BGL’s Head of Services and Infrastructure Effram Kaplan will be moderating the opening keynote session entitled, “An Executive Discussion,” during which he will sit down with Ron Mittelstaedt, President and CEO of Waste Connections, to discuss activity in the market and industry trends driving opportunities for waste and recycling company executives.
BGL Director Jim Cocita will also be in attendance and available to discuss opportunities and activity in the environmental market.
BGL’s Environmental Infrastructure and Services team has been a leader in the North American market in transaction volume for more than a decade, according to Pitchbook.com. Our experience across the Environmental sector includes solid waste, industrial & special waste, waste-to-energy, specialty environmental services, and tech-enabled services.
Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, IWS is the largest privately held, vertically integrated provider of solid waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services in the greater New York City and New Jersey markets. IWS operates more than 650 collection vehicles serviced by a network of nearly 30 facilities, including transfer stations, material recovery facilities, transload facilities, and a rail-served solid waste landfill. Over the past two decades, IWS has expanded and modernized to meet the ever-changing needs of commercial, industrial, and residential waste generators throughout New York and New Jersey.
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is pleased to announce the recapitalization of Interstate Waste Services (IWS), one of the fastest growing and most innovative providers of solid waste and recycling services in the United States, by Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ares, a global alternative investment manager.
Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, IWS is the largest privately held, vertically integrated provider of solid waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services in the greater New York City and New Jersey markets. IWS operates more than 650 collection vehicles serviced by a network of nearly 30 facilities, including transfer stations, material recovery facilities, transload facilities, and a rail-served solid waste landfill. Over the past two decades, IWS has expanded and modernized to meet the ever-changing needs of commercial, industrial, and residential waste generators throughout New York and New Jersey.
The partnership between Littlejohn and Ares will further accelerate IWS’ growth, providing access to greater financial and operational resources and capabilities that will enable it to pursue organic and inorganic growth initiatives while continuing to safely deliver essential environmental services to its customers.
BGL’s Environmental Services team has been a leader in the North American market in transaction volume for more than a decade, according to Pitchbook.com. Our experience in Environmental Services includes solid waste, industrial & special waste, waste-to-energy, specialty environmental services, and tech-enabled services.
BGL Managing Director Craig Decker, who leads the firm’s Transportation & Logistics investment banking team, is quoted in an article published by Trucking Dive entitled, “Trucking CEOs saw drastic compensation shifts in 2022.”
The article delves into the compensation packages of CEOs in the transportation industry, examining the factors that drive changes in their earnings. It also explores how these changes align with the current environment of reduced earnings, labor unrest and inflation.
For all of Craig’s insights, read the complete article on the Trucking Dive website.
The TMT M&A Forum USA 2023 in NYC is a two-day summit for strategics, sponsors, lenders and advisors to network and discuss trends, M&A opportunities, and the future of digital infrastructure in the United States.
BGL Managing Directors Nick Melton and Owen Weihman will be attending the conference and meeting with participants.
The EI Digest Gathering is an annual executive-level conference focused on the commercial management of hazardous and universal wastes in Canada and the United States.
BGL’s Head of Services and InfrastructureEffram Kaplan and Director Jim Cocita are attending the conference and are available to discuss opportunities in the environmental infrastructure market and trends in waste management M&A.
BGL’s Environmental team focuses on businesses that perform essential services and operate critical infrastructure that support the broad environmental sector. These include waste processing & disposal assets, water & wastewater treatment, specialty services, waste-to-value, and waste-to-energy markets. Our industry-focused bankers offer highly specialized expertise and longstanding relationships that serve to maximize the opportunities available to our clients.
BGL Managing Director Craig Decker, who leads the firm’s Transportation & Logistics investment banking team, is quoted in an article published by Transport Dive’s article entitled, “Yellow bankruptcy: 7 takeaways from court filings.”
The article highlights seven key takeaways from Yellow’s bankruptcy court filings, including how the company’s assets present a significant opportunity for competitors and how a lack of cash affected the company’s bankruptcy path.
For all of Craig’s insights on what Yellow’s bankruptcy declaration revealed, read the complete article on Transport Dive’s website.
