Matthew C. Rupp

Recently Matt has represented buyers and sellers in transactions involving businesses with enterprise values ranging from less than $100 million to greater than $1 billion, including the following:

• Represented Millard Refrigerated Services, Inc., a leading temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company, in its sale to Lineage Logistics, LLC
• Represented H.I.G. Capital in connection with multiple investments, acquisitions and divestitures, including the sale of PMSI, a leading provider of pharmacy benefit management and other cost-containment services to the workers compensation market, to Kelso & Company; and various add-on acquisitions for Teleflex Marine, a global supplier of marine equipment for sports and leisure boats
• Represented Great Point Partners in connection with multiple investments, acquisitions and divestitures, including the sale of Caprion Proteomics, a provider of protein targets and biomarker services; and various add-on acquisitions for Biotronic NeuroNetwork, a leading provider of neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring services
• Represented Industrial Opportunity Partners in connection with multiple investments, acquisitions and divestitures, including the acquisitions (and related add-on acquisitions) of Toledo Molding & Die, a full-service automotive supplier that designs, develops and manufactures highly engineered molded thermoplastic components and assemblies; the acquisition of Betty Machine Company, a precision machining manufacturer of close tolerance parts primarily for automotive applications; and the sale of FAS Controls, a leading manufacturer of electromechanical devices, pneumatic control valves and lighting products for commercial vehicles and equipment, diesel engines and powersport vehicles
• Represented Flinn Scientific, a leading provider of chemistry and biological equipment, supplies and services to the educational science market, in its sale to Windjammer Capital Investors, a private equity firm based in Newport Beach, California
• Represented Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc., a leading distributor and producer of non-standard personal automobile insurance policies, in the disposition of its retail businesses to Confie Seguros in two transactions
• Represented Levy Restaurants, Inc., a subsidiary of Compass Group PLC, in its acquisition of the national sporting event food, beverage and catering business of Prom Management Group, Inc.
• Represented Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) in its acquisition of Twisted Pair Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of unified communications software and solutions
• Represented Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN) in its acquisition of Threshold Consulting, a leading provider of cloud-based software as a service applications, data warehousing and business intelligence solutions; and its acquisition of AdamsGrayson, a leading managed review and legal staffing firm based in Washington, DC
• Represented Young Innovations, Inc., a publicly traded company in the dental equipment and supply industry, in connection with its sale to Linden Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois
• Represented Merrick Ventures, in connection with its acquisition of Sun-Times Media Holdings, the company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 39 other Chicago-area newspapers
• Represented multiple other private equity funds in acquisitions and divestitures, including Riverside Partners, Moelis Capital Partners, Chicago Growth Partners and LaSalle Capital
• Represented various family offices in general corporate matters and transactions

• American Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association