Austin May
Vice President
Role
Austin May is a Vice President on our Business Services team based in Chicago. He joined Solomon Partners in 2021.
Experience
Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Austin worked at XMS Capital Partners for four and a half years, focusing on M&A, strategic advisory, and financing alternatives for public and private companies across a broad range of industries. He has completed transactions with an aggregate value of over $10B across sell and buy-side M&A and capital raising transactions. Austin began his career in J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank, advising ultra-high net worth families, institutions, and endowments.
Education
Austin holds a BS, magna cum laude, in Finance and Economics, from Kansas State University.
Transactions
Served as financial advisor to Apax Funds on its acquisition of Altus Fire & Life Safety
September 2024
Served as financial advisor to GridHawk on its minority recapitalization with preferred equity and debt financing from MidOcean Partners and BMO, respectively
May 2024
Served as financial advisor to HeartLand on its sale to Pritzker Private Capital
December 2023
Served as financial advisor to Legacy Service Partners on its growth investment from Gridiron Capital
January 2023
Served as financial advisor to Knox Lane on its acquisition of Ruppert Landscape
December 2022
Served as financial advisor to Ned Stevens on its sale to Cobepa
November 2022
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Linear Roofing on its sale to Capital Construction, a portfolio company of O2 Investment Partners
July 2022
Served as financial advisor to Eden Technologies on its sale of Alder to Orion Group, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors
July 2022
