Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 1984 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in the United States and Europe. The firm specializes in investments in the lower middle market, focusing on acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancing, and growth financing. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $100 million in companies with revenues ranging from $25 million to $750 million, primarily in sectors such as business services, education, franchising, healthcare, and engineered products. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners prefers to invest in U.S. companies and those in continental Europe, targeting majority ownership positions. The firm can invest across various capital structures, including debt and equity securities, and typically looks to exit investments through public offerings, sales, or recapitalizations. It does not invest in high technology, apparel, biotechnology, telecommunications, or internet-focused companies.

Brooke Burlingame Adams

Director

Andrew Alexander

Associate Director

Jay Berajawala

Director of the Investment Management Team

Alexander Bruno

Senior Associate

Landon Budenholzer

Associate

Ethan Caskey

Managing Director

Tannaz S. Chapman

Managing Director

Janet Crenshaw

Director of Investor Relations

Oliver Demaine

Associate

Miriam Diwan

Associate Director, Investor Relations

Paul Drury

Senior Managing Director

Greg Flaster

Managing Director

Matthew G. Frankel

Managing Partner & Member of the Executive and Investment Committees

Dana Goldstein

Managing Director, Investor Relations

Debbie Habib

Director

Paul Hamilton

Associate Director

Stephen Hogan

President, Co-COO and CFO

Monica Holec

Senior Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations

Monty Ismail

Senior Associate

Ted Jeon

Managing Director

Kevin Jin

Associate

Josh Kaufman

Partner, Head of Europe & Member of the Investment Committee

John King

Associate Director, Investment Management

Michael Knapp

Director

Steven Korff

Associate Director

Lauren B. Leichtman

Co-Founder, Partner and Co-chairperson of The Executive And Investment Committees

Zue Leong

Senior Associate

Micah Levin

Managing Director

Arthur E. Levine

Founding Partner

Karen Lin

Associate Director

Adam S. McKean

Director

Colin Mccarthy

Associate Director

Jarett Moyse

Associate Director

Erik Nobel

Managing Director

Chris Overmyer

Associate Director

John O’Neill

Senior Managing Director and Head of European Fund Investments

Robert Poletti

Partner and Head of Global Fund Activities

Matthew M. Rich

Managing Director

Weston Richter

Associate Director

John Romney

Managing Director

Luc Sandmann

Associate Director

Andrew Schwartz

Partner & Member of the Executive and Investment Committees

Debra Sherman

Director, Investor Relations

Wouter Snoeijers

Senior Managing Director

Aqil Sohail

Associate Director

Alexander Ventriglia

Associate

Michael B. Weinberg

Managing Partner & Member of Executive and Investment Committees

David Wolmer

Partner, Co-COO and General Counsel

39 past transactions

In-Place Machining Company

Acquisition in 2021
In-Place Machining Company provides specialized on-site field machining services to a wide range of industrial, scientific and military customers throughout the world. Some call what they do field machining or on-site machining, others refer to it as in-situ machining, portable machining, or mobile machining. Of course we call it In-Place Machining. No matter what you call it, In-Place Machining Company provides Quality Machining In-Place... Any Place in the World. Their expertise also includes R-stamp certified welding, portable brush plating, flame spray, Metalstitch® cold repair of cast iron, and complete laser, optical and mechanical alignment. In-Place Machining Company has multiple locations around the USA, and conceivably the largest inventory of specialized on-site field machining equipment in the world.

Prime Global

Private Equity Round in 2021
Prime Global is a group of seven full-service Medical Communications agencies and two specialist consultancies.

