backKing & Spalding advised Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies (“Sullivan”) in Sullivan’s acquisition of Cotton Holdings, Inc. (“Cotton”) previously majority-owned by Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”).
Sullivan is a growing enterprise that builds, operates and invests in dynamic businesses, delivering a wide range of construction, disaster recovery, infrastructure, industrial, environmental, healthcare and energy services across North America and globally, managing large-scale projects for local, state, and federal government agencies, as well as private sector clients. Sullivan’s collective project portfolio boasts some of the nation's largest emergency response, debris management, housing and environmental restoration initiatives.
Cotton is a leading infrastructure support services company in the $20 billion U.S. commercial restoration market. Headquartered in Houston, Texas with an International Logistics Center and regional offices throughout North America, Cotton provides property restoration and recovery, construction, roofing, consulting, infrastructure support and culinary services to public and private entities worldwide.
Together, Sullivan and Cotton will leverage their combined strengths, resources and deep industry expertise to broaden service capabilities in the disaster response sector, providing greater support to communities and businesses recovering from catastrophic events.
Sun Capital is a global private equity firm and, since 1995, has invested in over 550 companies worldwide with revenues in excess of $50 billion across a broad range of industries and transaction structures.
King & Spalding’s relationship with Sullivan is led by Jonathan Newton and the team advising Sullivan on this transaction also included Heath Trisdale (Houston), Austin Paalz (Houston), Hannah Grayem (Houston), Sydney Lampard (Washington, D.C.), Jake Downing (Chicago) and Alex Davey (Houston) among others. For more information, please see the following press release regarding the transaction.