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Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global audit, tax and advisory organizations that make up Grant Thornton International Ltd globally. We have offices in 52 commercial centers throughout the United States, represented by more than 523 partners and more than 5,200 personnel. Globally, the 30,000 personnel in the independent firms of Grant Thornton International Ltd provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to public and private clients out of 488 offices in more than 100 countries.
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Dresner Partners is a FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded twenty years ago, Dresner Partners provides financial advisory services to business owners and managers throughout the world, including institutional private placements of debt and equity, merger and acquisitions, valuations and strategic consulting services. Dresner Partners is also a member of IMAP, an exclusive global organization of leading merger and acquisition advisory firms. Its affiliate company, Dresner Corporate Services, is a strategic communications firm specializing in public and investor relations.
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Hilco is a diversified financial and operational services firm. Our principal competency is understanding and monetizing the value of tangible and intangible business assets. Through an integrated platform of more than 20 business units in North America and Europe, Hilco helps private equity funds and their professional advisors facilitate successful M&A transactions, create liquidity and enhance the value of portfolio companies. Our understanding of business asset values, our appetite for acquiring assets across a broad spectrum, and our proven ability to optimize the value of unwanted assets, enables Hilco to create more value in more ways. Our capabilities include: acquisitions of underperforming and duplicative assets ● real estate solutions to create liquidity and mitigate costs ● valuation services for financing, accounting, reporting, tax and compliance requirements, including enterprise and portfolio valuations ● co-investing ● sell- and buy-side M&A advisory and representation ● profit/performance enhancement consulting for portfolio companies. Hilco can help you get deals done.
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McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, a licensed CPA firm, operates under the McGladrey brand as the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, with nearly 6,500 professionals and associates in more than 70 offices nationwide. It is the U.S. member of RSM International, the sixth largest network of independent accounting, tax and consulting firms worldwide, with 714 offices in 83 countries, and more than 32,000 people.
McGladrey meets the needs of private equity firms and their portfolio companies with integrated transaction advisory, tax, audit, consulting and investment banking services. Clients benefit from a single-point-of-coordination service model and teams that operate as strategic partners throughout the transaction life cycle. Our transaction advisory services emphasize responsiveness and drive appropriate purchase price and optimal exit price. We offer scalable audit and tax services to meet the business needs of our fund and portfolio company clients, and continually monitor tax and regulatory changes to inform clients of relevant issues.
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Morgan Lewis
SNR Denton is a client-focused international legal practice delivering quality and value.
We serve clients in key business and financial centers from more than 60 locations in 43 countries, through offices, associate firms and special alliances across the US, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the CIS, Asia Pacific and Africa, making us a top 25 legal services provider by lawyers and professionals worldwide.
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Seyfarth’s corporate attorneys possess the broad, in-depth experience necessary to serve a diverse client base, ranging from start-up ventures to middle-market companies to large multinational corporations. We provide clients with guidance on key decisions that determine long-term success in today’s highly competitive and uncertain business environment. Since corporate matters frequently involve many legal disciplines, our corporate and finance attorneys regularly draw on the resources of Seyfarth ’s other practice areas including employee benefits, executive compensation, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, environmental, and bankruptcy to deliver coordinated, seamless service. In this way, our clients receive full attention from dedicated, focused business attorneys, and reap the benefits of a full-service law firm.
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Ungaretti & Harris LLP was founded in 1974 and has grown to more than 100 attorneys who practice in three basic areas. These groups are business (M&A for private equity funds, privately-held and public companies and family office consultation, corporate finance, corporate governance, real estate, finance and restructuring, financial services, tax and benefits), healthcare/regulatory (service providers and medical product manufacturers and distributors), and litigation (commercial litigation, labor, insolvency and anti-trust). U&H has offices in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois and in Washington, D.C.We provide legal services in eight key industry sectors: Energy, Transport and Infrastructure; Financial Institutions and Funds; Government; Health and Life Sciences; Insurance; Manufacturing; Real Estate, Retail and Hotels; and Technology, Media and Telecommunications.
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Gold Sponsors
BDO, USA
For more than 100 years, BDO USA has been recognized as a premier accounting, tax, financial advisory and consulting organization. Providing services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies, BDO offers a sophisticated array of services and global capabilities, combined with the personal attention of experienced and committed professionals.
BDO serves clients through more than 43 offices and over 400 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multinational clients through a global network of 1,118 offices in 135 countries. BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, is the US member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms.
