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Victory Park Capital

227 West Monroe
Suite 3900
Chicago, IL 60606
www.victoryparkcapital.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 2007

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 3,000

Geographic Preference: VPC focuses primarily on North
American and European markets

Stage Preference: VPC often invests in companies in
(i) out-of-favor industries, (ii) executing a complex transaction,
(iii) inconsistent or concentrated earnings, or (iv) requiring a
shorter duration.

Investment Size Preference: The typical investment size will
be $10 million to $75 million.

Ownership Preference: VPC transactions can include debt
and/or control, minority or structured equity.

Description: Victory Park Capital is a privately held registered
investment advisor dedicated to alternative investing through the
management of private investment funds.

As specialists in non-traditional investments, VPC focuses on
niche credit and private equity opportunities in both distressed
and improving U.S.-based lower middle market companies across
a diversified range of industries. Whether as a lender or a control
investor, VPC seeks to identify opportunities where it believes the
potential for reward outweighs the risks entailed.

Founded in 2007, VPC is headquartered in Chicago with
additional resources in Boston, New York and San Francisco.

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Firm Contacts:
Tom Affolter
[email protected]
Chad Peterson
[email protected]
Jeff Schneider
[email protected]

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The Vistria Group

300 E. Randolph Street
Suite 4030
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/626-1101
www.vistria.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 2014

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 175

Buyouts AUM: $(MM) 175

Industry Preference: Education, Financial Services,
Healthcare

Stage Preference: BUYOUTS

Investment Size Preference: >$30 Million

Ownership Preference: Control

Description: The Vistria Group is a middle market private
equity firm focused on the education, healthcare and financial
services industries.

Firm Contacts:

Ani Ajith
[email protected]

Amy Christensen
[email protected]

Tony Miller
[email protected]

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Adnan Nisar
[email protected]
Robert Parkinson, III
[email protected]

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Water Street Healthcare Partners

333 West Wacker Drive
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/506-2900
www.waterstreet.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 2005

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 1,154

Buyouts AUM: $(MM) 1,154

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: Global

Industry Preference: Healthcare

Stage Preference: BUYOUT

Investment Size Preference: >$30 Million

Ownership Preference: >50%

Description: Water Street is a strategic private equity firm
focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. Our team has
collaborated with some of the world's leading healthcare
companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and Smith
& Nephew, to invest in and grow our companies. Water Street's
companies are market leaders in medical and diagnostic
products, specialty distribution, outsourced services, and
pharmaceutical products and services.

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Water Street specializes in building market leaders in healthcare.
We have a history of successful partnerships with both large,
global companies interested in maximizing the value of non-core
healthcare divisions and middle-market companies looking for a
partner to accelerate growth. We leverage our deep industry
expertise and network of relationships to create transformational
growth for our companies through a combination of organic
initiatives and strategic acquisitions.

Firm Contacts:

Mike Brennan
[email protected]

Jim Connelly
[email protected]

Tim Dugan
[email protected]

Katie Hayes
[email protected]

Jeff Holway
[email protected]

Max Mishkin
[email protected]

Katie Ossman
[email protected]

Carrie Raffin
[email protected]

Pete Strothman
[email protected]

Kevin Swan
[email protected]

Chris Sweeney
[email protected]

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Ned Villers
[email protected]
Rob Womsley
[email protected]
Kelly Zitlow
[email protected]

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Waveland Investments

900 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 1110
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/506-6450
www.wavelandinvestments.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 2000

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 100

Buyouts AUM: $(MM) 100

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: All U.S.

Industry Preference: Business products and services,
consumer products and services, direct marketing, e-commerce,
food and beverage, industrial products and manufacturing, niche
manufacturing, value-added distribution, education, and
transportation/logistics.

