Add-on Acquisition • Business Services

Epiq Acquires Garretson Resolution Group

On January 7, 2019, Epiq acquired business services company Garretson Resolution Group from Harvest Partners and Fifth Street Capital

Acquisition Context
  • This is Epiq’s 7th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Epiq’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Epiq’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date January 7, 2019
Target Garretson Resolution Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Epiq
Sellers(s) Harvest Partners
Fifth Street Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Garretson Resolution Group

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Garretson Resolution Group is a neutral provider of services to parties who are settling personal injury claims. Company provides outsourced medical lien resolution and complex settlement administration services for law firms, corporations, insurance companies, plaintiffs and defendants in mass tort, class action and single event litigations.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Epiq

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,300
Revenue 544M USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Epiq is a provider of integrated technology and services for the legal profession, including eDiscovery, managed services, bankruptcy, class action and mass tort administration, federal regulatory actions and data breach responses. Epic's solutions are designed to streamline the administration of litigation, investigations, financial transactions, regulatory compliance and other legal matters. Epiq was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 13 of 18
Sector: Business Services 7 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition 10 of 14
State: Ohio 1 of 2
Country: United States 11 of 15
Year: 2019 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-12 Bruneau Group

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Bruneau Group, Inc. is a canadian settlement administrator drawing from expertise in law, claim administration, financial management, and information technology to deliver innovative class action settlement administration services – earning the confidence of the courts, legal counsel, and the claimants alike.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-11-12 Hyperion Global Partners

Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Hyperion Global Partners is a premier global business and technology consulting practice for the legal profession. Hyperion Global Partners brings over twenty years of dedicated experience in the legal business, operations, and technology solutions. It advises Am Law 200 law firms, Global 1000 corporations, and other legal service organizations to make intelligent, fact-based decisions about how to improve their operational performance. The company focuses on helping its clients lead transformation programs with strategic value-based engagement models and legal business expertise in process, operations, organization, and technology. Hyperion Global Partners was formed in 2009 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas.

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Seller Profiles 2

SELLER

Harvest Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Harvest Partners is a Investment firm provides Private Equity and Structured Capital focused on buyout, growth capital, minority position, and non-control investments in middle-market public and private companies. Harvest Partners looks to invest in profitable ($30 to $300 million of EBITDA). Sectors of interest include business services, consumer services, healthcare, industrial services, manufacturing, marketing, building products and distribution companies valued between $100 and $1000 million. The Firm prefers opportunities headquartered in North America. Harvest Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 25 of 36
Sector: Business Services 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition 5 of 7
State: Ohio 4 of 4
Country: United States 21 of 32
Year: 2019 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-01 Encanto Restaurants

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Encanto Restaurants is the sole franchisee in Puerto Rico of the highly successful Yum Brands concepts including KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W All American Food.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-10 Advancing Eyecare

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Advancing Eyecare is an operator of diagnostic ophthalmic equipment company established to offer the products and service solutions in the ophthalmic equipment industry. Advancing Eyecare was founded in 2019 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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SELLER
DESCRIPTION

Fifth Street Capital is a public investment firm focused on providing mezzanine financing to support expansions, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and management buyouts of middle-market US based companies. Fifth Street looks to invest between $5 and $50 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include consumer products, healthcare services, manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, food services, business services, restaurants, speciality retail, logistics, and value added distribution. Fifth Street Capital is based in White Plains, New York.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 54 of 59
Sector: Business Services 4 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition 25 of 27
State: Ohio 1 of 2
Country: United States 53 of 58
Year: 2019 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-03 HealthDrive

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

HealthDrive is a provider of medical and dental services in over 2,000 facilities, serving more than 200,000 enrolled senior living residents across four practices around the nation. HealthDrive was founded in 1989 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-04 Fitness Connection

Carrollton, Texas, United States

Fitness Connection is a category leader in the HVLP fitness segment, offering the full range of amenities and services of a large, full-service premium club for as low as $10 per month. Memberships include access to state-of-the-art strength/cardio equipment, functional training areas, women's only workout areas, short-term child care, cycling studios, as well as other amenities and services. Fitness Connection was founded in 1999 and is based in Carrollton, Texas.

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