Transactions
December 13 2021
KippsDeSanto & Co. advises Markon Solutions on its merger with Anser Advisory, LLC, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners
KippsDeSanto & Co. is pleased to announce the merger of Markon Solutions (“Markon” or the “Company”) with Anser Advisory, LLC, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners.
Headquartered in Falls Church, VA, Markon is a leading management consulting and advisory firm addressing critical infrastructure and mission support for a national security customer base, spanning the Intelligence Community (“IC”), Department of Defense (“DoD”), and Federal and Civilian (“FedCiv”) agencies.
Backed by a team of highly-cleared engineers, architects, program / construction managers (“PM/CM”), and security professionals, Markon has a deep heritage supporting and managing its customers’ most critical secure infrastructure, capital projects, and
related mission requirements, to include facilities management, security, technology, finance, and training. The Company’s comprehensive consulting solutions and embedded positions supporting its well-funded, high-profile customers has positioned Markon at the forefront of the Federal secure facilities and infrastructure market with several well-established growth opportunities to support the accelerated need of customers to protect their most critical assets.
The acquisition adds Markon’s expansive Federal market consulting expertise to Anser’s existing civil and social infrastructure portfolio.
We believe this transaction highlights several key trends in the Federal consulting M&A market:
• Secure infrastructure and critical missions support remain well-funded and of vital importance to broader National Security objectives;
• Acquirers continue to attribute strong value to companies with entrenched customer positioning and longstanding incumbency on mission-critical programs;
• Deep domain and subject matter expertise, paired with highly differentiated management consulting models, remain critical differentiators for sellers; and
• Private equity continues to deploy capital in the government services market – via new platforms and add-ons to existing portfolio companies to further diversify current offerings and further build the middle market
LEAD INVESTMENT BANKERS
Kevin P. DeSanto
KippsDeSanto & Co. is pleased to announce the merger of Markon Solutions (“Markon” or the “Company”) with Anser Advisory, LLC, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners.
Headquartered in Falls Church, VA, Markon is a leading management consulting and advisory firm addressing critical infrastructure and mission support for a national security customer base, spanning the Intelligence Community (“IC”), Department of Defense (“DoD”), and Federal and Civilian (“FedCiv”) agencies.
Backed by a team of highly-cleared engineers, architects, program / construction managers (“PM/CM”), and security professionals, Markon has a deep heritage supporting and managing its customers’ most critical secure infrastructure, capital projects, and
related mission requirements, to include facilities management, security, technology, finance, and training. The Company’s comprehensive consulting solutions and embedded positions supporting its well-funded, high-profile customers has positioned Markon at the forefront of the Federal secure facilities and infrastructure market with several well-established growth opportunities to support the accelerated need of customers to protect their most critical assets.
The acquisition adds Markon’s expansive Federal market consulting expertise to Anser’s existing civil and social infrastructure portfolio.
We believe this transaction highlights several key trends in the Federal consulting M&A market:
• Secure infrastructure and critical missions support remain well-funded and of vital importance to broader National Security objectives;
• Acquirers continue to attribute strong value to companies with entrenched customer positioning and longstanding incumbency on mission-critical programs;
• Deep domain and subject matter expertise, paired with highly differentiated management consulting models, remain critical differentiators for sellers; and
• Private equity continues to deploy capital in the government services market – via new platforms and add-ons to existing portfolio companies to further diversify current offerings and further build the middle market
LEAD INVESTMENT BANKERS
Kevin P. DeSanto
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