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Livingstone \u00e8 lieta di annunciare la cessione di <\/strong>Waterfront Brands<\/strong><\/a> (\u201cWaterfront\u201d), una societ\u00e0 in portafoglio di <\/strong>Invision Capital<\/strong><\/a> (\u201cInvision\u201d), a <\/strong>MPE Partners<\/strong><\/a> (\u201cMPE\u201d). I termini dell’operazione non sono stati divulgati.<\/strong> <\/p>

Con sede a Fergus Falls, MN, e ulteriori impianti di produzione a Claremore, OK, e Fort Lauderdale, FL, Waterfront \u00e8 il principale progettista e produttore di sollevatori per imbarcazioni, moli e accessori premium. Attraverso i suoi tre marchi di punta, ShoreMaster, HydroHoist e Neptune Boat Lifts, Waterfront offre un’ampia gamma di prodotti a oltre 700 rivenditori e distributori indipendenti in tutto il Nord America e vende direttamente ai consumatori sia nei punti vendita fisici che tramite i suoi siti di e-commerce.<\/p>

\u201cInvision ha avuto successo nel collaborare con un forte team di gestione, guidato dal CEO Don Hurley, per creare l’unica azienda di sollevatori per imbarcazioni e moli con una presenza nazionale, servendo ogni tipologia di acqua e imbarcazione negli Stati Uniti e in Canada durante la nostra gestione\u201d<\/em>, ha dichiarato Robert Castillo, Managing Director di Invision<\/strong>. \u201cL\u2019instancabile esecuzione delle iniziative strategiche da parte del team ha portato a solide prestazioni operative, trasformando l’azienda in un leader di mercato.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Don Hurley, CEO di Waterfront<\/strong>, ha commentato: \u201cLivingstone ha fornito un’esecuzione eccellente dell\u2019operazione e una guida strategica durante tutto il processo di vendita. Hanno gestito ogni fase del processo, mettendoci in contatto con un gruppo di investitori altamente qualificati. Siamo entusiasti di collaborare con MPE per realizzare il prossimo capitolo del nostro piano di crescita.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Karl Freimuth, Partner di Livingstone<\/strong>, ha aggiunto: \u201cDon e il team di Waterfront hanno costruito un’azienda di grande valore con marchi leader di mercato noti per la qualit\u00e0 eccezionale e un servizio clienti di prim’ordine. La societ\u00e0 rappresentava un asset molto richiesto e questa operazione segna un ulteriore successo per la divisione industriale globale di Livingstone. Ci aspettiamo che la domanda per aziende di alta qualit\u00e0 rimanga estremamente forte per il resto del 2021.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Con sede a Chicago, IL, Invision \u00e8 una societ\u00e0 di private equity focalizzata sul segmento mid-market, offrendo \u201ccapitale flessibile\u201d per facilitare buyout, ricapitalizzazioni e investimenti di crescita in aziende manifatturiere, distributive e di servizi. La strategia del \u201ccapitale flessibile\u201d di Invision le consente di investire in un’ampia gamma di esigenze di capitale e fasi del ciclo di vita aziendale, fornendo diversi tipi di finanziamenti successivi per rispondere alle esigenze in evoluzione delle imprese.<\/p>

Basata a Cleveland, OH, e Boston, MA, MPE mira a essere il partner preferito per aziende a conduzione imprenditoriale e familiare. MPE investe in aziende profittevoli del lower middle-market con valori di transazione fino a 250 milioni di dollari. Le sue due principali aree di investimento sono la produzione ad alto valore aggiunto e i servizi commerciali e industriali.<\/p>

Waterfront rappresenta la 185\u00aa operazione completata da Livingstone dal 2018 e la 75\u00aa operazione industriale globale nello stesso periodo, seguendo le cessioni di Beranek a J&E<\/a>, Lesman a Kele<\/a>, LT Harnett ad A&R<\/a>, Cummins Allison a Crane<\/a>, la societ\u00e0 in portafoglio di Capital Southwest, SpotSee, a Harbour Group<\/a>, Royal Truck Body a Shyft Group<\/a> e Artistic Carton a Graphic Packaging<\/a>.<\/p>

Baker Hostetler ha agito come consulente legale, mentre Ernst & Young ha fornito servizi contabili legati alla transazione per Waterfront. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky e Popeo, P.C. hanno servito come consulenti legali, mentre BKD ha fornito servizi contabili legati all\u2019operazione per MPE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-12676","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1486,1500,1504],"date":"20210727","client_type":51,"type":[1118],"region":[393],"services":[448],"sectors":[741,757,739,743],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[52099],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"\nLivingstone ha assistito Waterfront Brands nella cessione a MPE Partners - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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