Sageview Capital has made a growth equity investment in National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM), a provider of alternative dispute resolution services.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is a timely and cost-effective alternative to litigation, allowing parties to resolve their disputes without a trial. More than 75% of NAM-administered cases result in the resolution of all outstanding issues.
NAM’s services include arbitration, mediation, online and offline case management, trial preparation services, mock jury trials, and dispute resolution training. The company’s clientele is diverse and no one entity represents more than 2% of NAM’s revenues. NAM works with more than 8,000 commercial entities, including more than 50% of Fortune 100 companies and maintains a nationwide panel of nearly 2,000 former judges and practicing specialists. In 2016, NAM was named Best ADR firm in the United States by the National Law Journal’s Annual Reader Rankings Survey. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered on Long Island in Garden City, NY (www.namadr.com).
“NAM is exceptionally well positioned as a market leader within the rapidly expanding ADR field,” said Scott Stuart, partner at Sageview Capital. “Sageview is focused on providing growth capital to leading companies with demonstrated track records of success and compelling market opportunities. We look forward to partnering with NAM and supporting its tremendous management team as they expand the company’s core capabilities and accelerate growth.”
“We see increasingly high demand for NAM’s dispute resolution services and the business is growing at a record pace, particularly with respect to complex commercial, construction and employment matters,” said Roy Israel, President and CEO of NAM. “Sageview is an ideal investment partner at this stage of our evolution, and we look forward to expanding our team and building out a broad sales and marketing platform to help accelerate the growth of our business and extend our market leadership position.”
Sageview Capital provides growth capital of $20 million to $75 million to small and mid-sized companies in the technology, business services, and financial services sectors. The firm was founded in 2006 and is led by Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart, former partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Dean Nelson, former head of KKR Capstone. Sageview Capital has offices in Greenwich, CT and Palo Alto, CA (www.sageviewcapital.com).
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