Harris Williams & Co. Advises Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. in its Sale to Brockway Moran & Partners
November 21 2011 - 2:32PM
Business Wire
Harris Williams & Co., premier middle market investment
bank, announces the sale of Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.
(CPI), a portfolio company of The Riverside Company (Riverside), to
Brockway Moran & Partners. CPI is the world’s leading training
organization specializing in the safe management of crisis
situations and disruptive behavior. The transaction closed on
November 18, 2011. Harris Williams & Co. acted as the exclusive
advisor to CPI. The transaction was led by Ned Valentine, Derek
Lewis, John Arendale and Karl Kirkeby from the firm’s Richmond
office.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, CPI is the global leader and
pioneer in providing crisis prevention, nonviolent physical
intervention and dementia care training. Since CPI’s founding in
1980, more than six million professionals have participated in CPI
training programs in 39 different countries around the world. The
Certified Instructors (CIs) trained by CPI are employed by schools,
hospitals, mental health clinics, long-term care facilities,
juvenile detention centers and human service facilities. CPI’s
programs demonstrate proven and holistic de-escalation strategies,
which protect professionals and individuals in their care.
Riverside is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring
growing enterprises valued at up to $200 million (€200 million in
Europe). The firm partners with strong management teams and
enhances its investments through acquisitions and organic growth.
Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 260
transactions with a total enterprise value of more than $5.8
billion/€4.7 billion. The firm’s portfolio in North America, Europe
and the Asia-Pacific region includes more than 75 companies with
roughly 13,000 employees. Riverside completes acquisitions smoothly
thanks to $3.2 billion/€2.4 billion in assets under management,
more than 200 professionals in 20 offices, and longstanding
relationships with partner lenders.
Brockway Moran & Partners is a private equity firm with more
than $1.3 billion of capital under management. The firm acquires
growth-oriented middle market companies valued between $50 million
and $300 million in partnership with exceptional management teams.
Brockway Moran & Partners focuses on businesses with
significant growth opportunities through internal expansion,
industry consolidation or innovative business strategies. The
principals of the firm have a record of productively working with
management teams to build companies into larger and more diverse
enterprises. Brockway Moran & Partners invests in a broad
spectrum of industries with significant experience in consumer,
industrial and service businesses. Since 1998, the firm has
completed over 70 acquisitions.
Harris Williams & Co. (www.harriswilliams.com), a member of
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC), is the premier
middle market advisor with a two-decade legacy of sell side
excellence serving clients worldwide. The firm is focused
exclusively on the middle market and provides sell side and
acquisition advisory, restructuring advisory, board advisory,
private placements and capital markets advisory services. For more
information, contact Derek Lewis or Ned Valentine at +1 (804)
648-0072.
Investment banking services are provided by Harris Williams LLC,
a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, and Harris
Williams & Co. Ltd, an Appointed Representative of Sturgeon
Ventures LLP, which is authorized and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority. Harris Williams & Co. is a trade name under
which Harris Williams LLC and Harris Williams & Co. Ltd conduct
business in the U.S. and Europe, respectively.
For general release inquiries, please contact Kimberly Baker,
marketing director, at +1 (804) 648-0072.
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