Houlihan Lokey Advises Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that the investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP), the middle-market focused private equity team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has completed a majority investment in Olsson, Inc., a leading employee-owned engineering and design firm. This deal includes significant reinvestment by Olsson employees.

MSCP, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is a leading middle-market private equity platform that has invested capital for more than three decades. MSCP focuses on privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments, primarily in North America, and seeks to create value in portfolio companies, primarily in a series of subsectors in the business services, consumer, healthcare, education, and industrials markets, with an emphasis on driving significant organic and acquisition growth through an operationally focused approach. MSCP’s investment in Olsson represents its fourth investment in infrastructure services, following investments in Resource Innovations, Apex Companies, and Alliance Technical Group since 2021.

Olsson, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, was founded in 1956 and currently has more than 2,000 employees in 35 offices across the United States. Olsson offers a comprehensive suite of infrastructure engineering design and consulting solutions to both public and private clients across a diverse set of end markets, including technology, transportation and water infrastructure, power, industrial, federal, and others. Throughout its nearly 70-year history, Olsson has experienced tremendous success and has developed a reputation as a leader in the markets it serves.

Houlihan Lokey served as a financial advisor to MSCP. This deal exemplifies the continued success of Houlihan Lokey’s leading coverage of the engineering and infrastructure services sector.

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