Stage Preference: BUYOUT, GROWTH STAGE

Investment Size Preference: $5M-$10 Million

Ownership Preference: Control

Description: Since 2000, Waveland Investments has focused
exclusively on making investments at the lower end of the
middle market. We have invested across the United States in
more than 30 businesses in a variety of niche industries. We
target investments of $5-$10 million in companies with EBITDA
up to $8 million on behalf of a family office and high net worth
investor base.

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Firm Contacts:
Meghan Otis
[email protected]
Dennis Zaslavsky
[email protected]

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Wind Point Partners

Founding Firm
676 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 3700
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/255-4800
www.wppartners.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 1984

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 1,900

Buyouts AUM: $(MM) 1,900

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: All U.S., North America

Industry Preference: Industrial products and services,
consumer products and services

Stage Preference: BUYOUT

Investment Size Preference: >$30 Million

Ownership Preference: Control

Description: Wind Point Partners is a private equity investment
firm that partners with top caliber executives to acquire middle
businesses with growth potential and a clear path to value
creation. Wind Point manages $2 billion in commitments from
pension funds, endowments and individuals and has invested in
more than 80 companies since its founding in 1984.

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Firm Contacts:
Kristie Goodman-Davis
[email protected]
LeAnn Kilarski
[email protected]
Joe Lawler
[email protected]
Jim TenBroek
[email protected]

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Winona Capital Management LLC

980 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 1950
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/334-8800
www.winonacapital.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 2006

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 250

Buyouts AUM: $(MM) 250

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: All U.S. – International Companies
seeking to expand in U.S.

Industry Preference: Consumer Brands

Stage Preference: BUYOUT, GROWTH

Investment Size Preference: $10M-$30 Million

Ownership Preference: Control

Description: Winona Capital Management provides acquisition
and growth capital to outstanding companies seeking to grow
their brand in the lower middle market. We partner with high
energy, passionate executives who share our focus on sustained
growth over longer-term investment horizons.

We seek direct investments in consumer-driven branded
companies characterized by innovative high-margin products or

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services with strong growth prospects in revenues and earnings.
We have particular interest and experience in businesses focused
on:
• Niche consumer goods and services,
• Sports, recreation and leisure,
• Specialty manufacturing and distribution,
• Growth-oriented, multi-unit specialty food and retail,
• Training and education services.
Our focus is on companies with revenues of $5-$100 million and
EBITDA above $1 million. We seek to commit $15-$25 million in
equity capital per opportunity, whether that investment can be
made at the outset or committed over a 5 year period.

Firm Contacts:
Laird Koldyke
[email protected]
John McBlain
[email protected]
Luke Reese
[email protected]
Jason Sowers
[email protected]

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WP Global Partners

155 N Wacker Drive
Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/277-1300
www.wpglobalpartners.com

Investor Type: LP

LP Type: Fund of Funds

Year Founded: 2005

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 2,550

Fund of Funds AUM: $(MM) 2,550

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: Global

Industry Preference: Broad industry focus

Stage Preference: ANY STAGE

Investment Size Preference: $10M-$30 Million

Description: WP Global Partners Inc. ("WP Global") was
founded in May 2005 and offers private equity portfolio
investment strategies to institutional clients worldwide.

The products offer institutional clients portfolio exposure to
alternative private market investments though strategically
tailored investment programs. The investment programs are
developed through the application of over two decades of
experience, the cumulative deal source network developed by

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our investment management team and the use of portfolio
construction models to achieve the highest risk adjusted return
of the asset class. We will continue to develop a strategy of
being both strategic and opportunistic in looking at investments
and will seek to utilize both our direct and partnership
investment experience to identify the best-of-breed
opportunities.

Our backgrounds and training cover a wide range of experiences
and disciplines, including: LBO, VC and special situations fund
investing: direct lead investing and co-investing; former public
and corporate pension management; and real estate fund and
direct real estate investing. The team has experience investing in
the following sectors or areas: energy (upstream to downstream
services); mezzanine; public equity; public commodities and
derivatives; and structured securities. We are also experienced in
actuarial services; portfolio risk analytic consulting; company
operations (direct and funds); M&A advisory; and high yield
issuance.

