
Burns Levinson
KPMG
CROSS BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR ($100MM–$1B)
Acquisition of Wesson brand and Memphis Production Facility by Richardson Oilseed Products (US)
Limited
Koley Jessen
McGrath North
Centerview Partners
Vaquero Capital DrillingInfo
Acquisition of Good Food Holdings by EMart
Dentons
Paul Hastings
Piper Jaffray & Co
KMPG - Financial Due Diligence
EY (Korea)
EY (US)
Citigroup
McMillanDoolittle
Sale of Road Ranger to Enex S.A.
Raymond James
DLA Piper
Thompson & Knight LLP
EY
Alpen Capital (ME) Ltd
Savola Group
Al Kabeer Group
agreement
Sale of majority stake in Quasar Medical to The Longreach Group
BDA Partners The Longreach Group
CROSS BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Seward & Kissel LLP
Transocean Ltd.
Ocean Rig UDW Inc.
Ogier
King & Spalding LLP
Hamburger
Maples and Calder
Wenger &Vieli Ltd
Praxair, Inc
Finsbury
FTI Consulting
IT TAKES A
WINNING TEAM
IT TAKES A
WINNING TEAM

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White & Case
BMO Capital Markets
Citi
Goldman Sachs
TD Securities
BofA Merrill Lynch
FT Partners
Insight Partners
Checkout.com
DST Global
Fortis Advisors
Barclays Bank UK
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons
Gunderson Dettmer
Khaitan & Company
X. PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR
PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$25MM)
GulfStar Group
SchoolAdmin
Quad Partners
Acquisition of Andersen Commercial Plumbing by ART Capital and ORIX BruteenGlobal
Lobb & Plewe
Andersen Plumbing
ART Capital
ORIX Brutten Global
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Acquisition of Hydrow by L Catterton
L Catterton Hydrow
Leonis Partners
NetHealth
Sale of Pride Family Brands to Brown Jordan
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Pride Family Brands
Blank Rome LLP
DLA Piper
Acquisition of Atlas Knowledge by Mintra Tainingportal
The Riverside Company
BDO UK
Houlihan Lokey
Dickson Minto
Addelshaw Goddard
BA-HR
Parmentier Advocaten
Acquisition of RMG Networks by Virgo Capital Sachs Capital Group
Virgo Capital
Sachs Capital Group
Maxwell Locke & Ritter
Lake Street Capital Markets
Carl Marks Securities
Cassel Salpeter & Co.
Madison Street Capital
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown
Foley & Lardner
McFee & Taft
Acquisition of Andrie Transportation by Auxo Investment Partners
Capstone Headwaters
Barners & Thornburg
Miller Johnson
BDO
Strattam Capital
IT ExchangeNet (ITX)
Wyrick Robbins
Acquisition of Nutrafol by L Catterton
L Catterton Nutrafol
Acquisition of Prestige Stamping Inc.by Auxo Investment Partners
Miller Johnson
BDO
Barnes & Thornburg
Recapitalization of BiggerPockets.com by McCarthy Capital
GLC Advisors
KO Firm
BiggerPockets
Riveron
McCarthy Capital
Koley Jessen
Acquisition of Impetus Automotive by MSX International
GoetzPartners
N+1 Singer
Honigman
Marriot Harrison
Acquisition of AG Adjustments by Trivest Partners, L.P.
Carter Morse & Goodrich Trivest Partners, L.P.
