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Diversified Industries

Advisory and capital-raising services for companies and financial sponsors

Diversified Industries Investment Banking Group

Serving clients in the clean technology, engineering, industrial services, logistics, and packaging fields.

The Diversified Industries Investment Banking Group provides advisory and capital-raising services to companies and financial sponsors. The Group offers its clients advice and execution on mergers & acquisitions, access to public and private equity and debt capital, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions, in numerous industries ranging from aerospace and clean technology to engineering and logistics.

Areas of Expertise

Aerospace, Defense & Government Services

The ADGS Investment Banking Group advises entrepreneurs, private equity firms and public and private companies serving the commercial aerospace, space, defense and government services sectors.  The team initiates, structures, and negotiates mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as public and private debt and equity capital raises. Our success is driven by deep industry knowledge and broad sector relationships developed through the team’s 20+ years of serving the ADGS industry.  Our extensive sector experience and relationships combined with Stifel’s full service investment banking capabilities give us the ability to develop creative solutions to complex situations and transactions. The ADGS team has completed over 150 transactions worth in excess of $20B over the course of their careers.

Agricultural Products & Technologies

With deep industry experience and a home office in St. Louis, a city entrenched in agricultural products and technologies, Stifel is a major player in assisting ag tech companies with capital raising, financing, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Our success is driven by expertise refined over countless transactions and an unparalleled dedication to client services. Our network of public and private industry contacts and extensive knowledge of the industry enable us to develop creative solutions for complex situations and transactions.

Automotive OEMs & Suppliers

Stifel’s Automotive team provides advisory and capital-raising services to leading global automotive OEMs, automotive suppliers, electrification and autonomous technology providers and financial sponsors. The team provides advice and execution on mergers & acquisitions, underwriting in the public and private equity and debt capital markets, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions and restructuring advisory through our wholly owned affiliate Miller Buckfire. The team consists of senior investment bankers who leverage their industry relationships and extensive transaction experience to deliver proactive ideas in a rapidly evolving global market.

Building Products

The Building Products Investment Banking Group initiates, structures, and negotiates mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and raises equity and debt in the public and private capital markets.  We are committed to working with industry leaders in the light building products, home furnishings and heavy construction materials sectors.  We understand how to position businesses that are driven by residential and non-residential construction and repair and remodeling spending, and we have broad experience working with companies navigating multi-channel distribution, including home centers, dealers, e-commerce marketplaces and consumers.  During the past five years, our team has completed 25 transactions generating more than $5 billion in consideration. 

Business Services

The Business Services Investment Banking Group initiates, structures, and negotiates mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as raises debt and equity. Our investment banking is specialized to serve companies across numerous product and service markets. Our network of public and private industry contacts and extensive knowledge of the industry enable us to develop creative solutions for complex situations and transactions.

Capital Goods

Stifel’s team of capital goods investment banking professionals leverages deep industry expertise and longstanding relationships to provide clients with unparalleled service and sound guidance. With experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, restructuring, advisory services, and more, Stifel serves as a trusted partner to companies in the capital goods space.

Education Services & Technology

Stifel’s Education Services & Technology Investment Banking Group offers full-service investment banking solutions to leading private and public companies in the education and knowledge sectors.  These sectors include education technology, content and publishing, corporate training, early childcare, K-12, post-secondary and continuing education. Stifel offers both domestic and international clients advice and execution on public offerings, private capital, leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, and more. Our experience and extensive knowledge of the industry enable us to develop creative solutions for complex situations and transactions.

Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure

The Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Services Investment Banking Group focuses on differentiated service providers that specialize on their skilled employee base, specialized fleet or capital base, and/or niche infrastructure end-market exposure. The group offers a broad range of products and services, including mergers and acquisitions advisory, fairness opinions, public and private equity, restructuring advisory, debt and convertibles. Over the past five years, our team has completed over 25 transactions worth in excess of $5 billion.

Industrial & Environmental Services

Stifel’s Industrial & Environmental Services investment banking team provides a full range of financial advisory and capital raising services to public and private companies and their shareholders. The team consists of senior investment bankers who leverage their industry relationships, extensive transaction experience, and product expertise to deliver proactive ideas, sound advice, and superior execution for their clients. Team members have completed over 150 transactions worth in excess of $140 billion over the past fifteen years in numerous sectors.

Industrial Technology

As a leading full-service investment bank, Stifel maintains relationships with the most influential business executives and financial sponsors in the Industrial Technology sector. Stifel’s Industrial Technology investment banking team provides in-depth coverage of a variety of Industrial Technology sub-sectors, including Industrial Electronics, Flow Control and Engineered Components. Stifel’s Industrial Technology team maintains one of the most active franchises on the street, with over 50 transactions completed in the past decade. 