Firm Contacts:

J.F. Berry
[email protected]

Celia Chapman
[email protected]

Gregory Oberholtzer
[email protected]

Don Phillips
[email protected]

Tom Thompson
[email protected]

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Wynnchurch Capital, Ltd.

6250 N. River Road
Suite 10-100
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: 847/604-6100
www.wynnchurch.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: PE Fund (GP/LP)

Year Founded: 1999

Assets Under Management: $(MM) 2,300

Buyouts AUM: $(MM) 2,300

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: All U.S., North America

Stage Preference: BUYOUT

Investment Size Preference: All

Ownership Preference: Control

Description: Wynnchurch Capital, Ltd., headquartered in the
Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois with offices in California,
Michigan, Ohio and Canada, was founded in 1999 and is a
leading middle-market private equity investment firm.
Wynnchurch's strategy is to partner with middle market
companies in Canada and the United States that possess the
potential for substantial growth and profit improvement.
Wynnchurch Capital manages a number of private equity funds
with $2.3 billion of capital under management and specializes in

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recapitalizations, growth capital, management buyouts,
corporate carve-outs, and restructurings. For more information,
please visit: www.wynnchurch.com.

Firm Contacts:

Duncan Bourne
[email protected]

Scott Fitch
[email protected]

Brian Crumbaugh
[email protected]

Greg Gleason
[email protected]

John Hatherly
[email protected]

Frank Hayes
[email protected]

Carl Howe
[email protected]

Ian Kirson
[email protected]

Arun Laxmanan
[email protected]

David Matthews
[email protected]

Neel Mayenkar
[email protected]

Erin Murphy
[email protected]

John Newman
[email protected]

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Chris O'Brien
[email protected]
Brian Riordan
[email protected]
Roy Sroka
[email protected]
Mike Teplitsky
[email protected]
Terry Theodore
[email protected]
Steve Welborn
[email protected]
Morty White
[email protected]

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Zebra Technologies

3 Overlook Pt.
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Phone: 847/793-2690
www.zebra.com

Investor Type: Direct Investor

Source of Funding: Corporate VC

Year Founded: 2014

SBIC Equity: No

SBIC Debt: No

Geographic Preference: All U.S.

Industry Preference: Technology, Transportation and
Logistics, Retail, Enterprise, Mobile

Stage Preference: VC Early Stage and Growth Stage

Investment Size Preference: $3M-$5 Million

Ownership Preference: Minority

Description: Zebra Technologies Corporation is in the business
of selling automatic identification systems that are used to track,
trace and control assets. Technologies developed and sold by
Zebra include bar code scanner, bar code printers, ruggedized
mobile computing devices, enterprise-grade smartphones,
WLAN, RFID, indoor tracking solutions and IoT solutions. Zebra's
revenue was ~$3.5B in 2015.

Firm Contacts:

Tony Palcheck
[email protected]

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Andersen Tax, LLC

222 West Adams Street
Suite 2250
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/357-3950
www.andersentax.com

Year Founded: 2002

Firm Type: Tax Consulting

Description: Andersen Tax is the largest independent tax
advisory firm in the nation. Our practice consists of over 500
personnel located throughout the United States focused
exclusively on providing a wide range of tax, valuation, financial
advisory and related consulting services. As a tax advisory firm that
is not affiliated with an auditing firm, Andersen Tax provides
proactive tax consulting without the independence concerns and
other distractions associated with auditing firms. We have deep
expertise in business and individual taxation, working with a
variety of legal entities, structures, and transactions, and working
within numerous industries. We provide comprehensive tax
services, including planning related to domestic and foreign
income taxes, sales and use taxes, compensation and benefits, tax
reporting, and related matters.

Andersen Tax clients rely on us to provide sophisticated and
comprehensive planning in response to their complex tax issues.

