Align Capital Partners (ACP) announced that it completed the recapitalization of AKS Engineering. This multidisciplinary consulting firm provides civil engineering, surveying, natural resources, permitting, planning, and design services to various private and public clients throughout the Pacific Northwest. Established in 1996, the company has 350+ employees and is based in Tualatin, Oregon, with six additional locations across Oregon and Washington.
Plus, AKS management and employees retain a significant stake in the company and will continue to lead the firm through its next growth phase.
The partnership with AKS has evolved from an investment theme ACP developed in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. With its team, quality service offering in a complex and highly regulated geography, and numerous growth opportunities, AKS represents a unique opportunity to partner with a top-performing team within the AEC industry.
Rob Langley, Brad Mundt, Matt Bowen, Ben Bryles and Ryan Schmidt worked with Parks on the transaction. And ACP was advised by Calfee, Halter & Griswold and AEC Advisors, through its registered broker-dealer affiliate AEC Transaction Services.
ACP is a growth-oriented private equity firm that partners with business owners and management teams to help create shared success. And ACP manages $1.7 billion in committed capital with investment teams in Cleveland and Dallas.
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“The partnership with ACP marks an exciting new chapter for AKS. As our business has grown over the years, we determined it was the right time to partner with the ACP team to help AKS tap into additional resources, continue serving clients at the highest level and create more opportunities for our employees. In ACP, we are confident that we’ve found a firm with the same core values, who recognize the value of the relationships we’ve built with our clients, employees, and local communities and shares our growth vision for the future.”
- CEO Blair Carlson
“We’re excited to partner with the AKS team to continue to grow the company in the Northwest. Through key organic growth initiatives and the completion of four add-on acquisitions to date, the team has already done a tremendous job growing AKS and establishing a burgeoning leader. We look forward to helping expand on that momentum through continued investment and complementary acquisitions.”
- ACP Partner Jack Parks
