Financial Sponsors
WHAT WE DO
Advising Private Equity Firms and Other Alternative Capital Providers on Their Most Important Strategic Transactions
The Solomon Partners Financial Sponsors group maintains relationships with a broad range of institutional investors globally. Our experienced team works closely with our industry and product bankers to provide clients with access to quality deal flow and investment ideas. We marshal the full resources of the firm to offer creative solutions to our clients, including M&A and capital advisory services such as restructuring and liability management. As a member of the Natixis network and through partnerships with a strong network of lenders, we also provide clients with access to equity and debt capital markets.
Our clients represent a diverse range of alternative investment managers, including:
- Private Equity
- Private Credit Funds
- Family Offices
- Large Asset Managers
- Hedge Funds
- Pension Funds
- Sovereign Wealth Funds
Financial Sponsors Transactions
Served as financial advisor to GSTV on its sale to MidOcean Partners
April 2025
Serving as strategic and financial advisor to ONEX on its acquisition of Farsound Aviation
August 2024
Served as lead financial advisor to KKR and Cardenas Markets on its sale to Apollo
August 2022
Served as financial advisor to Freeman Spogli on its partnership with NearU Services
August 2022
Served as financial advisor to Ridgemont Equity Partners on its acquisition of Crete Mechanical Group
June 2022
Served as financial advisor to Audax Private Equity on its acquisition of Thermogenics
June 2022
Served as financial advisor to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on its acquisition of Fairway Lawns
May 2022
Served as financial advisor to York Private Equity on its acquisition of Healthcare Linen Services Group
April 2022
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Adams Outdoor Advertising on its strategic investment by Searchlight and BCI
November 2021
Served as financial advisor to the Board of ToolsGroup in support of its growth investment by Accel-KKR
November 2021
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Panalgo on its sale to MMIT & Evaluate, a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Hg portfolio company
October 2021
Served as financial advisor to Maurices on a $100M revolving credit facility and a $100M term loan facility provided by Wingspire Capital and SLR Credit Solutions to refinance debt and fund sponsor dividend
August 2021
Serving as exclusive financial advisor to The Bountiful Company ("TBCo."), KKR & Co. Inc. and The Carlyle Group on the sale of Dr. Organic to Damier
August 2021
Serving as financial advisor to I Squared Capital on its pending acquisition of KIO Networks
August 2021
Served as strategic and financial advisor to Pharmaca Integrative on its sale to Medly Pharmacy
June 2021
Served as financial advisor to Ares and Oaktree on the Sale of their 28% Combined Interest in Linden Cogeneration, a 972 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Facility in NYISO Zone J
June 2021
Served as exclusive financial advisor to CityBridge on its $200,000,000+ investment from ZenFi Networks
June 2021
Advised Puttshack on its growth capital raise led by Promethean Investments
May 2021
Served as financial advisor to Conair Corporation on its sale to American Securities
May 2021
Served as sole financial advisor to StoicLane on its capital raise anchored by Oaktree Capital Management in conjunction with its acquisition of Interfirst Mortgage Company
April 2021
Served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment Network to refinance existing indebtedness on senior secured credit facility
April 2021
Served as financial advisor to Wyyerd on its growth equity raise from The Carlyle Group
March 2021
Advised Investor Group on its Acquisition of Wilshire Associates
January 2021
Served as sole financial advisor to Bakkt on its merger with VPC Impact, a SPAC sponsored by Victory Park Capital
January 2021
Advised Accel-KKR on its sale of TrueCommerce to Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS)
December 2020
Served as financial advisor to Vero Fiber Networks on its investment from Ariet Capital
December 2020
Served as advisor to Mood Media on its sale to Vector Capital
December 2020
Served as financial advisor to Under Armour on its sale of the MyFitnessPal Platform to Francisco Partners
December 2020
Served as financial advisor to New Mountain Capital on its acquisition of Natrol from Aurobindo Pharma
November 2020
Advised Capital Brands on its sale to De’Longhi S.p.A. for approximately $420 million
November 2020
Served as financial advisor to Rand McNally on its sale to Teleo Capital
October 2020
Served as advisor to Mood Media on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring
July 2020
Advised Ares on its Convertible Preferred Investment into OUTFRONT Media
April 2020
Served as financial advisor to Ares in its sale of a majority interest in Hill Top Energy Center, a 620MW Combined Cycle Project in PJM
May 2019
Served as financial advisor to Oaktree Capital and its partners on the sale of their interest in the West of Devers HVDC transmission line in California to Axium Infrastructure
March 2019
Financial Sponsors Specialists
Financial Sponsors Insights
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