Our clients-which include Fortune 500 companies, mid-cap public
companies, dynamic privately-held companies, private equity firms,
and high net worth families-share a common desire: to partner
with experienced tax advisors who will work closely with them to
address the increasingly complex maze of tax legislation. We work
with CFO's, tax directors, investors, and entrepreneurs to:
anticipate tax law changes and business developments; identify
planning opportunities; understand alternatives for the
minimization and deferral of tax obligations, and timely meet their
reporting and compliance obligations.

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Andersen Tax advisors are focused on technical excellence and
superior client service. Andersen Tax advisors have extensive prior
experience with international accounting firms, law firms, the IRS
and state taxing authorities. We are drawn to the rewards of
working closely with clients on challenging tax situations. We look
not only at narrow tax issues, but also at the collateral issues, and
the business and personal implications as well. Our professionals
exhibit superior focus, creativity and technical competence, and
offer a hands-on approach to serving clients. When appropriate,
we work closely with our regional subject-matter experts and
National Tax Office to ensure that our clients are receiving best-in-
class service.

Andersen Tax approaches client service with a single objective:
delivering value, tax savings and tax deferral success are the
objective measures of the value of a tax advisor, and Andersen Tax
tax professionals excel at identifying appropriate opportunities for
both. We quickly understand our clients' tax profile, and identify
tax issues for discussion with our clients. We keep pace of
business and legislative developments so that our advice is current
and relevant. We employ proprietary tools and templates to
efficiently and effectively complete compliance and consulting
projects. Andersen Tax professionals strive to develop and maintain
long-term relationships with our clients-ones wherein we are
viewed as trusted team members and valued contributors to our
clients' personal and professional success.

Firm Contacts:

Joe Karczewski
[email protected]

Dorice Pepin
[email protected]

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Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

Sponsoring Member
205 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/729-8000
www.bakertilly.com

Year Founded: 1931

Firm Type: Accounting

Description: Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP is the full-service
accounting and advisory firm whose specialized professionals
connect with you and your business through refreshing candor and
clear industry insight.

Anticipating the needs of private equity and venture capital firms
and their portfolio companies has always been a Baker Tilly priority
- that will never change. From due diligence and valuations, to
operational improvement and divestiture, we are here to help you
achieve your financial objectives.

Backed by the resources of an accounting and advisory firm with
global reach, with a name that is respected in 137 countries, our
deep pool of experience and knowledge allows us to us to provide
timely assistance on even the toughest issues.

Firm Contacts:

Bill Chapman
[email protected]

Joe Grah
[email protected]

Dan Kidd
[email protected]

Derek Smith
[email protected]

Tom Walker
[email protected]

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CBRE Group Inc.

321 N. Clark Street
Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312/935-1400
www.cbre.com

Year Founded: 1906

Firm Type: Real Estate

Description: CBRE Group Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and
S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's
largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2015
revenue). With $11B in annual revenues, the Company has
approximately 70,000 employees, and serves occupiers, owners
and investors/lenders of commercial real estate through more
than 375 offices worldwide. CBRE offers strategic advice and
execution of lease transactions, surplus property sales and
leasing; pre - aquistion or investment portfolio due diligence
services; sale lease back transactions, appraisal and valuation,
energy management and purchasing, facilities and project
management; mortgage banking; development services; asset
investment management; research and consulting.

Firm Contacts:

Scott Brandwein
[email protected]

Kevin McLennan
[email protected]

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Citizens Bank

71 South Wacker Drive
29th Floor - IH2900
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 617/994-7044
www.citizensbank.com/commercial/private-equity.aspx

Year Founded: 1828

Firm Type: Banking

Description: Citizens Financial Group, Inc., is a $135 billion
commercial bank holding company based in New England.
Through its subsidiaries, the bank has more than 1,200
branches, ~ 3,200 ATMs and more than 17,800 colleagues. The
bank operates an 11-state branch network under the Citizens
Bank brand in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and Vermont. CFG has non-branch retail and
commercial offices in more than 30 states.

