George S. Stowe

George Stowe focuses his practice on private equity (PE) transactions and business mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and sales. He has spearheaded several PE transactions and advised intricate middle-market PE funds, independent sponsors, and their portfolio companies. His clientele spans several industries such as business services, consumer products, food and beverage, franchise businesses, health care, industrial services, and manufacturing.

He is known for skillfully advising clients as they navigate complex deals and add-on acquisitions. George also advises on general corporate matters, including entity formation, equity holder agreements, governance, and other day-to-day projects. Additionally, he works with publicly and privately held companies on a broad range of matters, including divestitures, minority investments, and other strategic transactions.

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

• Represented Gridiron Capital in its acquisition of Erie Construction Mid-West, a direct-to-consumer home remodeling services provider.*
• Represented Gridiron Capital in its acquisition of Vertical Supply Group, a work-at-height products distributor.*
• Represented Vertical Supply Group, a Gridiron Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of Yates Gear, a provider of fall protection products in the climbing, technical rescue, rope access, and tactical equipment industries.*
• Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company bswift in the acquisition of Evive from Susquehanna Growth Equity.*
• Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company MyFitnessPal in the acquisition of Excipient from its founders.*
• Represented Garnett Station Partners in its establishment of Redwood Environmental, a platform comprised of market-leading brands providing environmental remediation services to commercial end markets across the U.S.*
• Represented Olympus Partners and Excel Fitness Holdings in their ongoing acquisitions of fitness clubs in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma.*
• Represented Stonehenge Partners in its sale of its portfolio company, PPM Technologies, a leading manufacturer of high-quality conveying, coating, and thermal equipment, to Duravant LLC, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Carlyle.*
• Represented Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions (“Lighthouse”) in its recapitalization by Amulet Capital Partners.*
• Represented Bridge Industries, LLC and its portfolio company TransTech Energy in a number of add-on acquisitions.*
• Represented Skyline Global Partners in a number of platform acquisitions and investments.*
• Represented a private equity sponsor in its acquisition of the equity of a custom-printed packaging and labeling company.*
• Represented a private equity fund in its add-on acquisition of a national electric motor and motor control supply and distribution company. *
• Represented SWS Capital in connection with its strategic investment in RosmanSearch, Inc., a neurosurgical and neurological recruiting and staffing business.*
• Represented Wilderness Trail Distillery, a premium artisan bourbon distillery, in the sale of 70% of its membership interests to Campari, a Milan-based Italian Spirits group, for $600 million in enterprise value.*
• Represented a global leader in the formulation, development and manufacture of performance polymer solutions in its acquisition of one of the largest independent nylon compounders in the U.S.*
• Represented sellers of a leading Midwest roofing and insulating contractor in their sale to Prospect Partners.*
• Represented Community Tax LLC, an leader in tax debt resolution services, in its acquisition by NextPoint Financial Inc. (TSX: NPF.U) (OTC Pink: NACQF), an all-inclusive financial services destination providing tax services, loans and other solutions for underserved consumers and small businesses, based in Dallas, Texas.*
• Represented Honeycomb Battery Company, an electric vehicle battery technology company carved out from its parent Global Graphene Group, Inc., in its completed business combination with Nubia Brand International Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, to form a new Nasdaq-listed company known as Solidion Technology, Inc., including restricted securities issuances and corporate governance matters.*
• Represented R.W. Beckett corporation in in its acquisition of Delavan Spray, LLC and Delavan Limited, leading manufacturers of spray nozzles and related technology.*
• Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company bswift in the acquisition of Davis & Company from its founders.*

*matter handled prior to joining Honigman, LLP

Prior Experience

• Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, Partner
• Katten Muchin Rosenman, Associate

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