Legal & Professional Services

Stifel’s Legal Services Team is the largest investment banking team focused exclusively on legal funding in Europe. Our team of professionals are dedicated solely to law firms and litigation finance and has advised on multiple transactions across the capital structure (debt and equity, private and public), across the investment banking product set (public equity, private equity, M&A, structured debt), and across the globe (U.S., UK, continental Europe).

 We advised Gerchen Keller on its disposal to Burford (the largest M&A deal in the sector to date), led the IPO of DWF (the premium listed international legal business) onto the Main List of the London Stock Exchange, and have raised hundreds of millions of dollars via structured private credit transactions for litigation finance platforms, giving us an unrivalled understanding of private cost of capital.

Maritime Services

The Maritime Investment Banking Group provides advisory and capital-raising services to leading U.S. and international companies and financial sponsors. The Group offers its clients advice and execution on mergers & acquisitions, underwriting for public and private equity and debt capital, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions and restructuring advisory through our wholly owned affiliate Miller Buckfire. The Group's clients include international and U.S. flag shipping companies, offshore oil service providers, port operators, and transportation equipment leasing companies.

Packaging

The Packaging Group provides full-service investment banking solutions, including mergers & acquisitions advisory, fairness opinions, public and private equity, debt, and convertibles. Our senior investment banking team has decades of experience working across both the strategic and private equity landscape, including relevant experience with flexible and rigid packaging, labels, paper packaging, packaging equipment, distribution, services and more.

Paper & Forest Products

The Paper & Forest Products Banking Group provides full-service investment banking solutions, including mergers & acquisitions advisory, fairness opinions, public and private equity, debt, and convertibles. Our senior investment banking professionals have deep relationships with industry participants and have completed numerous advisory and financing transactions across the sector.

Specialty Distribution

The Specialty Distribution Group serves client companies that operate a range of business models across diverse end markets. Stifel's specialty distribution clients are an essential part of the global supply chain and touch all aspects of the worldwide economy. Our senior investment banking team's deep specialty distribution industry knowledge and global relationships, paired with its extensive transaction experience with both strategic and private equity buyers, drive market-leading outcomes for clients.

Transportation & Logistics

The Transportation & Logistics Group provides a full range of financial advisory and capital raising services to public and private companies and their shareholders.  The team serves global non-asset-based and asset-based businesses, including air and ocean freight forwarders, transportation management services providers, and value-added warehousing and distribution companies as well as truckload and less-than-truckload carriers, railroads, and air cargo companies. Our deep transportation and logistics industry knowledge and global relationships, paired with our extensive transaction experience, drive market-leading outcomes for our clients.

Vehicle Electrification

The Vehicle Electrification team provides advisory and capital-raising services to leading global electric light vehicle OEMs, electric commercial vehicle OEMs, electric vehicle services providers and suppliers of electric vehicle components, battery technologies, charging technologies and related systems. The Group offers its clients advice and execution on Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) mergers and Private Placement of Public Equity (PIPE) transactions, mergers & acquisitions, underwriting in the public and private equity and debt capital markets, and other financial advisory services.

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Notable Transactions

American Insulated Glass
Mergers & Acquisitions
Building Products, Specialty Distribution | March 2024
OakRidge IWS MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2024
Interstate Waste Services SSCF

$ 205,000,000

Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2024
Trulite Term Loan B

$ 400,000,000

Term Loan B
Building Products, Specialty Distribution | February 2024
LSC_CJK MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Paper & Forest Products | February 2024
Loenbro_Braemont MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | February 2024
ACOME Group_LYNDDAHL Telecom
Diversified Industries | January 2024
The Jordan Company
Mergers & Acquisition
Transportation & Logistics | January 2024
WRM_ Ridgewood MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | December 2023
Innovative_CCMP M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Technology | December 2023
Innovative Refrigeration
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Industrial Technology | December 2023
Tactical Air

$ 70,000,000

Senior Secured Credit Facility
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | December 2023
Veritiv Senior Secured Notes

$ 700,000,000

Senior Secured Notes
Packaging | November 2023
Veritiv  SSCF

$ 1,425,000,000

Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Packaging | November 2023
Agility_AFIMAC MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Services | November 2023
NCR_NCRAtleos Spin-off

$ 4,483,000,000

Has Completed a Spin-off
Capital Goods | October 2023
Heritage Crystal Clean_JF Lehman

