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I am inspired by working with clients who are talented, entrepreneurial and ethical to achieve their goals, and alongside colleagues who are passionate about building the best mid-market investment banking advisory firm.

Lawrence (Jim) Lawson

Chairman of the Board

Chicago

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Lincoln International provided fairness opinions to Verdane on its €635 million multi-asset continuation vehicle anchored by Arrive Group.

Lincoln International provided fairness opinions to Verdane on its €635 million multi-asset continuation vehicle anchored by Arrive Group.

Technology
American Industrial Partners has sold Optimas International to Exponent

Lincoln International advised American Industrial Partners on the sale of Optimas International, a tech-enabled industrial distributor, to Exponent.

Business Services
Pantheon exceeds target for inaugural private equity CFO at $1 billion

Lincoln International provided a fairness opinion to Pantheon in connection with its inaugural private equity collateralized fund obligation, which closed at $1 billion
Waico Group has acquired Logiudice Forni Srl

Lincoln International advised Waico Group, a portfolio company of Mindful Capital Partners, on acquisition of Logiudice Forni Srl

Industrials

Lincoln International advised Baird Capital on closing its continuation fund to fuel growth of Blue Matter

Healthcare

Lincoln International advised Dalziel on its acquisition by Peak Rock Capital

Food & Beverage | Consumer

Lincoln International advised Saint Gobain on the sale of MS Techniques & Transluminal to Arev Partners

Healthcare

Lincoln International advised Groupe Atlantic on the sale of a majority stake to Paloma Rheem Holdings

Building Products | Industrials
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ABC-NACO has sold its operating assets to Three Cities Funds

ABC-NACO has sold its operating assets to Three Cities Funds

ABC-NACO Inc. announced that it has agreed to sell all of its operating assets to TCF Railco Acquisition Corp (“TCF”) for $75 million (subject to certain adjustments and assumption of… Read More

Teledyne Technologies has sold Teledyne Cast Parts to CP Acquisition Corp.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) today announced that it has completed the sale of its aerospace castings business, Teledyne Cast Parts, to CP Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of California-based Consolidated Foundries,… Read More

Morgenthaler, a private equity investment firm based in Cleveland, Ohio, has sold one of its portfolio companies, Cambridge International, Inc. ("Cambridge" or the "Company") to American Securities Capital Partners, L.P. ("American Securities Capital Partners"). Cambridge, with annual sales of approximately $70 million, is the undisputed world leader in the design, manufacture and sale of highly engineered metal conveyor belts. Cambridge serves diverse and growing process oriented end-markets such as food processing, electronics, semiconductor, automotive, building materials and packaging. The Company is a supplier to some of the world's leading companies including Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Frito-Lay, Inc., Intel Corporation, Nabisco Group Holdings Corp., NEC Corporation, Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Inc. Cambridge is the industry's technological leader, as evidenced by unparalleled new product introductions and its ability to provide custom conveying solutions. The Company has three separate production facilities in Dorchester County, Maryland, one in Modesto, California and one in Matamoros, Mexico. Morgenthaler is a private equity firm that currently manages over $1 billion and is an active investor in traditional management buyouts and leveraged recapitalizations, industry build-ups and later-stage investments. Morgenthaler is focused on industrial growth markets and communications, as well as on the information, healthcare and business services sectors. During the last 30 years, Morgenthaler has invested in over 150 companies. American Securities Capital Partners, based in New York, New York, is the merchant banking arm of American Securities, L.P., which was founded by William Rosenwald in 1947 and invests more than $2 billion of equity capital in private equity, public equities, real estate and risk arbitrage trading. American Securities Capital Partners participates in management buyouts of established companies with strong, highly defensible market positions in stable or growing industries. Lincoln Partners initiated this transaction, assisted in the negotiations and acted as financial advisor to the shareholders Cambridge International, Inc.

Morgenthaler Partners has sold Cambridge International to American Securities

Morgenthaler, a private equity investment firm based in Cleveland, Ohio, has sold one of its portfolio companies, Cambridge International, Inc. (“Cambridge” or the “Company”) to American Securities Capital Partners, L.P.… Read More

Thermo Electron Corporation has sold Optronics to Prospect Partners

Thermo Electron Corporation has sold Optronics to Prospect Partners

Lincoln Partners is pleased to announce that it represented Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO) in the sale of its Optronics, Inc. subsidiary to Prospect Partners, a Chicago based private equity… Read More

Merfish Pipe Exchange One Equity Partners 2012

Merfish Pipe & Supply Company and Pipe Exchange have been sold to One Equity Partners

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Merfish Pipe & Supply Company (“Merfish”) and Pipe Exchange, Inc. (“Pipe Exchange”) have been sold to… Read More