NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 05/15/13 — Marlin & Associates, the boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm, today announced that two cross-border transactions on which Marlin recently advised have been recognized as International “Deals-of-the-Year” by The M&A Advisor. Marlin & Associates was recognized for:
Financial Services Deal-of-the-Year for advising Coalition Development Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) on its sale to CRISIL (Mumbai, India), a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP); and
Professional Services (B-to-B) Deal-of-the-Year for advising IDEAS International (Hornsby, Australia) (ASX: IDE) on its sale to Gartner (NYSE: IT).
Each year, The M&A Advisor, a conference producer and newsletter publisher serving the middle market finance industry, recognizes top deal-making professionals serving the $10 million – $1 billion (sales) market in fields such as investment banking, private equity, legal services, and accounting. The awards are made on the basis of creativity, resourcefulness, persistence, business savvy, and value-added. The finalists are judged by an independent body of experts, who represent a cross-section of the middle market financing industry. The winners were recognized at the 5th Annual International M&A Awards Gala on Monday, May 13th at the New York Athletic Club.
“We are honored to be recognized by our peers,” said Ken Marlin, Managing Partner of Marlin & Associates. “We-ve always taken a global approach to our business. Our clients don-t define themselves geographically and neither do we. We believe our blend of operational and financial experience, combined with our broad international reach and track record of success puts us in a formidable position to advise a wide range of domestic and international middle-market technology-enabled firms.”
Marlin & Associates is one of the most active firms advising buyers and sellers of U.S. and international middle-market firms that provide technology, digital information and healthcare-related products, technology and services. The firm is headquartered in New York, NY and has additional offices in San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; and Hong Kong, China. Marlin & Associates has been the recipient of numerous awards, including twice being named “Middle-Market Investment Banking Firm of the Year,” as well as the “Middle-Market Financing Agent of the Year — Equity,” and has been recognized for leading multiple “Deals-of-the-Year” Awards. Marlin & Associates- team of professionals has advised over 200 information-technology transactions.
Marlin & Associates Holding LLC is a boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm specializing in acquisitions and divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market firms that provide technology, digital information and healthcare-related products, technology and services. The firm is headquartered in New York, NY and has additional offices in San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; and Hong Kong, China. Further information can be read at .
Marlin & Associates Securities LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marlin & Associates Holding LLC, is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is a FINRA/SIPC member firm (). Investment banking and/or securities are offered through Marlin & Associates Securities LLC. Marlin & Associates- professionals have advised on more than 200 successfully completed transactions.
Some recent clients that Marlin & Associates has advised include:
Bain Capital Ventures- portfolio company ABILITY Network Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, which Marlin & Associates advised on its merger with IVANS;
SR Labs, LLC of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its $53M capital raise from Insight Venture Partners;
Knovel Inc. of New York, New York which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Reed Elsevier PLC (LSE: REL);
XcitekSolutionsPlus, LLC (XSP) of Birmingham, Alabama, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to SunGard Data Systems Inc.;
DMLT LLC (dba Investment Café) of Tampa, Florida, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to eFront, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners;
Correlix of New York, New York and Tel Aviv, Israel, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to TS-Associates;
Ideas International Ltd. (ASX: IDE) of Hornsby, Australia, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Gartner (NYSE: IT);
Coalition Development Ltd. of London, United Kingdom, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to CRISIL, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP);
IMS Research of Wellingborough, United Kingdom, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to IHS Inc.;
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of a strategic shareholding in Fixnetix;
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of a majority interest in Triple Point Technology;
Atrium Network of London, United Kingdom, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to TMX Group (TSX: X);
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Metabit (Tokyo, Japan);
Subserveo, Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to DST Systems, Inc. (NYSE: DST);
NaviNet, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Prematics;
Qatarlyst of Doha, Qatar, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of London-based RI3K;
SMARTS Group of Sydney, Australia, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ);
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) of Brussels, Belgium, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from SunGard;
Avox of Wrexham Wales, United Kingdom, a majority-owned company of Deutsche Börse (ETR: DB1), which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); and
Strategic Analytics of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK).
Contact:
Krystle Bates
+1 (212) 257-6300