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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Blakes is one of Canada’s oldest, largest and most respected full-service business law firms. Our Chicago office advises clients based in the Midwest and other areas of the U.S. on the Canadian components of cross-border transactions and other aspects of doing business in Canada. We do not practice U.S. law, but work closely with clients’ in-house counsel and external U.S. counsel in providing cross-border legal advice.
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Corinthian Capital Group LLP
Golub Capital
With over $5.0 billion in capital, Golub Capital is a leading provider of financing solutions for the middle market, including one-loan financings (through the firm's proprietary GOLD facility), senior, second lien, and subordinated debt, preferred stock and co-investment equity. The firm also underwrites and syndicates senior credit facilities up to $200 million. Golub Capital’s hold sizes range up to $100 million per transaction.
Golub Capital is ranked as the #1 Middle Market Bookrunner through the third quarter of 2011 by Thomson Reuters LPC for senior secured loans of up to $100 million for leveraged buyouts. For two years in a row, Golub Capital was named "Middle Market Lender of the Year" by Buyouts Magazine in 2009 and 2010 (the award was retired in 2011). Other recent honors include being named "Debt Financing Agent of the Year" in June 2010 by M&A Advisor.
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McDermott Will & Emery
The Chicago office of McDermott Will & Emery provides clients with a comprehensive offering of legal services to address client’s corporate needs. For both privately-held or publicly traded companies, our services are thorough from capital markets, financing and securities to private equity and venture capital for emerging companies along with all aspects of real estate and the sensitive aspects of dealing with bankruptcy and distressed company issues. Our lawyers have extensive experience leading transactions of all scope and complexity treating each as if it was the only deal and your most critical matter. Our approach is comprehensive, offering cross-disciplinary services covering every aspect of a transaction. Our goal is simple, to help clients navigate the complexities of virtually any transaction allowing them to focus on the very heart of the deal.
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Mesirow Financial
Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1937, it is an independent, employee-owned firm with approximately 1,200 employees globally. With expertise in Investment Management, Global Markets, Insurance Services and Consulting, Mesirow Financial strives to meet the financial needs of institutions, public sector entities, corporations and individuals.
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Plante & Moran PLLC
Plante Moran is among the nation’s largest certified public accounting and business advisory firms, providing clients with tax, audit, risk management, financial, technology, business consulting, and wealth management services. Plante Moran has a staff of more than 1,600 professionals in 21 offices throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois, with international offices in Shanghai, China; Monterrey, Mexico and Mumbai, India. The Private Equity team is well positioned to help you perform due diligence, select the right investment opportunity and then continue to support your portfolio companies with audit, tax and consulting services. The firm has industry expertise in Manufacturing and Distribution, Real Estate and Construction, multiple Service Industry sectors, Financial Services and Health Care. Plante Moran has been recognized by a number of organizations, including FORTUNE magazine, as one of the country’s best places to work.
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Vedder Price
Vedder Price is a general practice law firm of 265 attorneys with offices in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC and London. Vedder Price enjoys a world-class reputation in key practice areas and serves clients of all sizes in virtually all industries with a responsive, results-oriented and cost-effective approach.
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Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Wells Fargo Capital Finance offers traditional asset-based lending, specialized junior and senior secured financing, factoring and financing for domestic and international trade to companies in a wide range of industries. Additionally, specialty groups within Capital Finance develop financing tailored to meet the specific needs of retailers, software and technology companies, commercial finance companies, staffing companies, government contractors, timeshare developers, and transportation companies.
Wells Fargo Capital Finance has a large and diversified portfolio of nearly 2600 clients and over $29 billion in loans outstanding. We are one of the most active asset-based lenders in the industry by volume and one of the top asset-based lead arrangers.
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West Monroe Partners
West Monroe Partners is a full-service management and technology consultancy that serves a defined set of industries. The firm’s Private Equity practice couples transaction experience with deep expertise in the following industry verticals: healthcare, manufacturing & distribution, energy & utilities, software & technology, consumer products & business services, and banking & insurance. The result: analysis from an experienced industry perspective that enables the firm’s clients to minimize uncertainty. The practice employs a comprehensive approach for evaluating acquisitions, which leverages operational best practices and never loses sight of the investment thesis objectives.
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Winston & Strawn LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP is a full-service, international law firm with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Throughout its more than 150-year history, Winston & Strawn has handled many significant, high-profile transactions and matters for its clients—from cross-border acquisitions and special committee matters, to leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings, and creative and "first of their kind" financings.
