Jennifer Kurtis
Partner
Jennifer regularly counsels clients in a variety of business transactions, with a particular focus on representing private equity funds and public and private companies in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and public and private securities offerings. Jennifer also advises companies in a myriad of industries with respect to general corporate matters, add-on acquisitions, securities law matters, initial public offerings, and private placements of securities.
Key Matters
- Acted as legal counsel to Revelstoke Capital Partners, a Denver-based healthcare services private equity firm, in its investment to The Care Team, one of the largest home health and hospice agencies in the Great Lakes region, to support its growth objectives and continued focus on delivering the highest quality care.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of Custom Made Meals from New Water Capital.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of a leading West Coast logistics provider.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management, and its affiliates, in its acquisition of Omaha-based The James Skinner (f/k/a The James Skinner Co.), a producer, manufacturer, seller, and distributor of pastry products to supermarkets and pastry companies throughout the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of W&B Service Company. Headquartered outside of Dallas, Texas W&B Service Company is a Transport Refrigeration and Semi-Trailer dealer providing new equipment, used equipment, parts, and service.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of Go2 Logistics from HCI Equity Partners.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of Country Fresh and Sun Rich USA, two divisions previously part of the Fresh Food Group, which will now operate as a standalone company under the “Country Fresh” name. Country Fresh is a premier, full-service, fresh- food solutions partner for retail, foodservice, club, and convenience stores.
- Represented Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of Custom Made Meals, a leading U.S. provider of fresh, handmade entrees and sides for grocery retailers, from New Water Capital.
- Represented Post Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of Chicago-based RKON, a provider of IT services and solutions, including managed IT and cyber security services, professional services, and subscription software resale.
- Represented Post Capital Partners in its sale of EC Waste, LLC, a leading provider of non-hazardous waste management and disposal services in Puerto Rico, to 3i Group plc, a London-based international investment company focusing on private equity and infrastructure.
- Represented an industry-leading print and communications services provider in its acquisition of a Florida-based marketing agency.
- Represented a New York-based private equity firm in the sale of its portfolio company to a Los Angeles-based private equity firm.
- Represented Hudson Ferry Capital, a Stamford, CT-based private equity fund, in its sale of Ground/Water Treatment & Technology, a leading U.S. groundwater treatment company that self-performs system design; civil, electrical, and mechanical site work; equipment fabrication and customization; dewatering; and licensed operation and maintenance service for groundwater treatment systems, to an affiliate of Ember Infrastructure, a private equity fund focused on infrastructure solutions.
- Represented a portfolio company in its acquisition of a Los Angeles restaurant and its affiliates.
- Advised The Care Team, a portfolio company of Revelstoke Capital Partners, in its acquisition of 1st Care Home Health Services and Care Hospice Services. 1st Care At Home is a Veteran-founded, locally operated family business serving a broad area, committed to providing a high performance of health care essential to the improvement of a client’s quality of life.
- Represented Lux Credit Consultants (dba Buggy) in its acquisition of Fast Track Leasing, a fleet management & specialty finance company serving the for-hire vehicle market in NYC.
- Represented New York-based Eos Partners, a private equity firm, in its acquisition of Texas-based Gulf Pacific and Southwest Spice, leading producers, stores, customers, distributors, transporters, sellers, and marketers of rice, beans, spices, and the other dry goods.
- Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a leading full-service provider of marketing, communications, content, and distribution services with a strong legacy in print-based marketing solutions.
- Represented Onex Falcon in its preferred equity investment in Heatonist, a wholesale, retail, and direct to consumer purveyor of fine hot sauces.
- Represented RCG Global Services, a global digital transformation consultancy providing product engineering, advanced analytics, and cloud services to Fortune 1000 enterprises, in a majority recapitalization with Frontenac, a Chicago-based private equity firm.
- Represented WebFX, a full-service digital marketing agency, in connection with its capital investment from Trilantic North America, a growth-focused middle market private equity firm focused on control and significant minority investments in North America.
- Represented The Adaptive Group, an Indiana-based provider of non-medical personal home care services, home health services, and hospice end-of-life care services, in its sale to Help at Home, a leading U.S. home care provider delivering in-home care to seniors and persons with disabilities, and a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and The Vistria Group.
- Represented Seaport Capital (“Seaport”), a lower middle-market buyout firm based in New York, in its recapitalization of Exacom, a leader in the multimedia recording market for critical communications. Based in New Hampshire, Exacom’s technology supports the recording of audio, VoIP, data, and text-to-911 into digital formats for data collection, analysis, and management.
- Represented SW Brewing (SweetWater), one of the largest independent craft brewers in the United States, in its sale to Aphria Inc. (Aphria) (TSX: APHA) (Nasdaq: APHA), a leading global cannabis company based in Canada.