Citizens' Private Equity Banking Group has a national calling
mandate and as one of its major markets, is focused on serving
the financial needs of Private Equity firms in the Chicago area
and throughout the Midwest. We are the proud sponsor of the
Private Equity CFO Association, a nationwide organization that
brings together CFO's of leading private equity firms.

Firm Contacts:

Mike Elwell
[email protected]

Jamie Lewis
[email protected]

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Deloitte LLP

111 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-4301
Phone: 312/486-1000
www.deloitte.com
Year Founded: 1900
Firm Type: Accounting
Description: Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and
financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning
multiple industries. With a globally connected network of
member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings
leading capabilities and deep local experience to help clients
succeed wherever they operate. Deloitte's approximately
182,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard
of excellence.
Firm Contacts:
Tyson May
[email protected]
Dan Mueller
[email protected]

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DLA Piper LLP (US)

203 North LaSalle Street
Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601-1293
Phone: 312/368-4000
www.dlapiper.com

Year Founded: 1938

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: DLA Piper is a global law firm with 4,200 lawyers
located in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia
Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning us to help
companies with their legal needs anywhere in the world.

With one of the world's leading private equity practices, we
have the market knowledge and exposure to help our clients
achieve their goals throughout the investment life cycle. We
offer the full range of representation, including leveraged
buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions,
joint ventures, control and minority investments, venture and
growth capital, fund formation and limited partner investments,
across a wide range of industries. Our clients include private
equity funds, equity sponsors, corporations, strategic investors,
fund principals, management teams, institutional investors,
financing sources and portfolio companies.

DLA Piper consistently ranks among the very top law firms
representing clients globally based on the number of mergers
and acquisitions and private equity transactions completed each
year. In 2012, we were ranked #1 in M&A deal volume and mid-
market deal volume in the global M&A legal advisor league
tables produced by Mergermarket and Thomson Reuters for
2012. These positive rankings reflect our involvement in nearly
500 transactions valued at approximately US$90 billion. We also
ranked #1 in the world for total Private Equity deal volume in
2012 according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

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Firm Contacts:
Brendan Head
[email protected]
Steven Napolitano
[email protected]

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Edelman

Sponsoring Member
200 East Randolph Drive
64th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/240-3000
www.edelman.com

Year Founded: 1952

Firm Type: Marketing/PR

Description: Edelman is a leading global communications
marketing firm that partners with many of the world’s largest
and emerging businesses and organizations, helping them
evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. We
combine the focus of a financial boutique with the resources of
a global agency to meet the needs of venture capital and private
equity firms and their portfolio companies, worldwide.

Firm Contacts:

Jeff Zilka
[email protected]

Chuck Kaiser
[email protected]

Julie Crothers
[email protected]

Justin Frakes
[email protected]

Alaina Kleinman
[email protected]

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EmPowerHR

55 W. Monroe, Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/878-3179
www.empowerhr.com
Year Founded: 1994
Firm Type: HR Consulting
Description: EmPowerHR is a Chicago based Professional
Employer Organization (PEO) and Human Resources
Management firm. EmPowerHR also offers Benefits & Payroll
Consulting. Our mission is to be an essential component of our
client's success by supporting them with our HR expertise and
experience thus giving them more time to manage their
businesses.
Firm Contacts:
Scott Carter
[email protected]

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EY

Sponsoring Member
155 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/879-2000
www.ey.com

Year Founded: 1989

Firm Type: Accounting

Description: EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction
and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver
help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in
economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who
team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so
doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world
for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or
more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited,
each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global
Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide
services to clients.

For more information about our organization, please visit
ey.com.