Reed’s Metals
Union Corrugating
VRA Partners
JD Merit & Company
Snell & Wilmer
PC Capital
Grupo Turistore
Nexxus Capital
Alta Growth Capital
Sale of Valant to Gemspring Capital
Spurrier Capital Partners Gemspring Capital
Acquisition of Criteria by Semeru Equity Partners
Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe
Level Equity
Paul Hastings
Acquisition of RedSeal by STG Partners
Atlas Technology Group
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Paul Hastings

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Acquisition of SunOpta by Pipeline Foods, under AMERRA Capital Management
Crowe Clark Whitehall
Raymond James
Saul Ewing
Faegre Baker Daniels
PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($75MM- $100MM)
Kettle Cuisine
Kettle Cuisine
Kainos Capital
BNP Paribas
PwC
Gulfstar Group
Louisiana Fish Fry
Kean Miller
Peak Rock
PwC
Acquisition of Roll-Rite Group Holdings, LLC by Safe Fleet Holdings, LLC
Cleary Gull Inc.
Capital Partners Inc.
Argosy Private Equity
Alvarez & Marsal
Finn Dixon & Hertling LLP
Safe Fleet Holdings, LLC
Paul Weiss
KPMG LLP
Acquisition of Spectrum Solutions and Go-2 Fulfillment by DW Healthcare Partners
Haynes & Boone
Corporate Diligence Specialist
Skidmore Olausson
Workman Nydegger
DW Healthcare Partners
Paul Hastings
Ernst &Young
Ernst &Young - Parthenon
Hub International
Raymond James
Dominus Capital
White & Case
Ropes & Gray
Intelliteach
Sale of Open Road Films to Raven Capital Management
FTI Consulting
Raven Capital Management
DLA Piper
Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern
Greenberg Traurig
Sale of ThreatConnect to Providence Strategic Growth
Raymond James
ThreatConnect, Inc.
Investment in Examity by Great Hill Partners
Raymond James
University Ventures
Great Hill Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Ernst &Young
Choate Hall & Stewart
Tyton Partners
Acquisition of Tonal by L Catterton
L Catterton Tonal
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The M&A Advisor and all the
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Majority Recapitalization of DistroKid by Silversmith Capital and Spotify
Horizon Partners
DistroKid
Goodwin Procter (formerly with Gunderson Dettmer)
Spotify
Kirkland & Ellis
KPMG
Latham Watkins
Sale of majority stake in Quasar Medical to The Longreach Group
BDA Partners The Longreach Group
Minority Growth Investment in CivicPlus by BV Investment Partners
GLC Advisors
Polsinelli
CivicPlus
Riveron
Polartec
Milliken & Company
Acquisition of Remington Products Company by Gridiron Capital
Cascade Partners Gridiron Capital
Creation of OneOncology by Tennessee Oncology and General Atlantic
Tennessee Oncology, PLLC
OneOncology
Sheppard Mullin
General Atlantic
Paul,Weiss, Rifkind,Wharton & Garrison LLP
Acquisition of Cholula by L Catterton
L Catterton Cholula
Sale of Infradata to IK Investment Partners
Raymond James IK Investment Partners
Sale of North American Rescue, portfolio company of Blue Wolf Partners LLC, to Henry Schein, Inc.
Holland & Knight
Blank Rome LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Sale of PayScale to Francisco Partners
Raymond James
PayScale
Warburg Pincus
Francisco Partners
Sale of Rave Mobile Safety, a portfolio Company of K1 Investment Management to TCV
Raymond James
TCV
K1 Investment Partners
Rave Mobile Safety
Sale of RegEd to Gryphon Investors
Raymond James
Falfurrias Captial Partners
Gryphon Investors
RegEd
Sale of Lighthouse Technologies Holdings Corp. to Lightyear Capital
Dentons
Macquarie Group
BKD
Davis Polk
William Blair & Co
Acquisition of Nuance Document Imaging by Kofax, through financial sponsor Thoma Bravo
Kirkland & Ellis
Baker & McKenzie
Conyers Dill & Pearman
PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR ($500MM-$1B)
Raymond James
GTCR
GreatCall
Best Buy Co., Inc.
