For three decades, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has been delivering leadership, problem solving and value creation to companies ranging from middle-market businesses to complex multinational organizations. A&M's restructuring and entrepreneurial heritage infuses our culture with an "edge" that we bring to companies seeking to compete more effectively, improve operationally and succeed in every economic environment. Our recipe for talent includes a powerful blend of operating, industry and consulting professionals, who partner with world-class companies when action matters most.

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Antares Capital is a credit manager and leading provider of financing solutions for middle-market, private equity-backed transactions. Antares issued more than $18 billion in financing during 2016, and was named 2017 Lender of the Year by ACG NY and 2015 Dealmakers of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions. Antares Capital is a subsidiary of Antares Holdings LP.

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GLG is the world's leading membership for professional learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn in short- and long-term engagements from more than 500,000 members and other experts. Over 350 private equity firms rely on GLG to improve performance and reduce risk. Clients leverage our global, peer-to-peer learning platform to connect with the world's top professionals – on-demand and within our industry-leading compliance framework. GLG is a force multiplier for our clients' investment processes, drawing from a membership of more than 23,000 senior executives and more than 12,000 current and former C-level operators at companies with annual sales over $100M. For more information, visit https://glg.it/private-equity/. To get started, call us at +1 212 880 6509 or email Managing Director Bartley O'Dwyer at [email protected].

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For more than 100 years, Kirkland has provided exceptional service to clients around the world in complex corporate and tax, restructuring, litigation and intellectual property matters. With more than 30 years of significant private equity experience, Kirkland's lawyers have pioneered structures and techniques in private equity investing and fund formation that are now broadly used. The Firm has one of the largest private equity practices in the world, serving more than 400 private equity firms from the bulge bracket to the middle market, and the largest deal flow of any law firm, allowing Kirkland attorneys to closely monitor market terms. Kirkland receives top rankings across league tables year after year, not only by number of transactions, but also by total value of transactions. As a result, Kirkland's Private Equity Group has been honored by Law360 as a "Practice Group of the Year" for the past six years in a row. For the last ten years, Kirkland’s Investment Funds Group has been named a Tier 1 law firm by Chambers & Partners. The Firm's experience is surpassed only by Kirkland's service-focused approach, ability to tailor teams to cater to the special needs of each client, and its reputation of for structuring, negotiating and closing highly sophisticated transactions.

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Marsh is the world leader in delivering risk and insurance services and solutions to clients. It provides global risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing, and insurance program management services for businesses, public entities, associations, professional services organizations, and private clients. Marsh is organized by client, industry, and risk categories to facilitate the global delivery of highly specialized products and services covering a wide spectrum of risks.

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Mercer's Private Equity advisory business serves the deal community across the globe. In the recent past, Mercer has advised private equity investors in hundreds of transactions, spanning a broad cross-section of industry verticals and geographies. With a team of dedicated private equity consultants and a bench of human capital content experts located in more than 40 countries, Mercer brings deep understanding of the financial, technical and operational side of human capital in transactions. Our advisory services anchor around creating value, managing risk, and delivering creative solutions throughout the lifecycle of an investment from due diligence to portfolio management, through to exit strategies for large and mid-cap private equity firms. Services include diligence and post-closing advice, implementation, and ongoing performance analytics on compensation, talent assessment and development, benefit programs, workforce communication and change, culture alignment, and HR operations. We have extensive on the ground experience, as well as the industry-leading tools and best practices that only Mercer can deliver as a leading global human capital consulting firm.

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VRC (Valuation Research Corporation) is a leading independent, third-party firm that has been providing valuation support to the U.S. and international business communities since 1975. VRC supports all M&A valuation needs, including purchase price allocation and opinions with respect to solvency, capital adequacy and fairness. VRC values businesses, equity and debt securities, mezzanine loans, derivative instruments, structured products, intangible assets, fixed assets and real estate. Our client base includes most major private equity firms, hedge funds, public BDCs, and Fortune 500 companies. In addition, VRC has long-standing relationships with an extensive network of lenders, investment banks, law firms and accounting firms.

VRC has professional staff capabilities in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Princeton, New York, San Francisco and Tampa. The company also has international capabilities in Canada, Europe, Central America, South America, Asia and Australia through our global affiliate network, Valuation Research Group (VRG). Multinational engagements are managed locally by a single U.S. point of contact and executed by professionals located in respective countries.

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