Fiber Connect 2023 offers opportunities for business and market development, technology demonstration and peer-group interaction. The event will feature executives from a broad scope of industry sectors — traditional audiences as well as new audiences — commercial network operators, mobile network operators, electric cooperatives, municipalities, digital infrastructure asset owners and developers, investors, technology suppliers, and enterprises.
BGL Managing Director Owen Weihman will be attending the conference and available to provide insights on market trends and upcoming opportunities in digital infrastructure M&A.
BGL’s Digital Infrastructure investment banking team understands the challenges in the sector and helps clients to make the most of opportunities in the current marketplace.
Founded by Alex Cano in 2007, Pro Disposal is a vertically integrated solid waste management solutions provider operating across the greater Lowcountry markets from Savannah, GA to Charleston, SC. The Ridgeland, SC-based company’s presence in a fast-growing geography was further accelerated following the 2020 recapitalization by Ironwood Capital and industry veterans Jeff Kendall, Dan Clark, and Frank and Jerry Antonacci, supporting a vertical integration and geographic expansion strategy, yielding one of the largest independently owned waste management firms in the southeastern United States. Pro Disposal’s end-to-end waste management solutions include residential collection, commercial front-load, grapple, roll-off, transfer and processing, portables, and disposal services. The company’s established presence across the region, integrated service model, and commitment to service quality, safety, and sustainability have enabled the company to entrench itself with municipal, commercial, and industrial customers.
BGL’s Transportation & Logistics Infrastructure investment banking team has extensive experience across the sector. As investment bankers and advisors, we have executed numerous transactions in road, rail, marine/aviation and infrastructure.
Our team specializes in advising on mergers and acquisitions in the logistics and transportation industry, balance sheet management and restructuring, management advice, board advisory, and private debt and capital raises.
As a leader in middle market investment banking, we understand the continually evolving challenges facing transportation and logistics companies in today’s business climate, and utilize our decades of experience in the sector to identify, develop and execute transactions on behalf of our clients. Our deep understanding of these sectors helps us leverage opportunities in the marketplace and support our record of client success.
Areas of Expertise
Marine/Aviation Services
Inland marine
Terminals – bulk/liquids
Jones Act carriers
Port services
Stevedoring
Vessel manufacturing/shipyards
Ports/airports/FBOs
Featured Transaction: BGL Completes Financing for Weinberg & Bell Group’s Investment in Cargo Airport Services, LLC
Cargo Airport Services is a highly profitable, full-service cargo handling, logistics, and traffic management company serving major international airfreight transporters. BGL was hired by The Weinberg & Bell Group (WBG) to raise debt financing and identify an equity co-investor for its first portfolio company investment. Learn more about this logistics investment banking transaction.
Rail
Short line railroads
Railcar manufacturers
Component manufacturers
Maintenance of way
Communications/signaling
Technology/outsourced services
Featured Transaction: Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure IPO
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC owns and acquires infrastructure and equipment that is essential for the transportation of goods and people across the world. The company’s segments include Aviation Leasing, Offshore Energy, Shipping Containers, Jefferson Terminal, and Railroad. Learn more about this railroad investment banking transaction.
Road
Expedited
Dedicated contract carriage
Temperature-controlled
Bulk/tank
Drayage
TL/LTL, flatbed
Specialized
Logistics & postal services
Featured Transaction: BGL Announces the Sale of EnviroServe to Savage Services
EnviroServe is a leading provider of specialized waste transportation and disposal services throughout the United States and Canada. BGL’s Environmental & Industrial Services team served as the exclusive financial advisor to EnviroServe in this transportation investment banking transaction.
Infrastructure and Other
EV charging/fueling
Mobile asset management
Asset pooling
Full-service leasing
Container leasing
Featured Transaction: TAL International Group IPO
TAL International is one of the world’s largest lessors of intermodal freight containers and chassis with 17 offices in 11 countries and approximately 230 third-party container depot facilities in 40 countries. TAL International’s global operations include the acquisition, leasing, re-leasing and subsequent sale of multiple types of intermodal containers and chassis.
Contact our Transportation & Logistics Infrastructure Investment Banking Team
Led by Craig M. Decker, BGL’s Transportation & Logistics Infrastructure team understands the challenges in the sector and helps clients to make the most of opportunities in the current marketplace. Please reach out via our contact form to learn more.