$ 1,200,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2023
Landx_Lordstown MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Vehicle Electrification | October 2023
GTCR_ADT MA

$ 1,600,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Technology | October 2023
Electric Supply_Sonepar
Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialty Distribution | September 2023
Skymark_Interflex Group MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Diversified Industries, Paper & Forest Products | September 2023
AWP_RHV Capital MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2023
Structurlam_Mercer M&A

$ 83,500,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Paper & Forest Products, Diversified Industries | June 2023
Casella FO

$ 517,500,000

Follow-on Offering
Industrial & Environmental Services | June 2023
GAI_Eland MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2023
Exro Technologies

$ 34,931,250

Follow-on Offering
Diversified Industries | May 2023
Tecnoglass

$ 98,900,000

Follow-on Offering
Specialty Distribution | May 2023
Franchise Brands Follow-on

£ 92,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Diversified Industries | April 2023
Stericycle_Brazil MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | April 2023
FTAI Preferred Stock

$ 65,000,000

Preferred Stock
Transportation & Logistics | March 2023
Yusen_Taylored MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | March 2023
Hillman Follow-on

$ 230,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Specialty Distribution, Building Products | February 2023
Amware_Staci MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | February 2023
CleanHarbors

$ 500,000,000

Senior Notes
Industrial & Environmental Services | January 2023
Greif_Lee Container MA

$ 300,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Packaging, Paper & Forest Products | December 2022
Roadone_Ridgemont
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | December 2022
Voti_Rapiscan MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Diversified Industries | December 2022
CMI_Charger MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Building Products | December 2022
CMI SSCF
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Building Products | December 2022
Unimed_ZCG
Mergers & Acquisitions
Maritime Services, Healthcare Services | December 2022
AerSale

$ 62,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | November 2022
Envera_Windpoint MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Technology | November 2022
ReedTMS_Werner
Merger & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | November 2022
Sunset_Armada
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | November 2022
Dragonfly SSN

$ 75,000,000

Senior Secured Notes
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2022
Dragonfly_Chardan Merger

$ 514,804,642

Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2022
Chardan PIPE

$ 80,000,000

PIPE
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2022
Harborside_Broadcastmed MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Education Services & Technology | October 2022
Manitowoc_Summit_MA September
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Technology, Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | September 2022
CodeRed_Warrent MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2022
LJP Waste Solutions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | September 2022
Beontag_Techinicote MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Paper & Forest Products | September 2022
Aurora Solar_BT Imaging MA

C$ 13,800,000

Diversified Industries | August 2022
Aurora Capital
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | August 2022
AerSale Follow-on

$ 84,309,375

Follow-on Offering
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | August 2022
PLH_Primoris MA

$ 470,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2022
Attenti_AlliedUniversal MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Services | August 2022
Foss_Mohawk MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Building Products | July 2022
HIG_Terra MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2022
Roadtex_Echo M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | June 2022
Oldcastle Senior Notes

$ 585,000,000

Senior Notes
Building Products | April 2022
Old Castle SSCF

$ 2,025,000,000

Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Building Products | April 2022
Hillman Follow-on 04/22

$ 149,500,000

Follow-on Offering
Specialty Distribution, Building Products | April 2022
Tailwind_Terran M&A

$ 1,577,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | March 2022
Kensington IPO

$ 230,000,000

Initial Public Offering
Capital Goods | March 2022
Nexsight_IDEX M&A

$ 120,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Technology | February 2022
Energy Vault_Novas Capital M&A

$ 1,440,000,000

SPAC Merger
Capital Goods | February 2022
Marlowe Follow-on

£ 130,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Diversified Industries | January 2022
Tiendamia M&A
Has Received a Minority Investment
Transportation & Logistics | January 2022
Specialty Products_Incline M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialty Distribution | December 2021
Midwest_SWAT M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | December 2021
AIT_Select M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | December 2021
Acme Cryogenics_Dover M&A

$ 295,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial Technology | December 2021
Stericycle_GFL M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | December 2021
Midwest Motor_KnightSwift MA

$ 150,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | December 2021
EC Waste_3i
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | November 2021
Wildpack Convertible Debentures

C$ 20,000,000

Convertible Debentures
Diversified Industries | November 2021
Wildpack Follow-on

C$ 22,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Diversified Industries | November 2021
Wildpack_KT M&A

$ 37,260,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Diversified Industries | November 2021
Custom Truck Follow-on

$ 105,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | November 2021
Mellennium_Brady IFS M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialty Distribution | November 2021
Penn Jersey_Envoy M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialty Distribution | November 2021
BlueLinx Holdings Senior Secured Notes

