Industries

Industries

Automotive Aftermarket and Heavy-Duty Equipment

The Spartan Group is a leader in advising owners of automotive aftermarket and heavy duty equipment companies on strategic and financial transactions. These sectors are undergoing tremendous change because of the tectonic environmental, demographic and technology shifts in electrification and autonomous vehicles. One of the industry’s primary associations, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (“SEMA”), recognized our senior banker, John Johnson, as “Person of the Year” in 2017.

Parking Management and Technology

The Spartan Group believes it is the top investment bank advising parking management and technology companies in the United States. This is a complex and fragmented industry, with technology, rising regulatory costs and other industry trends driving consolidation. The Spartan Group has advised on numerous engagements, including corporate sales to both financial and strategic buyers, buy-side assignments, and financings to facilitate equity recapitalizations.

Consumer Products, Retail and Food and Beverage

The Spartan Group has a long track record of advisory experience in the consumer product industry, including for retailers. We believe the expertise in both the retail and consumer sectors enables us to better understand industry distribution trends including e-commerce. Senior bankers have represented such notable names as Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s), Hallmark Cards, Cost Plus World Markets, Fender Musical Instruments, and Markwins International (with cosmetic brands such as Physician’s Formula and Wet ‘n Wild).

The Spartan Group has a dedicated effort led by Juan Mondragon, a Managing Director, to focus on food and beverage companies. The focus includes branded and private-label packaged goods companies, contract manufacturers (or co-packers) and agricultural concerns. Senior bankers have worked with companies including branded and private-label baking, branded dairy beverages, and branded ethnic novelty and condiment products.

Infrastructure and Industrial

The Spartan Group has extensive experience advising Infrastructure and Industrial companies. In Infrastructure, The Spartan Group has advised companies in areas as diverse as traffic management and control systems, logistics, and equipment/storage rental services. These companies may or may not manufacture products, but provide a service offering in business-to-business or industrial setting. Our Industrial experience is very broad, and encompasses advising specialty and fabricated metals companies and makers of sophisticated engineered products used in industrial settings.

Other

The Spartan Group has investment banking experience in a broad range of industry categories. Areas of particular note include software and technology, medical products, and entertainment media.