Liberty Hall Capital Partners

Liberty Hall Capital Partners, L.P. is a private equity firm established in 2011 and based in Charleston, South Carolina. The firm specializes in investments within the global aerospace and defense sectors, focusing on businesses such as suppliers, aircraft financiers, airlines, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. Liberty Hall targets both minority and majority ownership positions and typically invests over $2 billion in equity capital. The firm aims to leverage its extensive operational and investment experience to partner with management teams and entrepreneurs, developing long-term strategic plans to enhance business performance through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. With a strong emphasis on the aerospace and defense industries, Liberty Hall seeks to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns by investing in attractive market segments.

James Black

Principal

Taylor Catarozoli

Advisor

Eric J. Huppert

VP

Conor A. Malloy

Principal

Jack Nadal

Partner

Stuart I. Oran

Senior Advisor

Sarthak Pani

Senior Associate

Caleb B. Pelger

Senior Associate

J. Kevin Qualey

Associate

Kent Scott

CFO and CCO

Matt G. Seely

Associate

Rowan Taylor

Managing Partner

Michael J. Warren

Partner

Kyle R. Wohler

Associate

11 past transactions

Comply365

Acquisition in 2020
Comply365, LLC offers a hosted solution to build an architecture allowing independent autonomous compliance management. It provides manage compliance processes, including document management, automate publication control processes, centralized hosted secure repository, track compliance in minutes, compliance confirmed with digital signature, easy search and retrieval, and customizable reporting. The company also offers customizable solutions, including Comply365’s Authoring Solution, an XML based authoring solution; Comply365’s Mobility Solutions, a content distribution and data collection system; software integration; custom programming; training materials; and project management, as well as learning management system solutions. It serves aviation, aerospace, import/export, and food industries, as well as publications, training, and human resources sectors. Comply365, LLC was formerly known as Balanced IT Solutions LLC and changed its name in April 2011. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Onboard Systems International

Acquisition in 2019
Onboard Systems International designs and manufactures helicopter cargo hook equipment. Its products include OEM installed equipment, hook kits, replacement hook kits, remote hook kits, longline equipment, hydraulic cargo hook kits, onboard weighing systems, and crophawk flow monitoring. The company serves airframe manufacturers, military forces, and commercial helicopter operators. Onboard Systems International was founded in 1975 and is based in Vancouver, Washington with a sales office in the United Kingdom.

Aircraft Performance Group

Acquisition in 2018
Aircraft Performance Group (APG) is a flight operations engineering firm based in Castle Rock, Colorado and founded in 1999. The firm’s primary product and service focus is on takeoff, landing, and weight and balance services for airline and corporate operators. From 1981 to 1995, APG‘s founders operated Aircraft Performance Unlimited, Inc., an airline-engineering firm that provided a complete, integrated, airline-dispatch system that quickly grew to support over 65 airlines around the world. In 1995, Jeppesen, a Times Mirror Company, acquired Aircraft Performance Unlimited and fully integrated it into their service offerings. Sensing the need for flight operations engineering expertise and services in the corporate aviation market, our founders then created APG. Bringing airline operations experience and adapting service solutions to the corporate aviation market, APG has grown quickly to become one of the leading service providers in the market. Today, APG apps and services are used by pilots and aircraft operators at dozens of airlines and on more than 5000 corporate aircraft from around the world.

AeroCision

Acquisition in 2018
AeroCision, LLC is a supplier specializing in aerospace-quality machining and manufacturing of complex engine components and assemblies for the global aerospace industry. Founded in 1958 and based in Chester, Connecticut, the company produces a variety of aerospace parts, including rings, seal assemblies, castings, and machined turbine engine parts, primarily from super alloys and exotic materials. AeroCision operates a joint venture factory in Bengaluru, India, and was previously known as Pye and Hogan Machine Company LLC before rebranding in June 2009. As of 2018, AeroCision functions as a subsidiary of Bromford Industries Limited, enhancing its capabilities in providing high-quality aerospace solutions to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres

Acquisition in 2017
Based in Birmingham, UK, Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd. specializes in the supply of aircraft tires and tubes from design through to delivery, using the most sophisticated precision manufacturing and retreading techniques available today. In its 107-year history, Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has achieved worldwide recognition and today is the only dedicated aircraft tire manufacturer and retreader. The company focuses solely on meeting the needs of the aerospace and defense industries with a comprehensive product range available, backed by service 24 hours a day, all year round. Dunlop Aircraft Tyres's high profile customers include major international airlines, aircraft constructors, wheel and brake manufacturers and maintenance facilities throughout the world.

Quatro Composites

Acquisition in 2017
Quatro Composites, LLC specializes in the design, manufacture, and distribution of advanced composite components for aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial applications. The company produces a range of products, including aerospace brackets, fittings, fuselage and wing assemblies, and various structural components for unmanned aerial vehicles. In the medical sector, Quatro offers orthopedic implants, diagnostic imaging products, and external fixation devices. The company also fabricates robot arms for high-speed manufacturing and packaging, as well as wind blades. Quatro Composites provides comprehensive services, including design, analysis, laminate optimization, prototyping, and qualified production of advanced composite structures. Founded in 2004 and based in Orange City, Iowa, Quatro operates as a subsidiary of AIM Aerospace, Inc., and is committed to utilizing advanced technologies to deliver lightweight, strong, and safe solutions for its diverse clientele, which includes commercial aviation, military applications, and various industrial sectors.

ZTM, Inc.

Acquisition in 2016
ZTM supplies several of the highest value Boeing commercial aerospace platforms, including the 737 and 787. ZTM's largest customers are The Boeing Company and Spirit AeroSystems. In addition to expanding Accurus's content on these key aircraft platforms, ZTM further diversifies Accurus's customer mix and expands Accurus's geographic presence in the central U.S. to Wichita, one of the key aerospace supply regions in the United States.

J&M Machine

Acquisition in 2016
J&M Machine was founded in 1950, and over the years we've achieved extraordinary levels of excellence in CNC machining. J&M Machine Products runs three shifts and has two plants with over 80,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Their customers have learned first-hand how responsive they are no matter what they need, or when they need it. We work closely with them, listening to their needs, handling their issues promptly, and ensuring that every single job is completed on time and on budget. We at J&M are proud of the reputation that our strong commitment to quality and service has earned us.

Bromford Industries

Acquisition in 2016
Bromford Industries is a privately owned enterprise trading on a global basis, supplying precision machined components, fabrications and assemblies to leading OEM’s in the aerospace, defence, marine, power generation and nuclear markets, demonstrating an impressive health and safety culture.

AIM Aerospace

Acquisition in 2016
IM Aerospace Corporation is a leading Tier II independent supplier of composite ducting, substructural and interiors parts for the commercial aerospace industry. Formed through the acquisition of AIM Group in 2016, AIM Aerospace's multiple and highly complementary capabilities allow the delivery of products to customers with optimal cost, quality and delivery. Based in Renton with additional facilities located in Auburn and Sumner, Washington, AIM Aerospace is currently executing a strategic plan to build its business through strategic investments in further capabilities, customers and platforms.

Accurus Aerospace Corporation

Acquisition in 2015
A Tier II supplier of complex metallic formed and machined parts and assemblies for the global aerospace industry