Partner
Head of Business Services
Tim Shea is a Partner and serves as Head of Business Services. He joined the firm in 2021.
Tim has over 15 years of experience advising clients on M&A transactions, specializing in the facility and residential services sectors. Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Tim was a Managing Director and Head of Facility Services for Truist Securities and Piper Sandler. Tim’s experience also includes executive roles at two leading facility services companies – GCA Services Group (now part of ABM) and Southwest Food Service Excellence. Earlier in his career, Tim spent five years as an Attorney at Foley & Lardner, a national law firm, advising public and private companies on M&A.
Over the course of his career, Tim has completed more than 50 M&A transactions with aggregate consideration over $25 billion.
Select M&A client transaction experience includes:
Tim holds a BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a JD from Wisconsin Law School. Tim is also a CPA (inactive).
Served as financial advisor to Schill Grounds Management on its sale to TruArc Partners
Served as financial advisor to Xanitos, a portfolio company of Angeles Equity Partners, on its sale to Bessemer Investors
Served as financial advisor to Nautic Partners on its acquisition of Cenavera Nutrition
Served as financial advisor to Cotton Holdings on its sale to the Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies
Served as financial advisor to Audax Private Equity Group on its acquisition of Landover Cooling Tower Service
Served as co-financial advisor to Shermco, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, on its sale to Blackstone
Served as financial advisor to AEA Investors on its acquisition of Pave America
Served as financial advisor to G2 Secure Staff, a portfolio company of Tenex Capital, on its sale to Menzies Aviation
Served as financial advisor to Thermogenics, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, on its sale to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
Served as financial advisor to Agellus Capital on its acquisitions of FirePro Tech LLC, Chase Fire, and AAA Fire Protection Services to create Bluejack Fire & Life Safety
Served as co-financial advisor to Encore Fire Protection, a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, to Permira
Served as financial advisor to Unified Power, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, on its sale to Pearce Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital
By CEO Marc S. Cooper As warmer weather returns and we adjust our thermostats, I sat down with Head of Business Services Group Tim Shea to discuss M&A trends in essential service sectors. Tim, your team had a record year of deal activity in 2025. What’s been driving the strength of essential services — how…
On April 23, 2025, Solomon Partners hosted its fourth-annual Business Services Summit, bringing together industry leaders from private equity and middle-market companies in the business services sector. The event featured 160+ one-on-one meetings, panel discussions, and networking opportunities for those in attendance. The panel discussions highlighted key insights from large-cap and middle-market sponsors on the…
This Q2 2023 issue of Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.
In this issue of the Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update Q1 2023, our Business Services Group covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.
In this issue of the Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update Q4 2022, our Business Services Group covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.
In this issue of the Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update Q3 2022, our Business Services Group covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.
In this issue of the Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update Q2 2022, our Business Services Group covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.
The Modern-Day Sell-Side Process Early engagement, accelerated timelines and significant up-front deal costs are table stakes for buyers in today’s private equity-focused sell-side processes By Tim Shea, Managing Director, Solomon Partners In the world of sought-after companies, the days of the traditional sales process are over. The old way of doing things looked something like…
In this issue of the Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update Q1 2022, our Business Services Group covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.
Tim Shea , Head of Solomon’s Business Services Group, interviewed President and CEO of ABM Industries, Scott Salmirs to discuss relevant industry trends and insights in the inaugural webinar of our Facility Services Speaker Series.
I had the pleasure of sitting down recently with Tim Shea , Managing Director at Solomon Partners and Head of Business Services. Tim’s been incredibly busy growing this part of our business and we talked about his plans to expand into new sub-sectors and why the business services environment is so busy right now. What…
In this issue of the Solomon Partners Facility and Residential Services Update Q4 2021, our Business Services Group covers: Key Industry Trends & Insights Public Market Outlook on M&A Recent Notable Sector Transactions Click below to read the report.