Firm Contacts:

Jeff Hecht (Tax)
[email protected]

Tom Johannesen (Tax)
[email protected]

John Kavanaugh (Assurance)
[email protected]

Ryan Ross (Tax)
[email protected]

Aaron Scherer (Transactions)

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Freeborn & Peters

311 South Wacker Drive
Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/360-6000
www.freeborn.com

Year Founded: 1983

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: Freeborn & Peters LLP is a full-service law firm,
headquartered in Chicago, with international capabilities.
Freeborn is always looking ahead and seeking to find better
ways to serve its clients. It takes a proactive approach to ensure
its clients are more informed, prepared and able to achieve
greater success not just now, but also in the future. While the
firm serves clients across a very broad range of sectors, it has
also pioneered an interdisciplinary approach that serves the
specific needs of targeted industries, including food,
transportation, private equity and venture capital, and insurance
and reinsurance.

Freeborn is a firm that genuinely lives up to its core values of
integrity, caring, effectiveness, teamwork, and commitment, and
embodies them through high standards of client service and
responsive action. Its lawyers build close and lasting relationships
with clients and are driven to help them achieve their legal and
business objectives.

For more information, please visit www.freeborn.com.

Firm Contacts:

Gary Jungels
[email protected]

Jeff Mattson
[email protected]

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Sponsoring Member
77 West Wacker Drive
Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/456-8400
www.gtlaw.com

Year Founded: 1967

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: Greenberg Traurig's Private Equity and Venture
Capital Practice is a multi-disciplinary team of experienced
lawyers focused on private equity fund formations and
transactions. Our private equity attorneys capitalize on our depth
in mergers and acquisitions and finance, as well as the range of
complementary practice areas necessary to support complex
private equity transactions, including sophisticated tax, antitrust,
employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental
and intellectual property counsel.

We represent all types of private equity funds and pooled
investment vehicles, including buyout, mezzanine, hedge,
venture, real estate, energy, infrastructure, debt funds, and non-
registered investment funds. We offer efficient, cutting-edge
legal solutions to our private equity client base, which includes
over 100 funds and sponsor groups. We represent funds ranging
in size from first time funds to funds with billions of dollars of
assets under management. We are experienced counseling
funds, sponsors and management teams on virtually all legal and
structural matters that may be encountered at every stage of the
fund life cycle, from formation through investment through exit.

Firm Contacts:

Ameer Ahmad
[email protected]

Peter Lieberman
[email protected]

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Todd Mazur
[email protected]
Gary Silverman
[email protected]
Chad Striker
[email protected]

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Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered

500 West Madison
Suite 3700
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312/606-3200
www.hmblaw.com

Year Founded: 1975

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: Horwood Marcus & Berk combines the resources
and diversity of a large commercial law practice with the
entrepreneurial atmosphere and creativity of a smaller law firm.
The firm is committed to producing excellent, cost-effective,
timely work for its clients in a sophisticated environment.
Formed in 1975 as a tax boutique, HMB evolved into a business
law firm of over 40 attorneys serving privately held, middle-
market clients in areas including finance, mergers and acquisition
and general corporate representation. In private equity, HMB
lawyers have represented venture capitalists in many successful
fund raisings and have negotiated and documented private
equity investments in industries including outsourced business
services, telecommunications and other information technology,
health care and consumer products and services. HMB
frequently works with its clients to grow private-equity backed
businesses both organically and through acquisitions and to
achieve successful exits from private equity investments. HMB
often co-counsels with larger law firms that offer specialized
services in areas such as asset securitization, public securities
offerings and antitrust. Visit HMB at www.hmblaw.com.

Firm Contacts:

Jeffrey Hechtman
[email protected]

James Jerue
[email protected]

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Houlihan Lokey

123 North Wacker Drive
4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/456-4700
www.HL.com

Year Founded: 1972

Firm Type: Investment Banking

Description: Houlihan Lokey is an international investment
bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets,
financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm serves
corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with
offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Independent
advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of our commitment to
client success across our advisory services. Houlihan Lokey is
ranked as the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $3
billion, the No. 1 global restructuring advisor, and the No. 1
M&A fairness opinion advisor for U.S. transactions over the past
10 years, according to Thomson Reuters. For more information,
please visit www.HL.com.

