Austin May

Austin brings a comprehensive understanding to clients across the commercial and residential services landscape, advising on complex solutions and transformative transactions. He has a track record of guiding companies in areas such as commercial technical services, commercial soft services, built-environment white collar services (including specialty consulting, environmental consulting, compliance, inspection and other white collar services) and residential route-based businesses. Austin partners with owners and leadership teams of founder-led, private-equity-backed and public companies to craft tailored strategies that maximize long-term value creation and optimize exit outcomes, all while navigating evolving market conditions.

Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Austin worked at XMS Capital Partners for five 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 $15B 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.

Select M&A client transaction experience includes:

• Nautic Partners on its acquisition of Cenavera
• Unified Power on its sale to Pearce Services (New Mountain Capital)
• HeartLand on its sale to Pritzker Private Capital
• Legacy Service Partners on its growth investment from Gridiron Capital
• GTCR on its growth investment in Senske Services
• Knox Lane on its acquisition of Ruppert Landscaping
• OMERS on its acquisition of Pueblo Mechanical Group
• Linear Roofing on its sale to Stronghouse Brands (O2 Investment Partners)
• Freeman Spogli on its acquisition of NearU
• Alder, subsidiary of Eden Technologies, on its sale to Orion (Alpine)
• Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on its acquisition of Fairway Lawns