Creditinfo

Acquisition in 2021
Creditinfo is a provider of credit information and risk management services aimed at enhancing economic growth and financial inclusion. The company specializes in facilitating access to finance through a range of solutions, including analytical services, strategic consultancy, and credit scoring. Additionally, Creditinfo offers tools such as an instant decision module, external data monitoring, and debt collection services. By converting data into actionable insights, Creditinfo helps its clients make informed decisions that improve business performance and promote responsible lending practices.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Acquisition in 2020
Tropical Smoothie Cafe, LLC is a restaurant chain that owns, operates, and franchises cafes throughout the United States. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the cafe specializes in made-to-order menu items that emphasize fresh, high-quality ingredients. The offerings include a variety of real-fruit smoothies, wraps, sandwiches, flatbreads, bowls, and salads, all crafted to provide bold flavors with a healthy appeal. The brand's origins trace back to a beach in Florida, where the concept of blending fruits and vegetables for refreshing smoothies was born. In addition to its food and beverage offerings, Tropical Smoothie Cafe also provides catering services, further expanding its reach in the fast-casual dining market.

BigHand

Acquisition in 2020
BigHand is a technology company. It develops voice productivity software solutions for legal, healthcare, property, and financial companies worldwide. It offers BigHand Dictate, a software that dictates faster and enables users to record onto various devices and share, prioritize, and track their voice files; BigHand Go, a digital application for various mobile platforms, including iPhone, Windows devices, and the iPad; and BigHand Speech Recognition, a technology that automatically converts voice into text. The company also provides BigHand Now, which digitizes analogue processes with a combination of task capture methods, smart forms, and workflows. In addition, it offers BigHand Create that allows users’ document authors and support staff to create organization standard polished documents; BigHand Hyperstyles to format documents; BigHand Scrub to remove unwanted metadata from documents; BigHand DocID to stamp documents with helpful identifiers; and BigHand Correspond, a solution designed for healthcare customers helping them to automate and streamline various their clinical correspondence. BigHand was founded by Steve Thompson 1995 and is based in London, England.

Sipm

Acquisition in 2020
SiPM provides e-learning solutions for blue-chip corporations worldwide. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hasselt, Belgium.

Blue Ridge ESOP Associates

Private Equity Round in 2020
Blue Ridge ESOP Associates, Inc. provides administration and recordkeeping services for employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) and 401(k) plans. It also offers employee/participant processing, allocations and recordkeeping for plan accounts, accounting, distribution policy and forms, service outsourcing, employee communications assistance, and consulting services. In addition, the company, provides ESOPConnection, an interactive online repository that allows participants to access the ESOP-related information and documents, as well as provides an educational and informational tool; and ESOP Plan Governance Module, an add on module to ESOPConnection for administrative committees and trustees needs. Blue Ridge ESOP Associates, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Resolution Economics

Acquisition in 2020
Resolution Economics, LLC specializes in providing economic, statistical, and financial analyses along with litigation consulting services primarily to law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. Established in 1998 and based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago, the firm is particularly focused on employment class action matters, offering services related to wage and hour disputes, employment discrimination, and complex commercial damages. In addition to litigation support, the company provides compliance monitoring, data collection, surveys, workforce optimization, business valuation, due diligence, forensic accounting, operational consulting, project management, and corporate finance services. Resolution Economics employs a team of trained professionals who deliver innovative analytical solutions to address intricate challenges faced by their clients.

Milton Industries

Acquisition in 2019
Milton Industries is provider of professional-grade pneumatic tool accessories.

Club Champion

Acquisition in 2019
Club Champion LLC specializes in providing custom fitting services for golfers across the United States. Founded in 1995 and based in Highland Park, Illinois, the company operates locations in Chicago, Willowbrook, and Northfield. Club Champion offers a comprehensive range of services, including precision fitting, club building, customization, and repair. Their repair services encompass re-shafting, re-gripping, wedge grinding, swing weighting, loft and lie adjustments, and various other modifications to enhance the performance of golf clubs. The company is dedicated to delivering high-quality fitting services using top brands to ensure optimal results for golfers.

