Recently, a Gunster team led by attorneys Joseph Chase, Ryan Morris and Cole Jackson represented the seller in connection with the sale of Hinterland Group to Excellere Partners. Additional Gunster team members who assisted with this transaction included Greg Bader, Craig Behrenfeld, April Bentley, Tadd Blair, Freddie Brackin, Derek Bruce, Holly Goodman, Fernando Diaz, Julia Holden Davis, Kellie Humphries, Zach Jacobson, Brad McPherson, Stephanie Quinones and Chris Seifter.
Hinterland Group, headquartered in Riviera Beach, Florida, provides underground water infrastructure repair and maintenance solutions to municipalities and private customers throughout the southern United States. Hinterland provides, among other critical water infrastructure services and products, trenchless rehabilitation, open-cut pipeline repair and lift station repair and replacement. Hinterland also manufactures trenchless technology products.
Excellere Partners is a Denver-based private equity investment firm.
This transaction is the latest of numerous transactions Gunster has handled, in recent years, in the infrastructure and utilities space. Our experience in this space includes both transactions involving contractors and others involving manufacturers of specialized, mission-critical equipment. By combining the extensive experience and proven capabilities of our Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Construction Law teams, we provide industry-leading service and value to our clients in this space.
Joseph ChaseJoe serves as head of Gunster’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity team. He is dedicated to serving as a trusted advisor to business owners, private equity firms, family offices, companies in a wide range of industries, and other clients. He represents clients in connection with sales and purchases of businesses and general business and corporate matters.
Ryan MorrisRyan concentrates his practice on corporate and mergers and acquisitions transactions. He advises companies through the full deal lifecycle. Ryan represents private equity funds, publicly traded companies, family offices, portfolio companies, and closely held businesses.
Cole JacksonCole is based in Gunster’s West Palm Beach office, where he is a member of the firm’s Corporate practice group. Cole’s practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions. Cole represents buyers (including both private equity firms and strategic buyers) and sellers in complex transactions in a wide range of industries, from aerospace to construction, healthcare to information technology services, manufacturing to natural resources, and everything in between. His expertise extends to general corporate matters, including drafting and negotiating organizational documents, providing corporate advice on litigation matters, and negotiating and evaluating contracts vital to clients’ organizations.
About Gunster
As a full-service law firm, Gunster provides full-service legal counsel to leading organizations and individuals from its 13 offices statewide. Established in 1925, the firm has expanded, diversified and evolved, but always with a singular focus: Florida and its clients’ stake in it. A magnet for business-savvy attorneys who embrace collaboration for the greatest advantage of clients, Gunster’s growth has not been at the expense of personalized service but because of it. The firm serves clients from its offices in Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, Vero Beach, and its headquarters in West Palm Beach. With more than 330 attorneys and consultants, and 300 committed support staff, Gunster is ranked among the top 200 largest law firms by the National Law Journal. More information about its practices, industries, offices and news is available at www.gunster.com.
