
Transactions
INDUSTRY
Broadband, Media, & Telecom
CLIENT
Global Computer Enterprises
TYPE
363 Sale
REPRESENTING
Debtor
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
$13.5 million provider of government software/SaaS (DOL) facing imminent liquidation.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Sold company to the U.S. General Services Administration for $23.5 million in reportedly first-of-its-kind transaction. Generated proceeds sufficient to pay all creditors in full, a $9 million fine to DOJ, and a recovery to equity.
INDUSTRY
Government Contracting/Defense
CLIENT
Project Eagle Eye
TYPE
Private Sale
REPRESENTING
Seller
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Company’s wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) technology was deployed in Afghanistan until the war ended.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
With only $6 million in cash and a $1.5 million/month burn rate, Asgaard crafted a business and sale exit plan that could close fast enough to retain the key engineers driving the value of the technology. Sold for over $10 million.
INDUSTRY
Government Contracting/Defense
CLIENT
BearingPoint
TYPE
363 Acquisition
REPRESENTING
Buyer (Deloitte)
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
$1 billion government services contractor
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Advised Deloitte in their successful efforts to replace pre-negotiated plan of reorganization with a 363 stalking horse bid for BearingPoint’s public services unit. Transaction won Deal of the Year Award from M&A Advisor.
INDUSTRY
Government Contracting/Defense
CLIENT
Allied Defense Group
TYPE
Out-of-Court Restructuring
REPRESENTING
Debtor
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
$140 million public defense conglomerate
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Restructured toxic PIPE (private investments in public equities) for this small public company, allowing them to sell and/or restructure American and European operating companies. Also supervised M&A sale processes for these subsidiaries.
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Basic
CLIENT
American Paper Group
TYPE
363 Sale
REPRESENTING
Debtor
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
$32 million envelope manufacturer and printer with exhausted bank group
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Helped company obtain time and capital from senior lenders to complete technological transformation of company and achieved a sales price 1.7x initial expectations.
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Basic
CLIENT
J&L Specialty Steel
TYPE
Distressed M&A
REPRESENTING
Seller
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
$425 million stainless steel subsidiary of large multi-national steel producer facing a likely shutdown and liquidation.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Successfully closed a sale transaction on behalf of a major French steel producer, despite significant labor, environmental, pension, and other post-employment benefits issues.