SK AeroSafety Group

Acquisition in 2019
SK AeroSafety Group provides inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of passenger safety equipment found on all commercial and private aircrafts worldwide. The company caters to airlines, component service providers, maintenance and repair organizations (MRO), and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company is based in Wokingham, United Kingdom and has locations in the Netherlands; the United Kingdom; the United States; Malaysia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

West Academic

Acquisition in 2019
Headquartered in St. Paul, MN, West Academic is the leading publisher of casebooks, treatises, study aids and other legal education materials in the U.S. Founded on the principle of making legal information more accessible, and rooted in a long history of legal expertise and innovation, we’ve been a leader in legal education publishing for more than 100 years.

Squla

Venture Round in 2018
Squla delivers core-curriculum online adaptive learning for K-12 pupils through social games. Offers the full primary school curriculum online social games (including multiplayer). Content directly linked to main European testing & assessment body. Online platform & iOS apps.

Best Lawyers

Acquisition in 2018
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the global legal community. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For three decades, Best Lawyers® lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.

Law Business Research

Private Equity Round in 2018
Law Business Research is an independent, multi-award-winning publisher of news, analysis and research on international business law and international legal markets. We provide our customers with the information to make the right decisions and keep up to date in a dynamic legal marketplace.

Law Business Research

Acquisition in 2017
Law Business Research is an independent, multi-award-winning publisher of news, analysis and research on international business law and international legal markets. We provide our customers with the information to make the right decisions and keep up to date in a dynamic legal marketplace.

Capsa Healthcare

Acquisition in 2017
Capsa Healthcare is a provider of mobile workstations, medication management products, and pharmacy automation solutions designed to enhance the organization and efficiency of healthcare providers. The company's product offerings include point-of-care wall arms, wall cabinet workstations, table carts, and various accessories. These solutions aim to improve medication administration accuracy, ultimately impacting clinical effectiveness and optimizing medication management processes within healthcare settings worldwide.

Therapeutic Research Center

Acquisition in 2017
Therapeutic Research Center and Therapeutic Research Faculty are internationally recognized for their world-class analysis and evidence-based recommendations on pharmaceuticals and other therapeutic agents.The mission has remained the same for over 25 years. The Center's goal since its formation in 1985 has been to enhance patient care in person and even through technology like apps.

FlexXray

Acquisition in 2017
FlexXray LLC, founded in 2003 and based in Arlington, Texas, specializes in providing inspection and recovery services for the North American food manufacturing industry. The company offers a range of services including X-ray food inspection, can inspection, and process recovery, as well as ancillary services such as contaminant removal, check weighing, repackaging, and storage. FlexXray employs proprietary X-ray technology to identify physical contaminants and defects in food products and raw materials, ensuring safety and quality for its clients. Serving a diverse clientele that includes both small food companies and major global brands, FlexXray is recognized as a trusted partner in the food safety sector, helping to ensure compliance with industry regulations.

HomeVestors

Acquisition in 2017
HomeVestors Inc., also known as We Buy Ugly Houses, Inc., buys, rehabilitates, sells, rents, and franchises houses in the United States. The company buys homes which are difficult to sell, renovates them, and then sell these homes to investors and buyers, or rents them to tenants. It also provides real estate franchising services. The users can also search to buy and sell the house online. HomeVestors Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Nothing Bundt Cakes

Acquisition in 2016
Nothing Bundt Franchising, LLC, doing business as Nothing Bundt Cakes, owns and operates bakeries in the United States. It offers cakes, decorated cakes for various occasions, baby cakes, and hand decorated birthday cakes; balloons, platters, cards, and candles; and gifts, such as greeting cards, candles, cake utensils, and serving platters. The company also franchises its operations. It offers its products through its stores and online. Nothing Bundt Franchising, LLC was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas with additional bakeries in the Unites States and Canada.

