M&A Deal Summary

Bison Capital Asset Management Acquires Curtin Maritime

On January 1, 2020, asset manager Bison Capital Asset Management acquired marine company Curtin Maritime

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bison Capital Asset Management’s 1st transaction in the Marine sector.
  • This is Bison Capital Asset Management’s 27th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bison Capital Asset Management’s 15th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-01-01
Target Curtin Maritime
Sector Marine
Buyer(s) Bison Capital Asset Management
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Curtin Maritime

Long Beach, California, United States
Curtin Maritime is a marine solutions company providing a range of maritime services from design to execution, including maintenance and capital dredging, marine construction, and marine transportation. Curtin Maritime was founded in 1997 and is based in Long Beach, California.

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Buyer

Bison Capital Asset Management

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bison Capital is a private equity firm which makes non-control investments in middle-market companies with revenue of $20 to $500 million and at least $5 million of EBITDA. Bison Capital invests in businesses to finance their growth, balance sheet restructurings, recapitalizations, and to fund buyouts. Bison looks to invest between $10 and $30 million per transaction. Bison Capital was formed in 2001 and is based in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 36
Sector: Marine M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 8
State: California M&A 15 of 18
Country: United States M&A 27 of 33
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-24 BC2 Environmental

Orange, California, United States

BC2 Environmental is a provider of drilling services to the environmental and geotechnical markets within the Western United States. BC2 Environmental’s services include soil sampling, groundwater and vapor well installation, direct push sampling, and groundwater monitoring. BC2 Environmental was founded in 1993 and is based in Orange, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-06 For The Record

Denver, Colorado, United States

For The Record provides courts with digital recording confidence, supports court reporters to deliver high-quality transcripts faster, and gives judges, attorneys and parties fast, reliable access to court recordings and transcripts. Its global group of companies, including Auscript, has served courts for almost 100 years. For The Record was formed in 1993 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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