PwC
Goldman Sachs
The Compass Group
Houlihan Lokey
Alvarez & Marsal
BMO Capital Markets
Raymond James
Waterland
Hg Capital
Raymond James
General Atlantic
Summit Partners
Paul Weiss
Invoice Cloud
Kirkland & Ellis
PwC
Acquisition of Nexeo Plastics by One Rock Capital Partners
Lorelli & Company
Moelis & Company
Jefferies Financial Group
Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Acquisition of Propertylink by E-Shang Redwood and financial sponsors Warburg Pincus, Equity
International, China Everbright and APG Groep
Centuria Capital
Moelis Australia Advisory
Credit Suisse
PwC
Corrs ChambersWestgarth
Acquisition of Max, formerly known as Leumi Card, by group of investors, including Warburg Pincus, Clal
Insurance Enterprises Holdings
Phoenix insurance Company
Azrieli Group
Leumi Partners
Gornitzky & Company
Acquisition of Italmatch by Bain Capital
BNP Paribas
Fineurop Soditic
Citigroup
Lincoln International
Rothschild Advisors
Jamieson Corporate Finance
Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associates
Gattai Minoli Agostinelli
Milbank Tweed
PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Acquisition of Millennium Trust Company by Abry Partners
Raymond James
Kirkland Ellis
Parthenon Capital Partners
Ernst &Young
Merrill Corp.
Capstone LLC
Abry Partners
PwC
Dovel Technologies
KKR & Co. Inc.
General Atlantic
SAIC

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Centerview Partners
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Fortis Advisors
Barclays Bank UK
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons
Gunderson Dettmer
Khaitan & Company
Acquisition of Esure Group by Bain Capital, LGT, Lexington Partners, HarbourVest Partners
Camarco
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Cenkos Securities
Dean Street Advisers
Goldman Sachs
Deutsche Bank
Skadden Arps
Slaughter & May
XI. M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR ($10MM-$25MM)
Wombat Capital Markets
CiVentiChem
Smith Anderson
Acquisition of First Team Resources Corporation by King Bancshares, Inc.
GLC Advisors & Co.
Morris Laing
First Team Resources Corporation
K Coe Isom
King Bancshares, Inc.
Stinson
Clearsight Advisors
Salesforce.org
roundCorner
Sale of Leading National Pet Food Ingredient Processor and Distributor to Meateor US LLC
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Strategic Acquisition of ASR Restoration by Interstate Restoration
Myers,Widders, Gibson, Jones
James Plisky, CPA
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Sale of Midwest Equipment Company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
ButcherJoseph & Co. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust
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BCMS Corporate LLC
VRA Partners
Acquisition of Navigator Management Partners by Avaap
Clearsight Advisors
Avaap USA
NMS Capital
Acquisition of Prestige Stamping Inc. by Auxo Investment Partners
Miller Johnson
BDO
Acquisition of Transportation Equipment by The Andersons, Inc.
Generational Capital Markets The Andersons, Inc.
Romanchuk & Co.
Rock Hill Capital
Sale of Enterworks to Winshuttle
Raymond James
Black Dragon Capital
EnterWorks
Symphony Technology Group
Sale of Kane Beef to JDH Capital
Gordian Group
The Claro Group
Okin Adams
JDH Capital
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Strattam Capital
IT Exchangenet(ITX)
Wyrick Robbins
GulfStar Group
GDS Holding, Inc.
Loren Hostek CPA
Jonathan Black
Acquisition of Ponder Brothers, LLC by Phase Three Star, LLC
Fortson, Bentley and Griffin
Ponder Enterprises
PT Star Management Inc.
Meridian Partners
Acquisition of Red Giant Oil Co. by HollyFrontier Corp.
Corporate Finance Associates
Koley Jessen
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
HollyFrontier
Agile Equity
BDA
PwC
PC Capital
Grupo Turistore
Nexxus Capital
Alta Growth Capital
Sale of San Felasco by Harvest Health & Recreation, Inc.
