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Why Private Equity Investors Find Government Contractors Attractive

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

The government contracting sector has grown rapidly in recent years, and that trend might have you thinking about selling your government contracting business. In fact, in our recent government contracting engagements, eight of 10 interested buyers were PE investors.

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Freestate Electric, LLC Acquired By Sojitz Energy Services LLC

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

Freestate has received numerous awards for its electrical construction services for commercial and industrial projects for end users such as banks, schools, hotels, government facilities, mission-critical facilities, and healthcare.

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AMA Analytical Services Acquired by SGS

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

Headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, AMA provides the highest quality precision analyses and reliable, cost-effective services to the government, industrial, institutional, and commercial sectors. AMA has tailored its offerings to be able to serve customers of all types. The laboratory receives samples from Maryland, Virginia, the D.C.

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From “Slowth” to Growth: How Mindset Impacts a Government Contractor’s Success

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

What distinguishes thriving government contractors from those that languish? And private equity (PE) groups still have a great deal of dry powder to deploy, leading them in search of quality companies. The challenge for lower and middle market government contractors is how to capture their share of this market interest.

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Fireline Corporation Acquired by Encore Fire Protection

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

Fireline focuses on serving commercial, education, government, healthcare, industrial, and multi-family customers across the Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Firelines offering also includes 24/7 fire alarm monitoring as well as industry leading engineering and design capabilities. and Northern Virginia markets.

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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

Mergers and Inquisitions

In 24 hours, it went from “We’re fine, but we took some losses and need additional capital” to “The FDIC is taking over, the government has guaranteed uninsured deposits, and there might be additional bank runs and a financial crisis or three.” It’s the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history and the largest bank to collapse since 2008.

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UBS and Credit Suisse: The Next Shoe to Drop in the Financial Crisis of 2023?

Mergers and Inquisitions

The deal is backstopped by the Swiss government, which committed ~$10 billion to absorb potential losses (UBS will absorb the first ~$5 billion). If the losses are even higher, UBS and the Swiss government will split them above this $15 billion level. The AT1 bondholders are now banding together to file a lawsuit. Klein & Co.

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