M&A Deal Summary

LanguageLine Solutions Acquires Pacific Interpreters

On January 8, 2013, LanguageLine Solutions acquired business services company Pacific Interpreters from Sterling Partners Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LanguageLine Solutions’ 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is LanguageLine Solutions’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is LanguageLine Solutions’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-01-08
Target Pacific Interpreters
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) LanguageLine Solutions
Sellers(s) Sterling Partners Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Pacific Interpreters

Dallas, Texas, United States
Pacific Interpreters provides high-quality language services to eliminate communication barriers and connect customers with the individuals they serve in healthcare, business, and government markets. Celebrating 20 years of service, Pacific Interpreters offers telephonic interpreting 24/7/365 in over 180 languages, document translation, and consulting services. Interpreters are experienced, medically qualified for healthcare interpreting, and have undergone rigorous testing to ensure that patients and clients can understand them.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

LanguageLine Solutions

Monterey, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Business Services
Employees2,114
Revenue 388M USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

LanguageLine Solutions, Inc. is a provider of over-the-phone interpretation services from English into more than 150 languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER
DESCRIPTION

Sterling Partners Private Equity is the private equity arm of asset management firm Sterling Partners. Sterling Partners Private Equityis focused on investing in small to medium-sized companies positioned for growth, either organically or through acquisitions. Sterling has a strong interest in businesses with differentiated products, defensible competitive positions, recurring revenues, and diversified customers. The Firm's target equity commitment size is $35 to $150 million. Broad sectors of interest include direct marketing, education, specialty distribution, specialty manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and business services. Sterling Partners was formed in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 51
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 14 of 34
State: Texas M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 22 of 49
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-08 Spartan

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Spartan provides hands-on training in aviation maintenance, avionics, nondestructive testing and quality control. Students can graduate from Spartan’s programs in anywhere from 12 to 23 months with high-demand skills. Students gain the professional training and credentials necessary to work in some of the most exciting industries and in many parts of the world. Spartan was formed in 1928 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-09 Ad-Venture Interactive

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Ad-Venture Interactive is a provider of online integrated marketing and enrollment services to the higher education industry.

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