Young America Capital Harvest Health & Recreation
Acquisition of Aftermath, a portfolio company of Serent Capital, by Abry Partners
MHT Partners
Serent Capital
Abry Partners
Kettle Cuisine
Kettle Cuisine
Kainos Capital
BNP Paribas
PwC
GulfStar Group
Louisiana Fish Fry
Kean Miller
Peak Rock
PwC
Acquisition of Putnam Associates by UDG Healthcare plc
Clearsight Advisors UDG Healthcare plc
Leonis Partners
D3 Banking
NCR
Sale of Reliant Care Management’s Skilled Nursing Facilities Portfolio to Griffin-American Healthcare
REIT IV, Inc.
Dresner Partners Investment Banking Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.
Acquisition of BCM One by Thompson Street Capital Partners
BCM
Thompson Street Capital Partners
Merger of LourdMurray with Delphi Private Advisors, with an investment from HighTower
Republic Capital Group
LourdMurray
Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP
Delphi Private Advisors
HighTower
Sale of JRM Holdings, Inc. to the JRM Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG Partners
JRM Construction Management
Morrison Cohen
Stout Risius Ross
Aegis Fiduciary Services

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BakerHostetler is proud to support our
colleague, Steven H. Goldberg, and
fellow M&A Advisor Leadership Award
Winner, James E. Abbott, for their
significant contributions to the mergers
and acquisitions industry.
Congratulations
bakerlaw.com
Sale of TRUSTID, Inc. to Neustar, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital)
Raymond James
TRUSTID
Neustar, Inc.
ERG Capital
PJT Partners
Blucora
Polartec
Milliken & Company
CNS Corporation
Acquisition of Roper Technologies, Inc.’s Scientific Imaging Businesses by Teledyne Technologies
Incorporated
McGuireWoods LLP King & Spalding LLP
Acquisition of Noventis by WEX
Raymond James WEX Inc.
Taggart Morton, LLC
UnitedHealth Group
Recapitalization of Ethos Veterinary Health, LLC by Brown Brothers Harriman
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc. Brown Brothers Harriman
Divestiture of Gemini by NorthStar to GTCR
Raymond James
NorthStar
TA Associates
Goodwin
Deloitte
GTCR
Latham & Watkins
Ernst &Young
Bain & Co.
Sale of BuildingConnected to Autodesk
Raymond James Autodesk
Raymond James
Hyperwallet
PayPal
Sale of RegEd to Gryphon Investors
Raymond James
Falfurrias Captial Partners
Gryphon Investors
RegEd
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR ($500MM-$1B)
Scripps Company
BakerHostetler
Cooley LLP
Methuselah Advisors
Wells Fargo

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Raymond James
GTCR
GreatCall
Best Buy Co., Inc.
PwC
Goldman Sachs
Maynard Cooper & Gale
Acquisition of EQT Conventional Appalachia by Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
Stifel RBC
Restructuring of Westmoreland Coal Company
FTI Consulting
Kirkland & Ellis
Stein Advisors LLC
Alvarez & Marsal North America LLC
McKinsey & Company RTS
Centerview Partners LLC
Thunderwood Capital
Raymond James
Waterland
Hg Capital
Sale of InHealth to TA
Holland & Knight
Oppenheimer
Ropes & Gray
Raymond James
General Atlantic
Summit Partners
Paul Weiss
Invoice Cloud
Kirkland & Ellis
PwC
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR ($1B-$10B)
Acquisition of ConvergeOne by CVC Capital Partners
Raymond James CVC Capital Partners
Acquisition of Millennium Trust Company by Abry Partners
Raymond James
Kirkland Ellis
Parthenon Capital Partners
Ernst &Young
Merrill Corp.
Capstone LLC
Abry Partners
PwC
Seward & Kissel LLP
Transocean Ltd.
Ocean Rig UDW Inc.
