Sean Bennis

Managing Director

Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Energy, Power & Infrastructure | Industrials | Industrial Technology sbennis@lincolninternational.com +1 (312) 580-1986

I am a rigorous advocate for my clients with a hands-on, communicative approach, focused on delivering intense advocacy and outlier results.

Who We Are / Our People / Sean Bennis

Sean has more than 20 years of experience leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions for clients in the energy, power and industrial technology markets. He has a deep knowledge of the undercurrents driving the industrial market, specializing in high-growth end markets such as power, energy, infrastructure, motion control and process industries.

Sean has an in-depth understanding of M&A economics, focusing on market leaders in growth industries and selling high-quality businesses for premium valuations. He has worked on more than 100 transactions for Fortune 500, private equity and leading private company clients and advised niche engineered product companies on numerous cross-border transactions. As one of Lincoln’s most tenured employees, Sean has been instrumental in the firm’s domestic and international growth initiatives.

Sean has spent his entire career at Lincoln, joining shortly after the firm’s founding as the sixth employee.

Sean earned a Bachelor of Science (with honors) from the College of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of Illinois and St. Andrews University in Scotland.

Recent Transactions

Sunpro Solar Compass Group Equity MGG 2020

Lincoln International advised Sunpro Solar has been sold to a group of investors including Compass Group Equity Partners, MGG Investment Group, LP, TGP Investments and Millstone Capital Advisors

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Lincoln International is pleased to announce the sale of ILSCO to ECM Industries, a portfolio company of Sentinel Capital Partners

Industrials | Industrial Technology

OpenGate Power Partners Pioneer Transformers Mill Point 2019

Lincoln International is pleased to have advised OpenGate Capital on the sale of its portfolio company, Power Partners, to Pioneer Transformers

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Clyde Bergemann Power Group Wynnchurch Capital 2019

Lincoln International is pleased to have advised Clyde Bergemann Power Group on the sale of Clyde Industries to Wynnchurch Capital

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Lincoln International is pleased to announce the sale of the leading provider of specification-grade luminaires, The Luminaries Group, to Acuity Brands, Inc.

Industrials

Pioneer Power Solutions Mill Point Capital 2019

Lincoln International advises Pioneer Power Solutions and provided a fairness opinion on the sale of its transformer business to Mill Point Capital

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Sunbelt Transformer merges with Solomon Corporation

Lincoln International is pleased to have advised Sunbelt Transformer, a portfolio company of Trilantic North America, on its merger with Solomon Corporation, a portfolio company of funds managed by the GFI Energy Group of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Lincoln International advises Incline Equity in the sale of Rotating Machinery Services, Inc. to Cortec Group

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Perspectives featuring Sean Bennis

Industrial Technology Leaders are Likely Buyers for First Wave of Post-Pandemic Industrials M&A

The COVID-19 pandemic has already brought significant changes to the deal-making landscape. While regular-way deal activity has ground to a halt, strategic Industrial Technology buyers largely remain “open” and accessible. For private […]

Powering Utility & Infrastructure Services M&A Activity in a COVID-19 Landscape

Last month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with other federal agencies, state and local governments and the private sector, created an advisory list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce.” This […]

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