$ 300,000,000

Senior Secured Notes
Building Products, Specialty Distribution | October 2021
Marlowe Follow-on Offering

£ 50,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Diversified Industries | October 2021
Choptank_Hub M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | October 2021
SAM_Peak Rock M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2021
Montrose Follow-on

$ 155,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2021
Green for Life (GFL) Senior Notes

$ 250,000,000

Senior Notes
Industrial & Environmental Services | September 2021
Powergrid M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2021
Vector Acquisition_Rocket Lab SPAC Merger

$ 4,100,000,000

Has Merged with
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | August 2021
Odyssey – Painters M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialty Distribution | August 2021
Statewide – AWP M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2021
First Student Senior Secured Notes

$ 800,000,000

Senior Secured Notes
Transportation & Logistics | July 2021
Carolina – Westfall M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Paper & Forest Products | July 2021
Hillman_Landcadia Holdings M&A

$ 2,642,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialty Distribution | July 2021
Doman/Hixon

$ 375,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Building Products | June 2021
Transport_Gemspring M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | May 2021
CanWel Senior Notes 04-2021

C$ 325,000,000

Senior Notes
Building Products | April 2021
NASS 04-2021
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | April 2021
EPS 04-2021
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | April 2021
CanWel Building 04-2021

C$ 75,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Building Products | April 2021
Karat Packaging 04-2021

$ 72,680,000

Initial Public Offering
Packaging, Specialty Distribution | April 2021
The Hillman Companies 04-2021
Mergers & Acquisitions
Building Products | April 2021
Nesco Holdings 03-2021

$ 920,000,000

Senior Secured Notes
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | March 2021
Kensington CapitalAcquistion 03-2021

$ 230,000,000

Initial Public Offering
Automotive Aftermarket | March 2021
System One Holdings/OakTree 03-2021
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | March 2021
MDH Acquisition 02-2021

$ 276,000,000

Initial Public Offering
Diversified Industries | February 2021
The Goldfield/First Reserve 12-2020

$ 194,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | December 2020
Jonathan Engineered Solutions/JLL Partners 12-2020
Mergers & Acquisitions
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | December 2020
RMG Acquisition Corp/Romeo Power 12-2020

$ 993,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Goods | December 2020
Mulligan Security Corp/Protos Security 12-2020
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Services | December 2020
OmniCron_Caesarstone M&A
Mergers & Acquisitionsd
Building Products | December 2020
Montrose Environmental Group 11-2020

€ 134,071,417

Follow-on Offering
Industrial & Environmental Services | November 2020
Kensington Capital Acquisition 11-2020

$ 3,321,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers | November 2020
American Bath Group 11-2020

$ 1,670,300,000

Senior Notes
Building Products | November 2020
Marlowe plc 11-2020

€ 30,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Business Services | November 2020
FLS Transportation 11-2020

$ 92,000,000

Senior Secured Credit Facility
Transportation & Logistics | November 2020
North American Lifting Holdings (TNT) 10-2020

$ 933,000,000

Restructuring
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | October 2020
PAE Inc. 10-2020

$ 890,000,000

Term Loan B
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | October 2020
Palladium Equity Partners 09-2020
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2020
Stericycle_Consortium MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | August 2020
Tricon Logistics 07-2020
Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics | July 2020
Montrose Environmental Group 07-2020

$ 160,000,000

Initial Public Offering
Industrial & Environmental Services | July 2020
WillScot Corporation 07-2020

$ 6,600,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Building Products | July 2020
Contract Land Staff/AEA Investors 06-2020
Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2020
Kensington Capital Acquisition 06-2020

$ 200,000,000

Initial Public Offering
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers | June 2020
Marlowe plc 06-2020

€ 50,000,000

Follow-on Offering
Business Services | June 2020
Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp 06-2020

$ 20,000,000

Registered Direct
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers | June 2020
Stericycle Inc. 04-2020

$ 462,500,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | April 2020
GFL Environmental (2 deals) 03-2020

$ 2,200,000,000

Initial Public Offering
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2020
Boxwood Merger Corp/Atlas  Technical Consultants (2) 02-2020

$ 772,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | February 2020
Flow Management/IDEX 02-2020

$ 125,000,000

Mergers & Acquisitions
Electronics & Industrial Technology | February 2020
Interstate Waste Services 01-2020

$ 325,000,000

Preferred Stock
Industrial & Environmental Services | January 2020
Stericycle_Veolia MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | December 2019
Stericycle_Red MA
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2019
Ultrapetrol Restructuring

$ 492,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Maritime Services | March 2017
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