Willbros Group - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Willbros Group M&A Summary

Willbros Group has acquired 4 companies of its own. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

Willbros Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2010, when it acquired InfrastruX Group for $360M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Professional Services segment to TRC Companies for $130M. Willbros Group has acquired in 1 US state, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include energy services and equipment (34%) and information technology (34%).

Willbros Group Ownership

Who owns Willbros Group?

Willbros Group is owned by Primoris Services. It was acquired on March 28, 2018.

Willbros Group Business Overview

Where is Willbros Group headquartered?

Willbros Group is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

What is Willbros Group’s revenue?

Willbros Group disclosed revenue of 732M USD for 2016 and 909M USD for 2015.

How many employees does Willbros Group have?

Willbros Group has 7,959 employees.

What sector is Willbros Group in?

Willbros Group is a construction company.

When was Willbros Group founded?

Willbros Group was founded in 1908.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity3
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 4

Willbros Group, Inc.

4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 1000,
Houston, Texas 77027
United States,
(713) 403-8000
www.willbros.com

Willbros Group, Inc. is a provider of energy infrastructure contractor serving the oil, gas, refining, petrochemical and power industries. Its offerings include engineering, procurement and construction (either individually or as an integrated EPC service offering), maintenance, facilities development and operations services.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
vol $374M $374M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 5 - - - - - 5
vol $149M $149M
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Willbros Tank Services 2018-01-01 - Divestiture
Houston, Texas
Bemis LLC 2015-10-09 19M USD Divestiture
Jacksonville, Vermont
Professional Services segment 2015-10-05 130M USD Divestiture
Windsor, Connecticut
Willbros - Premier Services 2015-03-31 - Divestiture
, United States
UtilX Corp. 2015-03-19 - Divestiture
Kent, Washington · www.utilx.com
InfrastruX Group LLC 2010-07-01 360M USD Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington
UtilX Corp. 2010-07-01 - Divestiture
Kent, Washington · www.utilx.com
AMEC - Midwest Pipelines business 2007-06-06 14M GBP Divestiture
Edmonton, Alberta
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 1 (33%) - 1 (20%) -
Business Services - - 2 (40%) 130M (87%)
Energy Services and Equipment 1 (33%) 360M (96%) - -
Infrastructure 1 (33%) 14M (4%) - -
Construction - - 1 (20%) 19M (13%)
Real Estate - - 1 (20%) -
Total 3 $374M 5 $149M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 2 360M 5 149M
  Washington 2 360M 1 -
  Vermont - - 1 19M
  Texas - - 1 -
  Connecticut - - 1 130M
Canada 1 14M - -
  Alberta 1 14M - -
Domestic 2 (67%) 360M (96%) 5 (100%) 149M (100%)
Cross-border 1 (33%) 14M (4%) - -
Total 3 $374M 5 $149M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Houlihan Lokey
2
Greenhill & Co., Inc.
1
Goldman Sachs
1
Legal Deals
Conner & Winters
4

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $360M
< $100M 1 $14M
TOTAL $374M
Largest InfrastruX Group LLC
$360M (2010-07-01)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $130M
< $100M 1 $19M
TOTAL $149M
Largest Professional Services segment
$130M (2015-10-05)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)
Strategic(s)
67%
2 (67%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
5 (100%)

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