Winston & Strawn’s corporate and finance practice provides a broad scope of services to financial sponsors and multinational companies of all types and sizes, as well as to funding sources, investment banks and other financial services firms. Our attorneys have handled transactions of all sizes and degrees of complexity, and have represented an exceptionally diverse base of clients, both large and middle market. Winston & Strawn’s transactional capabilities are complimented by its finance and lending practice which is consistently is recognized by Thomson Reuters as an industry leader in terms of the number and volume of deals closed.
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Silver Sponsors
AccuVal Associates, Inc.
Knowing the value of your assets is essential. That is why AccuVal is dedicated to providing accurate and timely valuations and advisory solutions. The firm appraises business enterprises and shareholder equity, intangibles and intellectual property, machinery and equipment, inventory, real estate and accounts receivables in more than 100 industries worldwide. AccuVal relays instant feedback on markets and developing trends, and provides thought leadership on strategic opportunities. The firm meets financial crises head-on with urgency and expertise. Its professionals are skilled at providing appraisals needed to obtain financing, and addressing all financial reporting requirements while pursuing tax savings and improving asset and risk management. AccuVal consistently leads clients involved in legal disputes to victory by helping to identify the right strategy and by providing clear and compelling evidence. When you partner with AccuVal, there is only one direction you’ll go. Think up. Think AccuVal.
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Burke Warren
Burke Warren is a full-service business law firm serving clients nationally. The firm works with middle market and Fortune 500 firms in negotiating securities offerings, venture capital investments, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Burke Warren attorneys specialize in several industries, including private equity, financial institutions, healthcare, and technology. In addition to the firm’s corporate department, Burke Warren has sizeable litigation, real estate, creditors’ rights, and tax practice groups.
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Gould & Ratner LLP
For more than 70 years, Gould & Ratner LLP has provided comprehensive legal counsel and business advice to sophisticated entrepreneurs, family businesses, and middle market companies operating in a range of industries, including manufacturing and distribution, technology and telecommunications, financial services, real estate, construction, food & beverage, gaming and emerging new industries, to name a few. Gould & Ratner LLP acts as General Counsel for domestic and international companies with annual sales in excess of $1 billion and has structured sophisticated and complex domestic and foreign transactions as well as tried and settled thousand of lawsuits and workouts.
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Horizon Capital Advisors, LLC
Horizon Capital Advisors was founded with the principle of providing "Wall Street" quality investment banking services at "Main Street" fees. Our services include transaction advisory and valuation/fairness opinions for closely-held middle market companies. Relying on our network of potential buyers, we work closely with owners to develop the combination of highest value and best fit for shareholder objectives. We also work with clients to develop alternative strategies for generating growth capital or enhancing liquidity. Finally, we provide independent, fully supportable valuation opinions for a variety of purposes. Our professionals have a thorough understanding of complex valuation techniques, combined with the real-world realities of the current capital markets.
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Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, comply with complex regulations, resolve disputes, recover from distress, leverage technology, and stimulate growth. The Company teams with its clients to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Huron provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including leading academic institutions, healthcare organizations, Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, and the law firms that represent these various organizations.
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 600 attorneys in locations across the United States and an affiliate in London. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to us for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. Our core areas of practice are corporate, financial services, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, litigation, real estate, commercial finance, intellectual property, tax planning and trusts and estates. We represent public and private companies in numerous industries, including a third of the Fortune 100, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
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RHR International LLP
RHR International is a world leader in the field of executive and organizational development. In 1945, RHR’s founders pioneered the field of executive assessment. Since that time, we have been proven difference-makers – unique in our combination of top management focus, psychologists’ perspective and high-level business acumen. RHR creates client value by helping executives accelerate change, increase leadership capacity and impact, and mitigate hiring and acquisition risks.
RHR International has offices in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Ill.
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Tatum
Tatum is a national professional services firm offering expertise and execution in four service areas: Interim CFO, professional project staffing, executive search and consulting. We offer even deeper insight within our three national practices: private equity, healthcare and technology.
With nearly 20 years of success providing interim CFOs, Tatum is unique in our ability to support the Office of the CFO. Everything we do is rooted in our CFO history and our deep understanding of what CFOs need to succeed. We offer expertise and then ensure execution for strategic initiatives such as acquisitions, performance improvement and technology alignment.
Tatum, which is now a part of Randstad (RAND.AS), has a national network of nearly 600 professionals, the majority of whom are C-level executives.
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