GulfStar Group Announced as Finalist for the 21st Annual M&A Advisor Awards

HOUSTON, September 23, 2022 – The M&A Advisor announced the finalists of the 21st Annual M&A Advisor Awards. GulfStar Group (GulfStar) was named a finalist in 11 categories. The awards will be presented and winners revealed at a Black-Tie Gala on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 in New York City.

Since 2002, The M&A Advisor has been honoring the leading M&A transactions, companies and dealmakers. GulfStar was chosen from hundreds of participating companies to become an awards finalist. The independent panel of judges will now focus their attention on selecting the ultimate award winners in each category.

The following GulfStar deals were nominated as finalists:

• Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year (Between $100MM – $500MM) – Formation & Financing of Blue Link Wireless
• Industrials Deal of the Year (Between $10MM – $25MM) – Acquisition of Plasson USA by ISCO
• Industrials Deal of the Year (Between $50MM – $100MM) – Acquisition of Metal-Matic by PTC Alliance
• Debt Financing of the Year – Formation & Financing of Blue Link Wireless
• Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year (Between $10MM to $25MM) – Acquisition of Plasson USA by ISCO
• Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year (Between $10MM to $25MM) – Sale of Machine Tool Solutions Division to Timesavers by 600 Group
• Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year (Between $50MM to $100MM) – Acquisition of Metal-Matic by PTC Alliance
• Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year (Between $100MM to $250MM) – Formation & Financing of Blue Link Wireless
• Cross-Border Deal of the Year (Between $10MM to $25MM) – Acquisition of Plasson by ISCO
• Cross-Border Deal of the Year (Between $10MM to $25MM) – Sale of Machine Tool Solutions Division to Timesavers by 600 Group
• Private Equity Deal of the Year (Between $10MM to $25MM) – Majority Recapitalization of McDaniel Metals by Transition Capital Partners
• M&A Deal of the Year (Between $10MM to $25MM) – Sale of Machine Tool Solutions Division to Timesavers by 600 Group
• M&A Deal of the Year (Between $50MM to $100MM) – Acquisition of Metal-Matic by PTC Alliance

“It gives us great pleasure to recognize GulfStar as finalists for mergers and acquisitions firms and professionals,” said Roger Aguinaldo, Founder and CEO of The M&A Advisor. “GulfStar represents the best of the M&A industry in 2021-22 and earned these finalist honors by standing out in a group of very impressive candidates.”

For a complete list of finalists, click here.

For more information, please visit www.maadvisor.com or contact The M&A Advisor at 718-997-7906.

About The M&A Advisor
Now in its 24th year, The M&A Advisor was founded to offer insights and intelligence on mergers and acquisitions, establishing the industry’s leading media outlet in 1998. Today, the firm is recognized as the world’s premier leadership organization for mergers & acquisition, restructuring and corporate finance professionals, delivering a range of integrated services from offices in New York and London.

About GulfStar Group
GulfStar is a leading middle market investment bank headquartered in Houston. GulfStar specializes in providing merger and acquisition advisory services, institutional private placements of equity and debt, and general corporate finance advisory services to companies with revenues or enterprise values generally ranging from $25 million to $350 million. Since its formation in 1990, GulfStar has completed approximately 750 transactions in 37 states and 17 foreign countries across a variety of industries.