M&A Deal Summary

OMERS Private Equity Acquires Knight Commercial

On September 18, 2023, private equity firm OMERS Private Equity acquired construction company Knight Commercial

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Construction sector.
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 28th transaction in the United States.
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 4th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-09-18
Target Knight Commercial
Sector Construction
Buyer(s) OMERS Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Stephens Investment Banking (Financial)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Legal)

Target

Knight Commercial

Dallas, Texas, United States
Knight Commercial provides restoration, construction, and roofing services to a broad set of commercial customers across industrial, multifamily, office, hospitality, and government end markets. Knight Commercial was founded in 2001 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

OMERS Private Equity

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 19.8B CAD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

OMERS Private Equity, Inc. is the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. OMERS invests in buyout, venture, and mezzanine funds as well as makes direct private equity investments in North American companies with and enterprise value of $200 million to 1.5 billion. Target sectors include manufacturing, financial and business services, industrial and consumer products, transportation, and technology. OMERS Private Equity was formed in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 56
Sector (Construction) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 12 of 12
State (Texas) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 28 of 29
Year (2023) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-28 Trescal

Rungis, France

Trescal provides a broad range of services for the test and measuring equipment market. Supplementing the standard technical services (verification, calibration and repair of T&M instruments), Trescal provides expertise in the implementation and acquisition of measurement systems, customized equipment pool management software solutions, metrology, technical support, and training. Trescal services customers in various sectors such as Defence, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Automotive, Power Generation & Utilities, Electronics Manufacturing, Communications and Medical & Chemistry. Trescal was founded in 2007 and is based in Rungis, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-17 V.Group

London, United Kingdom

V.Group provides mission-critical services to its customers, such as technical ship management, crew management, crew welfare services (e.g. catering, travel, and digital wallets & payment cards), leveraged procurement, technical services, specialist insurance broking, and modern shipping-specific digital solutions. V.Group was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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