Ogier
King & Spalding LLP
Hamburger
Maples and Calder
Wenger &Vieli Ltd
Merger of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust with LaSalle Hotel Properties
Raymond James
Citi
Goldman Sachs
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Praxair, Inc
Congratulations
To the Winners & Finalists of the
18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards
From
New York . Atlanta . Washington
www.leonispartners.com
“Customized M&A Advice for Today’s Technology Leaders”

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Acquisition of USG by Gebr. Knauf
Morgan Stanley
J.P. Morgan
Baker & McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Shearman & Sterling
Cleary Gottlieb
Jones Day
Kahn Swick & Foti
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (Over $10B)
White & Case
BMO Capital Markets
Citi
Goldman Sachs
TD Securities
BofA Merrill Lynch
Merger of Dominion Energy with SCANA Corporation
McGuireWoods LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
RBC Capital Markets
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Finsbury
FTI Consulting
Fortis Advisors
Barclays Bank UK
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons
Gunderson Dettmer
Khaitan & Company
Citigroup
J.P. Morgan
McCarthy Tetrault
Morgan Stanley
Stikeman Elliot
Rigrodsky & Long
Skadden Arps
Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition of Clarios, subsidiary of Johnson Controls International by investors Brookfield Business
Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
BMO Capital Markets
CIBC Capital Markets
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Scotiabank
Centerview Partners
White & Case
The Generational Group (comprised of Generational Equity,
Generational Capital Markets, Generational Wealth Advisors,
and DealForce) headquartered in Dallas,Texas with over 250
professionals located throughout the U.S. and Canada, is one of the leading middle-market M&A
firms in North America.The Generational Group helps business owners release the wealth of their
businesses. Our process is undergird with a philosophy that puts our clients’ needs at the heart of
everything we do.This is the Generational way.
UHY Advisors’ National Transaction Services Group is comprised
of seasoned, multi-disciplined professionals that offer a different
aspect and perspective to the transaction process, providing a
uniquely integrated approach to client service and product delivery.We do not believe that “one
size fits all”; as each transaction is distinct.We offer services tailored for each transaction and
seek opportunities for our clients to maximize their return on investment, while minimizing
risks whether on the buy-side or sell-side. UHY Advisors provides tax and advisory services to
entrepreneurial clientele and other organizations, principally those enterprises in the dynamic
middle market. UHY LLP, a licensed CPA firm, provides audit and other attest services to publicly
traded, privately owned and nonprofit organizations in a number of industry sectors.Together,
UHY Advisors, operating in an alternative practice structure with UHY LLP, form one of the largest
professional services firms in the US. For more information, visit https://uhy-us.com/transactions.
The M&A Recommends
Raymond James Investment Banking - No matter where your
business stands in its lifecycle, Raymond James Investment Banking
is here to help you take it to the next level.With deep industry expertise to back up our full-
service investment banking capabilities, we’re driven by a commitment to senior banker focus and
supported by hundreds of specialized experts within nine growth-oriented industry practices.
Whatever your objective, the investment banking professionals at Raymond James can provide
the structuring and execution vital to your success at every phase of your company’s growth.
Combining deep sub-sector expertise and extensive transaction experience, our 375+ investment
bankers work across 22 offices globally. Since 2015, we have raised over $220 billion in capital for
corporate clients and completed more than 720 M&A advisory engagements. Raymond James &
Associates, Inc., member NewYork Stock Exchange/SIPC.
BCMS is a family-owned boutique investment bank that specializes
in advising owners of middle-market companies on sale transactions.
Founded in the UK in 1989, the Firm has 260+ professionals operating
from offices worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Israel. BCMS
has successfully completed more than 600 transactions globally in the past ten years, making us
one of the world’s leading sell-side advisors to private companies.As a family-owned and privately-
held firm, we understand the challenges private business owners face when considering a positive
change to the status quo.Through a combination of a proven transaction process, rigorous
methodology for identifying and contacting potential buyers, experienced M&A professionals and a
global reach, BCMS assists private owners to maximize the sale price of their business and achieve
the best available terms. Learn more at www.bcmscorp.com.