Firm Contacts:

Kreg Jackson
[email protected]

Jeff Stern
[email protected]

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Jenner & Block LLP

353 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312/222-9350
www.jenner.com

Year Founded: 1914
Firm Type: Law Firm
Description: The Chicago office is Jenner & Block’s first and
largest office -- the birthplace and center from which the firm
has built its reputation and culture. The firm first opened its
doors in 1914 as Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern, a three-
person firm located in downtown Chicago in a building that was
erected soon after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Today,
Jenner & Block is one of the largest law firms in Chicago.
Approximately 330 of the firm’s lawyers are based in the firm’s
1.1-million-square-foot office at 353 N. Clark, in a Class A,
LEED-certified office tower.

Firm Contacts:
Mark Harris
[email protected]
Alan Roth
[email protected]

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Jones Day

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/782-3939
www.jonesday.com
Year Founded: 1893
Firm Type: Law Firm
Description: Jones Day is a global law firm with 42 offices in
major centers of business and finance throughout the world. Its
unique governance system fosters an unparalleled level of
integration and contributes to its perennial ranking as among
the best in the world in client service.
Firm Contacts:
Lisa Lathrop
[email protected]
Mike Earley
[email protected]

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JP Morgan

10 S. Dearborn
IL1-0135, 8th floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/732-5933
www.jpmorgan.com
Year Founded: 1987
Firm Type: Wealth Management
Description: JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial
services firm with assets of $2.3 trillion, operations in more than
100 countries and 200,000 employees worldwide. We are a
leader in asset management, investment banking, financial
services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking
and financial transaction processing.

As a global leader in asset and wealth management services,
J.P. Morgan serves three distinct client groups through three
businesses: institutions and retail clients through JPMorgan
Asset Management and private clients through the Private Bank
and Private Wealth Management.

Firm Contacts:

Kathryn Konrad
[email protected]

Mark Witt
[email protected]

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

525 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60661-3693
Phone: 312/902-5200
www.kattenlaw.com

Year Founded: 1974

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP ("Katten") is a firm
of first choice for clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal
service worldwide. Our more than 600 attorneys located across
the United States and in London and Shanghai serve public and
private companies, including a third of the Fortune 100, as well
as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and
individuals. Katten's core practices include corporate, private
equity, tax, commerical finance, real estate, financial services,
litigation, insolvency and restructuring and trusts and estates.
We partner with clients from the start. Knowing the law is not
enough: we demonstrate value by addressing our clients' legal
needs in a manner consistent with the big picture. For
additional information, visit http://www.kattenlaw.com.

Firm Contacts:

Brooks Giles
[email protected]

Saul Rudo
[email protected]

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

333 W. Wacker Drive
Suite 2600
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/857-7070
www.kelleydrye.com

Year Founded: 1836

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: Kelley Drye is an international multidisciplinary
law firm with over 300 attorneys. Kelley Drye, which was
founded more than 165 years ago, and has 8 offices and affiliate
offices worldwide. In more than 20 practice areas, we provide
exceptional legal counsel that reflects the extensive experience,
proven capabilities and industry expertise for which our attorneys
are known.

Kelley Drye's Private Equity group represents private equity,
venture capital and other private investment firms investing in or
acquiring portfolio companies, as well as companies seeking
capital from such funds. The firm has done extensive work for
major private equity firms, yet is equally respected for its deep
involvement with early-stage companies that benefit from the
group's venture capital and private equity track record and
current-market experience. Kelley Drye's team is known for its
keen business sense, responsiveness and superior quality. Kelley
Drye brings broad industry experience to bear, including
biotechnology, clothing and apparel, computer software and
hardware, entertainment, financial services, health care,
information technology, insurance, media, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.

