Investment Summary

Berkshire Partners Invests In Torres Unidas Management Co.

On December 21, 2012, private equity firm Berkshire Partners invested in communications company Torres Unidas Management Co.

Investment Highlights
  • This is Berkshire Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Berkshire Partners’ 1st transaction in Colombia.
Investment Fate
  • Torres Unidas Management Co. was sold to a strategic buyer in 2017.

Investment Summary

Date 2012-12-21
Target Torres Unidas Management Co.
Sector Communications
Investor(s) Berkshire Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Torres Unidas Management Co.

Bogota, Colombia
Torres Unidas is an independent owner and operator of communication towers in Peru and Chile with experience in tower management, tower and rooftop site development, build-to-suit and tower acquisitions. Company portfolio of over 750 towers is located strategically throughout Chile and Peru, and includes urban, suburban, highway and rural locations.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Berkshire Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 16.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Berkshire Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in businesses with strong management and that lead their respective markets. Berkshire will consider investments in both public and private companies. Prospective transactions for private companies include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital financings, and privatizations. Public company transactions include take-privates, PIPEs, and equity stakes. Berkshire generally looks to invest $150 to $500 million of equity capital per transaction in companies valued up to $2 billion. Sectors of interest include industrial manufacturing, consumer products, retailing, transportation, communications and business services. Berkshire Partners was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 57 of 106
Sector: Communications M&A 3 of 7
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 8 of 24
Country: Colombia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-17 U.S. Anesthesia Partners

Dallas, Texas, United States

U.S. Anesthesia Partners is a provider of anesthesia services, with over 3,500 team members providing patient care in more than 400 hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers throughout the country. The company’s physician partnership model promotes alignment and best practice sharing while allowing individual practice groups to maintain a measure of clinical and operational autonomy at the local level. USAP supports its physician partners with centralized management infrastructure and resources to facilitate the delivery of consistent, high-quality patient care. U.S. Anesthesia Partners is based in Dallas, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-01 Engineering Solutions & Products

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Engineering Solutions & Products (ESP) is a provider of acquisition, logistics and technology support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, particularly in the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ("C4ISR") area. Founded in 2000, the company has enjoyed steady growth and strong financial performance driven by high success rates on bids for new opportunities and recompetes. ESP employs over 1,200 engineers, technicians, and consultants with experience in IT services, military acquisition, logistics, and program management; nearly all ESP employees have security clearances.

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