GL Education

Acquisition in 2016
GL Education Group (GLE), formerly Granada Learning Group, the leading UK provider of non-regulated pupil and school assessment solutions for primary and secondary schools, from Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity and debt capital firm focused on the information, education, media, marketing and business services industries in Europe and North America

Pacific Handy Cutter

Acquisition in 2016
Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of specialized safety cutting tools and replacement blades, primarily serving the grocery, retail, quick-service restaurant, and industrial warehouse sectors. The company produces a range of products, including self-retracting knives, safety grips, specialty utility knives, and various cutting accessories. These tools are specifically designed to enhance workplace safety by reducing the risk of injuries and minimizing product damage, thereby improving operational productivity. Pacific Handy Cutter's commitment to safety and efficiency has made it a trusted partner for major retailers, grocery store chains, food service companies, and industrial product distributors.

Brass Smith, Inc.

Acquisition in 2016
Brass Smith, Inc. provides products for the food service environments. The company offers food shields, lights and warmers, counter systems, serving counters, vending carts/kiosks, cold merchandisers, heated merchandisers, sinks and floor troughs, and modular food merchandising systems. It serves healthcare and B&I/corporate facilities, colleges/universities, and schools worldwide. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Denver, Colorado. Brass Smith, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Kevry Corporation.

Caring Brands International

Debt Financing in 2015
Caring Brands International is the franchisor of home healthcare services under three global brands: Interim Healthcare (in the United States), Bluebird Care (in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) and Just Better Care (in Australia). Together, the CBI brands represent 530 locations operated by more than 250 independent franchise owners that produce over $1 billion of system wide sales. The Company’s franchisees offer patients a full continuum of care including skilled home nursing, assistance with daily living activities and end-of-life hospice care. Caring Brands is headquartered in Sunrise, FL.

Caring Brands International

Acquisition in 2015
Caring Brands International is the franchisor of home healthcare services under three global brands: Interim Healthcare (in the United States), Bluebird Care (in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) and Just Better Care (in Australia). Together, the CBI brands represent 530 locations operated by more than 250 independent franchise owners that produce over $1 billion of system wide sales. The Company’s franchisees offer patients a full continuum of care including skilled home nursing, assistance with daily living activities and end-of-life hospice care. Caring Brands is headquartered in Sunrise, FL.

Trinity Consultants

Acquisition in 2015
Trinity Consultants is an environmental consulting company that specializes in industrial air quality issues. With offices nationwide and in China and the Middle East, we help organizations comply with applicable environmental regulatory requirements and optimize environmental performance for long-term sustainability. Trinity provides value to its clients in the areas of regulatory and sustainability consulting, environmental modeling software products and services, EH&S staffing assistance, and EH&S data management solutions.

Monte Nido Holdings

Acquisition in 2015
Monte Nido Eating Disorder Center of California provides programming for female or male adult and adolescent clients that need a partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient level of care for recovery or as a transition option related to the Monte Nido Residential Treatment Program or other residential facilities. Monte Nido’s Eating Disorder Center of California is a day treatment and intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment program located in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. We work hard to help clients develop an understanding of how their eating disorder works, what fuels it and how to connect to their values and intentions.

Regional Rail

Acquisition in 2015
The vision of Regional Rail, LLC is to acquire or create a core group of shortline railroads and or rail related companies, and to manage these companies according to best practices in the industry. The business model of Regional Rail, LLC is to realize the synergies of combining these smaller entities into a larger enterprise, thereby reducing administrative costs, increasing marketing opportunities, improving negotiating position with suppliers and connecting carriers, and increasing the purchasing power of the combined entities. This will provide improved customer satisfaction, improved profitability, and facilitate long term growth and continued reinvestment into these companies.

Allied Aerofoam Product

Private Equity Round in 2015
Allied Aerofoam is the largest independent foam fabricator in the United States with numerous facilities featuring state of the art techniques and machinery. The most experienced personnel in the industry craft foam to demanding specifications utilizing computerized contour cutters, high speed band saws, die presses and water jet cutters. Allied’s General Trade Division is the top fabricating source for everything from furniture to bedding, as well as packaging and marine. Foam is the best material for packaging items that must arrive intact. Perishables such as fruits get the same great treatment as delicate electronics.

