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Livingstone se complace en anunciar la venta de Waterfront Brands (\u201cWaterfront\u201d o la \u201cCompa\u00f1\u00eda\u201d), compa\u00f1\u00eda del portfolio de Invision Capital (\u201cInvision\u201d), a MPE Partners (\u201cMPE\u201d). Los t\u00e9rminos no se han hecho p\u00fablicos.<\/p>\n

Con sede en Fergus Falls, MN y plantas de fabricaci\u00f3n adicionales en Claremore, OK y Fort Lauderdale, FL, Waterfront es el principal dise\u00f1ador y fabricante de ascensores, pantalanes y otros equipos y accesorios para el estacionamiento de embarcaciones de ocio. Bajo sus tres marcas insignia, ShoreMaster, HydroHoist y Neptune Boat Lift, Waterfront ofrece una gama de producto completa a m\u00e1s de 700 distribuidores y dealers independientes en Norteamerica y vende de forma directa al consumidor a trav\u00e9s de tiendas y webs de e-commerce.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvision tuvo \u00e9xito en asociarse con un equipo directivo fuerte, liderado por su CEO Don Hurley, para desarrollar, bajo nuestra propiedad, la \u00fanica compa\u00f1\u00eda de elevaci\u00f3n y estacionamiento de barcos con presencia nacional sirviendo cualquier tipo de embarcaci\u00f3n para todo tipo de aguas a lo largo de Estados Unidos y Canad\u00e1”,\u00a0 <\/strong>dijo Robert Castillo, Managing Director en Invision. \u201cLa ejecuci\u00f3n incansable del equipo de todas las iniciativas estrat\u00e9gicas result\u00f3 en un fuerte y rentable desempe\u00f1o operativo, a la vez que en la transformaci\u00f3n del negocio en l\u00edder de mercado\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don Hurley, CEO de Waterfront, coment\u00f3, \u201cLivingstone consigui\u00f3 ejecutar la transacci\u00f3n de una manera impecable y aport\u00f3 ideas y liderazgo en su asesoramiento a Waterfront en el proceso de venta. Gestionaron el proceso en cada paso conect\u00e1ndonos con un amplio set de grupos de alto nivel interesados. Estamos entusiasmados de asociarnos ahora con MPE par ejecutar el pr\u00f3ximo cap\u00edtulo de nuestro plan de crecimiento\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karl Freimuth, socio en Livingstone, coment\u00f3, \u201cDon y el equipo de Waterfront han construido una empresa valiosa con marcas l\u00edderes en el mercado, reconocidas por su calidad excepcional y servicio excelente al cliente. La Compa\u00f1\u00eda tiene un activo codiciado y representa otra exitosa transacci\u00f3n para el equipo industrial de Livingstone. Esperamos que en el resto de 2021 siga habiendo una muy alta demanda de targets de alta calidad”.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Con sede en Chicago, IL, Invision es una firma de private equity en el middle-market que ofrece “capital flexible” para facilitar compras apalancadas, recapitalizaciones e inversiones de crecimento en compa\u00f1\u00edas manufactureras, de distribuci\u00f3n y de servicios. La estrategia de Invision de aportar “capital flexible” le facilita realizar inversiones en un amplio espectro de necesidades de capital y etapas de los negocios, satisfaciendo las necesidades cambiantes de las empresas.<\/p>\n

Con sede en Cleveland, OH, y Boston, MA, MPE busca ser el socio de preferencia para compa\u00f1\u00edas de emprendedores y capital familiar. MPE invierte en compa\u00f1\u00edas rentables del middle-market bajo con valores de transacci\u00f3n de hasta $250 millones. MPE tien dos \u00e1reas de inversi\u00f3n predilectas: fabricaci\u00f3n de alto valor y servicios comerciales e industriales.<\/p>\n

Waterfront es la transacci\u00f3n n\u00famero 185 completada por Livingstone desde 2018 y la n\u00famero 75 de las completadas en el sector industrial en dicho periodo, siguiendo a las operaciones de venta de Beranek a J&E<\/a>, Lesman a Kele<\/a>, LT Harnett a A&R<\/a>, Cummins Allison a Crane<\/a>, SpotSee, a Harbour Group<\/a>, Royal Truck Body a Shyft Group<\/a>, y Artistic Carton a Graphic Packaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baker Hostetler<\/a> fue el asesor legal y Ernst & Young facilit\u00f3 servicios contables transaccionales a Waterfront. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C.<\/a> fueron asesor legal y BKD<\/a> el proveedor de servicios transaccionales para MPE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Livingstone se complace en anunciar la venta de la compa\u00f1\u00eda del portfolio de Invision Capital Waterfront Brands, dise\u00f1ador y fabricante l\u00edder de ascensores para lanchas y motos acu\u00e1ticas, pantalanes, plataformas flotantes y accesorios relacionados a MPE Partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3689,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-16191","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1780,1794,1798],"date":"20210727","client_type":48,"type":[1022],"region":[402],"services":[462],"sectors":[844,860,842,846],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[49550],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"\nLivingstone asesora a Waterfront Brands en la venta a MPE Partners - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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