2009

Industry: Automotive – Quality Consulting, Sorting and Re-Certification

Location: Greer, South Carolina

Buyer: Coughlin Capital, LLC

The DVS Group’s Role: Buy-Side Advisory to Private Equity

The Deal:
Coughlin Capital, LLC, a privately held investment group with experience across multiple industries including logistics, manufacturing, and quality assurance, engaged The DVS Group to conduct a targeted regional search within the automotive quality services sector. The buyer, a family fund with prior experience in transportation and logistics, sought an opportunity aligned with its investment focus.

The selected target company presented a complex ownership structure involving three partners with differing objectives. The DVS Group successfully structured the transaction to provide independent liquidity events for each of the selling partners, ensuring alignment and satisfaction across all parties. The transaction was completed on terms that met the strategic and financial goals of both buyer and sellers.

About The DVS Group:
The DVS Group is a professional lower middle market M&A services firm based in Kansas City. We represent both buy-side and sell-side clients domestically and internationally, focusing primarily on businesses with $10M-$250M in revenue. As industry generalists, we specialize in a highly customized approach to owners exiting their business, and proprietary (off-market) deal-flow for our buyers. With over two decades refining our process, the DVS Group is your key to achieving unparalleled growth through acquisition, or a smooth transition through the sale of your business.