M&A Deal Summary

Hawthorn Equity Partners Acquires GFL Environmental

On November 17, 2014, private equity firm Hawthorn Equity Partners acquired environmental company GFL Environmental

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Hawthorn Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Hawthorn Equity Partners’ 3rd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Hawthorn Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in Ontario.
Investment Fate
  • GFL Environmental was recapitalized in 2018.
  • GFL Environmental went public in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-11-17
Target GFL Environmental
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Hawthorn Equity Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

GFL Environmental

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
GFL Environmental is a diversified environmental services company providing a comprehensive line of solid waste, infrastructure & soil remediation, and liquid waste management services through its platform of facilities across Canada and in Southeastern Michigan. GFL has a workforce of more than 5,000 employees and provides its broad range of environmental services to more than 60,000 commercial and industrial customers and its solid waste collection services to more than 2.5 million households. GFL Environmental was founded in 2007 and is based in Vaughan, Ontario.

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Buyer

Hawthorn Equity Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Hawthorn Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented, middle-market companies across North America. Hawthorn does not have any sector preferences and will invest in a variety of situations or business stages. Transaction situations include companies in need of growth capital, recapitalizations, family successions, special situations, carve-outs, and consolidations. Hawthorn Equity Partners is based in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ontario M&A 2 of 2
Country: Canada M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-01 Ice Mobility

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

Ice Mobility is a national distributor of wireless products and provider of supply chain solutions to the wireless industry. Ice provides a variety of services to large and small retailers alike, including planning, procurement, marketing, forward and reverse logistics, and reporting. These value-added services help retailers increase efficiency and maximize sales of wireless products. Ice Mobility was founded in 2014 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-06 Solace Systems

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Solace Systems provides market-leading technology for real-time, event-based movement of data. Solace’s proprietary ‘event mesh’ platform securely and reliably moves event data into, out of, and across enterprise applications. Solace Systems was founded in 2001 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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