NEW YORK – July 6, 2022 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC and GCM Grosvenor, as joint sponsors, in connection with their acquisition of Hallcon Corporation from Canadian private equity firm Novacap. Hallcon is known as the leading North American provider of mission-critical transportation services and infrastructure for a broad range of customers. Hallcon says these include railroads, universities, airports, hospitals and healthcare systems, public transit, technology and industrial companies, and other large employers seeking custom transportation solutions.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in San Jose, California, Lenexa, Kansas, and Toronto, Ontario, Hallcon provides essential cleaning, disinfecting, and facilities maintenance services to municipal, regional, and national rail and transit providers throughout the United States and Canada. Hallcon has a coast-to-coast North American footprint, with direct operations across 29 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces.
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm that specializes in control investments in middle market companies. Leading by experience, and with a commitment to excellence, Blue Wolf transforms companies strategically, operationally and collaboratively, the company notes. Blue Wolf manages challenging situations and complex relationships between business, customers, employees, unions, and regulators to build value for stakeholders.
GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $70 billion in assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return investment strategies. The firm is in its 50th year of operation and reports that it is dedicated to delivering value for its clients in the growing alternative investment asset classes.
The Greenberg Traurig team that represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners and GCM Grosvenor was led by Ejim Peter Achi who is co-managing shareholder of the firm’s New York office and co-chair of the office’s Corporate Practice. He was assisted by the following shareholders: in New York, Shaun Levor, Serena Shi, and Todd Bowen in Corporate, David Greenberg in Intellectual Property & Technology, Stephen Pepper in Anti-Trust, Jason Burns and Jason Jendrewski in Labor & Employment; in Chicago, Jeffrey Ekeberg in Tax and Sean Bezark in Environmental; in Denver, John Voorhees in Litigation; in Los Angeles, Ryan Bykerk in Labor & Employment; in Miami, Leanne Reagan in Employee Benefits; in Northern Virginia, Chang Won Choi in Tax; and in Washington, D.C., Shomari Wade in Government Contracts. The following associates were also part of the team: Alexander Mandel in New York Corporate; Sandy Chiu in New York Intellectual Property & Technology; in Las Vegas, Henry Agee in Real Estate; in Austin, Joseph Shaneyfelt in Litigation; Practice Group Attorney Rebecca Rotem in Washington D.C., Anti-Trust; and Corporate Law Clerks, Dori Morris, Genesa Olivieri and Matthew LaBau, in New York and Kitt Ritter in Miami.
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