CJ Fallon

Acquisition in 2015
CJ Fallon Ltd. publishes educational textbooks. It offers post primary books, such as business and accounting, CSPE, English, French, Gaeilge, German, history, home economics, LCVP, mathematics, and technology; and primary books, including atlas/map workbooks, music, religious education, and SESE books. The company also produces assessment tools for primary schools. CJ Fallon Ltd. was founded in 1927 and is based in Dublin, Ireland. CJ Fallon Ltd. is a former subsidiary of Adare Group Limited.

Trinity Consultants

Venture Round in 2014
Trinity Consultants is an environmental consulting company that specializes in industrial air quality issues. With offices nationwide and in China and the Middle East, we help organizations comply with applicable environmental regulatory requirements and optimize environmental performance for long-term sustainability. Trinity provides value to its clients in the areas of regulatory and sustainability consulting, environmental modeling software products and services, EH&S staffing assistance, and EH&S data management solutions.

FastSigns of Dayton

Acquisition in 2014
FastSigns of Dayton is a franchise location of FASTSIGNS, specializing in the creation and installation of a wide range of signage and graphic solutions. Based in Dayton, Ohio, the company offers products such as banners, flags, yard signs, building signs, and vehicle graphics. FASTSIGNS serves customers across various industries, providing comprehensive services that include consulting, design, production, project management, delivery, and installation. With over 550 centers worldwide, FastSigns of Dayton is part of a larger network that operates in multiple countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several others. Each center is independently owned and operated, allowing for tailored solutions that help businesses enhance their visibility and achieve their objectives.
In 1952, Harold Smith established the Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, the nation's first professional driver training company. He understood that most collisions are preventable if the right driving habits are learned, practiced and applied consistently. Since then, millions of drivers throughout the world have benefited from the program he developed. Today Smith System® is the leading provider of collision avoidance driver training. Our instructors continue to study and master techniques that are essential to understanding driver behavior. With a focus on collision prevention through hands-on training, the proven Smith System concepts help fleet drivers to See, Think and React to driving challenges — no matter where they drive or what type of vehicle they operate. Smith System delivers behind the wheel instruction to tens of thousands of fleet drivers each year. We have presented our programs in 98 countries and in 17 languages around the world. In the past decade, we have provided services to more than half of the current Fortune 500® fleets. In addition to on road training and an extensive video and DVD library, Smith System offers E-Learning and fleet monitoring. With 6 decades of proven results, we are proud to be the only company in the industry that guarantees the quality of our training.

Sferra

Private Equity Round in 2013
SFERRA Bros., Ltd. produces and sells linen products in the United States and internationally. Its products include duvet covers, sheets, blankets, blanket covers, and decorative throws and accessories; bath towels, robes, and lounge chair covers; duvets and pillows; table linens and accessories; and baby gifts. The company sells its products through stores in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, and Kingston, Canada. It also offers its products online. The company was formerly known as SFERRA Fine Linens Factory. SFERRA Bros., Ltd. was founded in 1891 and is based in Edison, New Jersey.

Champion Manufacturing

Acquisition in 2013
Champion is a designer and manufacturer of seating products for the healthcare market. The Company's product portfolio primarily consists of highly engineered medical recliners sold to outpatient, post-acute medical facilities for treatments such as hemodialysis, where patient comfort is of critical importance.

Luminator Holding, L.P.

Acquisition in 2010
Luminator Technology Group, LLC, a Plano, TX-based manufacturer and integrator of LED-based lighting and display technology as well as passenger information systems to the global mass transportation industry.

InterDent Service

Acquisition in 2004
InterDent provides support services to over 150 affiliated dental offices employing more than 450 dentists in the following eight states: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington. InterDent’s affiliated offices benefit from professional management, economies of scale, superior information systems, and specialization of functions. Our network delivers comprehensive dentistry to over one million patients annually, including general, orthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, pedodontics, prosthodontics, and oral surgery.
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