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Trinity Hunt Buys DEITZ Court Reporting

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Lexitas, a national provider of litigation support services and a portfolio company of Trinity Hunt Partners since February 2015, has acquired Hoorwitz, Inc. (dba Deitz Court Reporting), a New York-based provider of deposition reporting and legal videography services.

Lexitas, is a provider of litigation support services and offers a full range of deposition transcription reporting, legal video and records retrieval services for law firms and corporate legal departments nationwide. The company is headquartered in Houston with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Sacramento, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Fort Worth (www.lexitaslegal.com).

The acquisition of Deitz Court Reporting provides Lexitas a market leading presence in the New York City area and enhances the company’s growing national footprint. “We are excited to welcome the Deitz team to the Lexitas platform” said Gary Buckland, CEO of Lexitas. “This is our third strategic acquisition in the last 12 months, and we are excited to continue to grow Deitz’s strong market presence in the highly attractive New York market.”

“The addition of DEITZ to the Lexitas platform is an important part of our larger strategic plan of national expansion,” said Pete Stein, Managing Partner of Trinity Hunt. “We look forward to working with this combined team as we accelerate our growth plans both organically and through future add-on acquisitions.”

The management team of Deitz, including President Mark Hoorwitz, will remain with the business going forward and Deitz will operate as a division of Lexitas. “We are happy to partner with Lexitas to catalyze our next phase of growth” said Mr. Hoorwitz. “Partnering with Lexitas will transform the New York regional landscape.”

Trinity Hunt invests in companies that have EBITDAs between $5 million and $25 million and enterprise values between $25 million and $150 million. Sectors of interest include B2B business services, niche manufacturing, industrial services, non-cyclical consumer and healthcare services. Trinity Hunt is based in Dallas (www.trinityhunt.com).

© 2017 Private Equity Professional | August 15, 2017

OMERS Acquires Document Technologies from Harvest

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DTI nf1OMERS Private Equity has acquired Document Technologies, a provider of legal process outsourcing services, from Harvest Partners which first invested in the company in December 2011.

Michael Graham nf1“The investment in Document Technologies is consistent with OMERS’ strategy of acquiring industry leading companies with world class management teams in sectors experiencing transformational growth. Document Technologies is a very strong addition to our growing business services portfolio in North America,” said Michael Graham, Country Head USA and Co-Head North America for OMERS Private Equity.

Document Technologies (DTI) is a provider of legal process outsourcing services. The company’s technology-enabled services include litigation forensics consulting, electronic discovery hosting, managed review, legal staffing, and risk and compliance services. The company’s 3,000 employees provide services to over 3,000 corporate and law firm clients. DTI is based in Atlanta and has 29 offices nationwide and on-site client services in nearly 70 markets (www.DTIglobal.com).

OMERS Private Equity manages the private equity activities of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds. The group’s investment strategy includes the active ownership of businesses in North America and Europe. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, financial and business services, industrial and consumer products, transportation, and technology. Investment sizes range from $100 million to $500 million. The firm is located in Toronto with offices in New York and London and has $6 billion of investments under management (www.omerspe.com).

“We are excited about our partnership with OMERS Private Equity.  Their culture, large capital base, international presence and long-term investment approach make them an ideal partner for DTI as we strive to become the provider of choice in the legal process outsourcing industry,” said John Davenport, Jr. , CEO of DTI.

Harvest Partners, which acquired Document Technologies in December 2011, invests in management buyouts and growth financings. Sectors of interest include business and industrial services, manufacturing and distribution, healthcare, midstream energy, and consumer products and retail sectors. The firm was founded in 1981 and is based in New York (www.harvpart.com).

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