Willkie represents BofA Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Pike Corporation in the sale of the company to Court Square Capital Partners in partnership with J. Eric Pike.
Firm Advises on $377 Million Acquisition of Pike Corp.
Pike Corporation, one of the nation’s largest specialty construction and engineering firms serving the electric power industry, recently announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which investment firm Court Square Capital Partners in partnership with J. Eric Pike, the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will acquire the company in a transaction valued at $377 million. Willkie represented BofA Merrill Lynch as exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Pike Corporation. Pike Corporation, formerly known as Pike Electric Corporation, serves over 300 investor-owned, municipal and cooperative utilities in the United States. New York-based Court Square, with over $6 billion in aggregate capital commitments, focuses on business services, general industrial, healthcare and technology/telecommunications
The deal was handled by partners Steven Seidman, Sean Ewen and Tariq Mundiya and associates Christopher Edwab.