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Madison Street Capital is an international investment banking
firm committed to integrity, excellence, leadership and service
in delivering corporate financial advisory services to publicly
and privately held businesses. Our approach creates corporate finance transactions where
both business owners and investors mutually benefit.We have the knowledge, experience and
relationships to match buyers and sellers, as well as to match the appropriate financing and
capitalization structure to each unique client situation. Over the years we have helped clients
in hundreds of industry verticals reach their goal in a timely manner. Our experience and
understanding in areas of corporate finance and corporate governance is the reason we are a
leading provider of financial advisory services, M&A, valuations and the design and implementation
of alternative exit strategies.With offices in North America,Asia and Africa, we have adopted a
global view that gives equal emphasis to local business relationships and networks.
Seward & Kissel (www.sewkis.com) is a leading NewYork
law firm, originally established in 1890, offering legal advice
emphasizing business, financial and commercial law and related litigation.The Firm’s Business
Transactions Group handles middle-market M&A, private equity, venture capital and joint venture
transactions involving a wide variety of industries.The Firm is ranked as Highly Regarded for
Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA, is recommended for middle-market M&A by The Legal 500,
and has won ‘law firm of the year’ and numerous ‘deal of the year’ awards from The M&A Advisor.
This year, Seward & Kissel Partner Jim Abbott will receive The M&A Advisor’s Leadership Award
and will be inducted into its Hall of Fame, and the Ocean Rig/Transocean merger handled by the
firm is a Finalist for Deal of theYear awards in several categories.
Alpen Capital - “Established in 2005,Alpen Capital is an investment banking advisory
firm which offers solutions in the areas of Debt, M&A and Equity to institutional
and corporate clients. It also advisescorporates and financial institutions in
emerging markets on Debt and Equity solutions through Development Financial
Institutions and Impact Investment Funds.The firm has worked with some of
the largest business conglomerates across the GCC, South Asia, South East Asia,
Levant and Africa.Alpen Capital combines the disciplines of strategy, organisation, leadership and
finance into an integrated approach to help its clients grow their business.The team comprises
of experienced and innovative professionals who create value through extensive knowledge of
international and local markets and access to key decision makers.With offices in the UAE, Qatar,
Oman and Indiaand an operational footprint in over 20 countries,Alpen Capital connects its
clients with the right opportunities to increase the long-term value of their companies.”
Seward & Kissel’s Business Transactions Group
Focusing on the Middle Market
Seward & Kissel LLP is a leading New York law firm, originally
established in 1890, offering legal advice emphasizing
business, financial and commercial law and related litigation.
The Firm's Business Transactions Group handles middle-
market M&A, private equity, venture capital and joint venture
transactions involving a wide variety of industries. The Firm is
ranked as Highly Regarded for Corporate/M&A by Chambers
USA, is recommended for middle-market M&A by The Legal
500, and has won ‘law firm of the year’ and numerous ‘deal of
the year’ awards from the M&A Advisor.
“The service is fantastic;
they are very commercial and
provide great value for money.”
‒Chambers USA 2019
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Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
BakerHostetler, one of the nation’s largest law firms, represents
clients around the globe.With offices coast to coast, our nearly
1,000 attorneys help clients develop and close deals that fuel their strategic growth.We have
five core practice groups: Business,Tax, Litigation, Labor and Employment and Intellectual
Property.Within these groups are several large specialty practices, including antitrust, bankruptcy,
healthcare, energy, mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial litigation, data privacy and
security, patent prosecution and international tax. Our attorneys have broad knowledge and
experience in many industries, including energy, media, manufacturing, healthcare, financial
services and insurance, consumer products, and hospitality.We distinguish ourselves through
our commitment to the highest standard of client care. By emphasizing an approach to service
delivery as exacting as our legal work, we are determined to surpass our clients’ expectations.

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