Current Capital Acted as Financial Advisor in Three Separate Family-Owned Transactions

New York, New York, July 29, 2024 – Current Capital recently acted as a financial advisor in three separate family-owned transactions.

Emerald Lake Capital Management Acquires Five Star Energy Services:

Five Star is a leading utility services firm providing underground infrastructure design, engineering, and construction services. The Company has grown rapidly as a result of management’s operational expertise, long-standing customer and labor relationships, and strong market dynamics. The Company serves telecom, water, gas, and electric end markets for both public & private customers.

Current Capital developed a strong relationship with the family and helped them find a high quality institutional partner in Emerald Lake to complete a transaction, realize some liquidity and continue to build out a national footprint.

CSS Distribution Acquires a Regional Competitor:

CSS Distribution Group is a full service nationwide distributor of pallets and end-of-line packaging materials. It provides customers a national value chain solution, including pallets, gaylords, stretch film, tape, chipboard, angleboard, placards and other materials handling products.

Current Capital provided comprehensive M&A advisory and capital raising services to founder-owned CSS to facilitate a transaction that substantially increased the size of CSS and created a more diversified business poised for continued growth.

Leonard Green & Partners:

Current Capital provided buy-side advisory services to Leonard Green on an unannounced transaction in the facility services sector. Alongside some of our industry executives, Current Capital played a role in the thesis development and identification of potential targets in this industry for Leonard Green.

 

About Current Capital Partners

Current Capital Partners LLC is an independent advisory and merchant banking firm focused primarily on the industrial and services sectors. We provide mergers and acquisitions advisory services, corporate management services, and private equity investing. The mergers and acquisitions advisory effort offers high-quality financial advisory services – including actionable ideas, buy-side and sell-side execution, strategic and capital structure reviews, restructuring advisory and related services – for corporate and investment firm clients seeking industry expertise, an independent perspective and senior attention. In our management services effort, we manage investments, provide restructuring advice, sit on Boards of Directors and provide related consulting services for other investors and financial institutions; and offer advice and expert witness services in complex corporate litigation. Our private equity investing business helps create value, primarily in lower middle market and smaller companies, with an integrated operating, finance and investment approach. Our Advisory Board and Executive Network are important advantages for our clients. Learn more at www.currentcap.com.

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Kevin Smith
Managing Director
Email: ksmith@currentcap.com