Houlihan Lokey Advises Sentinel Capital Partners (2)

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Sentinel Capital Partners has recapitalized TranSystems Corp., a leading provider of engineering, architectural, and design consulting solutions for U.S. transportation end markets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1966, TranSystems has a proud history of providing engineering and design solutions to the United States’ public and private critical transportation infrastructure sectors. The company’s award-winning core capabilities include engineering, architecture, planning, and construction management. TranSystems is based in Kansas City, Missouri, and deploys a dedicated and highly skilled workforce comprising more than 750 employees nationwide from 30 strategically located offices. The company serves a diverse client base across both the public and private sectors, including government, freight, transit, aviation, and intermodal end markets. Ranked the No. 21 Transportation Firm and No. 13 Bridge Design Firm nationally by ENR, TranSystems is known as the transportation engineering and design firm of choice for communities and employees nationwide.

Sentinel specializes in buying and building lower-middle-market businesses in the United States and Canada in partnership with management. Sentinel targets aerospace and defense, business services, consumer, distribution, food and restaurants, franchising, healthcare, and industrial businesses. Sentinel invests in management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, going-private transactions, and structured equity investments of established businesses with EBITDA of up to $80 million. Sentinel also invests in special situations, including balance sheet restructurings, operational turnarounds, and minority junior capital solutions.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to Sentinel. This transaction highlights Houlihan Lokey’s preeminent position and continued success advising owners in the infrastructure engineering and design services sector.