Troutman Pepper Advises Littlejohn & Co. in Acquisition of Ardurra Group, Inc.

PHILADELPHIA – Troutman Pepper client Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has acquired Ardurra Group, Inc., a leading provider of multidisciplinary engineering and design services to water, transportation, and aviation end-markets. Read a company press release about the deal.

Since 1996, Littlejohn has invested in middle-market companies across the capital structure, building sustainable success for its portfolio companies through a disciplined approach. Through the acquisition, Littlejohn will partner with Ardurra Group’s seasoned entrepreneurial team to grow the business through geographic expansion, new capability development, and strategic M&A.

The multi-disciplinary, multi-office Troutman Pepper team advising Littlejohn was led by James Epstein and Jeremy Levy, and included Chrissy Allen, Bradley Boericke (Finance), Michael Byrne, Hilary Cairnie (Government Contracts), Stuart Craft, Michael Crumbock (Employee Benefits), Howard Goldberg (Tax), Rachel Hanscom, James Hipolit, Tricia McNeill (Finance), Kathryn Nordick (Finance), Reid Oetting, Barbara Sicalides (Antitrust), Michael Walker, Mark Wilhelm, Carmen Williams, and Karina Miranda.

Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle transactions ranging in size from tens of millions of dollars to multi-billion dollars. Core areas of service include private equity, mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border transactions and corporate carve-outs), capital markets and corporate finance, corporate governance, and securities laws compliance. The firm also has particular expertise in advising clients on matters involving fund formation and fund management.

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