{"id":16131,"date":"2020-12-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-lesman-instrument-company-on-sale-to-kele\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:03:48","slug":"livingstone-advises-lesman-instrument-company-on-sale-to-kele","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-lesman-instrument-company-on-sale-to-kele\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone asesora a Lesman Instrument Company en su venta a Kele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Livingstone se complace en anunciar la venta de Lesman Instrument Company (\u201cLesman\u201d o la \u201cCompa\u00f1\u00eda\u201d) a Kele, Inc. (\u201cKele\u201d), una compa\u00f1\u00eda de la cartera de <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stephensgroup.com\/\"><strong>The Stephens Group, LLC<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Livingstone actu\u00f3 como asesor financiero exclusivo de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda. La transacci\u00f3n se cerr\u00f3 en diciembre de 2020 y sus t\u00e9rminos no fueron revelados.<\/strong><\/p><p>Fundada en 1962 y con sede en Bensenville, Illinois, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesman.com\/\">Lesman<\/a> es un distribuidor especializado en productos utilizados para medir, analizar, controlar y automatizar una amplia gama de procesos industriales, del que los empleados de la empresa eran propietarios mayoritarios a trav\u00e9s de un Plan de Propiedad de Acciones &nbsp;(\u201cEmployee Stock Ownership Plan\u201d o \u201cESOP\u201d, en ingl\u00e9s). Sus productos incluyen diversos instrumentos de temperatura, presi\u00f3n, nivel y caudal fabricados por los principales fabricantes de equipos originales del sector (OEMs).<\/p><p>Con sede en Memphis, Tennessee, y fundada en 1983, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kele.com\/content\/home\/\">Kele<\/a> es el principal distribuidor de soluciones de control y perif\u00e9ricos de automatizaci\u00f3n de edificios. Kele proporciona a sus clientes acceso a m\u00e1s de 125.000 referencias en 24 categor\u00edas de productos de m\u00e1s de 300 proveedores l\u00edderes, entre los que se encuentran fabricantes de sensores, caudal\u00edmetros, transmisores, interruptores, medidores, v\u00e1lvulas, actuadores, rel\u00e9s, controladores, cajas, herramientas, luminarias, fuentes de alimentaci\u00f3n y otros tantos productos cr\u00edticos para el funcionamiento adecuado de los sistemas de automatizaci\u00f3n de edificios comerciales (por ejemplo, HVAC e iluminaci\u00f3n).<\/p><p>Lesman contrat\u00f3 a Livingstone para llevar a cabo un proceso de venta con el fin de identificar y asegurar una operaci\u00f3n con el mejor socio estrat\u00e9gico que compartiera el compromiso de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda de aportar valor a sus proveedores y clientes.<\/p><p><strong>Mike DeLacluyse, Presidente y Director General de Lesman<\/strong>, coment\u00f3: <strong>\u201c<\/strong><em>Estamos encantados de haber encontrado en Kele un socio de primera clase para continuar el legado de Lesman. No podr\u00eda estar m\u00e1s satisfecho con la magn\u00edfica representaci\u00f3n que recibimos por parte del equipo de Livingstone. Cuando empezamos el proceso de decidirnos a realizar una transacci\u00f3n, nos planteamos si contratar o no a un asesor. Tomamos una decisi\u00f3n muy correcta contratando a &nbsp;Livingstone. Elaboraron un proceso de transacci\u00f3n a medida y lo gestionaron en todo momento, obteniendo un resultado extraordinario para los accionistas\u201d. <\/em><\/p><p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/team\/andrew-isgrig\/\"><strong>Andrew Isgrig<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Socio de Livingstone<\/strong>, coment\u00f3: <em>\u201cLa Compa\u00f1\u00eda se diferencia en el mercado de la distribuci\u00f3n de productos de ensayo, medici\u00f3n y control ofreciendo una amplia gama de productos de alta calidad de fabricantes de primer nivel, a trav\u00e9s de un equipo de ventas y servicio altamente t\u00e9cnico y experimentado, y con herramientas anal\u00edticas avanzadas. Ha sido un placer representar a Lesman en esta transacci\u00f3n, y estamos entusiasmados por su futuro con Kele.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/team\/andrew-bozzelli\"><strong>Andrew Bozzelli<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Socio de Livingstone,<\/strong> a\u00f1adi\u00f3: <em>\u201cLa operaci\u00f3n de Lesman representa otro resultado de \u00e9xito para un cliente en la distribuci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica. Es la segunda venta de un distribuidor con accionariado ESOP tras la venta de <\/em><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transactions\/livingstone-puts-deal-in-motion-for-apache\"><em>Apache a Motion Industries<\/em><\/a><em>. Nuestro conocimiento del conjunto de productos y de la din\u00e1mica para impulsar el valor, nos permiti\u00f3 llevar a cabo un proceso altamente competitivo, y cerrar una transacci\u00f3n dentro de los 120 d\u00edas de compromiso\u201d.<\/em><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lplegal.com\/home\">Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC<\/a> actu\u00f3 como asesor jur\u00eddico de la empresa. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reinhartlaw.com\/\">Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s. c.<\/a> represent\u00f3 al fideicomisario del ESOP. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bclplaw.com\/en-US\/index.html\">Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP<\/a> actu\u00f3 como asesor legal de 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