Firm Contacts:

Tim Lavender
[email protected]

Andrew Pillsbury
[email protected]

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Sponsoring Member
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312/861-2000
www.kirkland.com

Year Founded: 1909

Description: Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an international law firm
with approximately 1,600 lawyers in Beijing, Chicago, Hong
Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo
Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington, DC. Kirkland
has an ever-expanding private equity client base including
venture capital/private equity firms, funds, and investors of all
types, large and small, domestic and foreign, regulated and
unregulated. This client base covers all stages of investment
including start-up capital, growth capital, mature private equity,
buyouts and other leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations,
and troubled company restructurings both in and outside of
bankruptcy. Representative clients include affiliates of money
center banks and other financial institutions, private venture
capital funds, pension funds, and mutual funds. Kirkland is able
to assist clients in evaluating and executing investments across a
wide spectrum of industries.

Firm Contacts:

Jeff Hammes
[email protected]

Jack Levin
[email protected]

Matt Steinmetz
[email protected]

Jon Ballis
[email protected]

Sandy Perl
[email protected]

Ryan Harris 186
[email protected]

KPMG LLP

AON Center
200 E Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601-6436
Phone: 312/665-1000
www.kpmg.com

Year Founded: 1897

Firm Type: Accounting

Description: KPMG operates in over 150 countries with more
than 150,000 professionals working in member firms around the
world. KPMG's Venture Capital practice offers a range of services
specifically designed to support VC/PE firms and their portfolio
companies as they navigate each stage of development from
idea through exit.

KPMG provides integrated audit, tax, and advisory services
designed to meet the unique needs of our clients and can assist
with:

• Tax planning and compliance
• Financial statement audits and reviews
• Revenue models and revenue recognition
• Accounting for equity transactions, such as preferred stock

and warrants
• Accounting for stock-based compensation
• Risk, governance, and controls
• IT advisory
• Due diligence
• M&A and IPO readiness

Firm Contacts:

Dan Creamean
[email protected]

Alex Miller
[email protected]

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Kutchins, Robbins & Diamond, Ltd.

Sponsoring Member
1101 Perimeter Drive
Suite 760
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: 847/240-1040
www.krdcpas.com

Year Founded: 1993

Firm Type: Accounting, Audit & Assurance, Tax Consulting and
Preparation, Business Valuations, Business & Financial Advisory
Services.

Description: The founding partners of KRD have been
providing financial advice to clients for over three decades.
Today, we are a rapidly growing accounting and business
advisory services firm--large enough to handle your most
complex challenges yet small enough to offer you the
personalized service you deserve.

Our team of professionals comprises a wealth of specialized
experience. Believing firmly that our success is a function of our
client successes, we strive to be proactive, involved and
resourceful. Whether your portfolio companies are looking to
acquire new accounting software, increase sales, improve profit
margins, expand their business operations or are thinking of
buying, selling, merging or acquiring, we have the knowledge
and expertise to assist them.

We began as a value-oriented organization with high
professional standards. Today we continue this mindset by
serving our clients with quality and integrity. Our technology
resources are state of the art and our working environment is
team-oriented and supportive. KRD occupies contemporary
office quarters in Schaumburg, the heart of Chicago's northwest
business corridor.

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Firm Contacts:
David Diamond
[email protected]
Jonathan Gozdal
[email protected]
Saul Jimenez
[email protected]
Allen Kutchins
[email protected]
Jon Segal
[email protected]

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Latham & Watkins LLP

330 N Wabash Ave
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/876-7700
www.lw.com

Year Founded: 1934

Firm Type: Law Firm

Description: Worldwide, companies and investors seeking
innovative solutions to their most complex challenges turn to
Latham & Watkins for its strategic thinking and experienced
advice. In handling some of the most significant and ground-
breaking cross-border matters, we pride ourselves on our ability
to field the appropriate team of experts for each client
assignment.

• Established as one of the world’s premier, full-service business
law firms

• Leadership in M&A, capital markets, restructuring, tax,
company representation and corporate finance, intellectual
property, technology transactions, antitrust and competition
law, complex litigation, employment and compensation and
other essential areas of business law

• Integrated client service worldwide - through a network of
more than 2,000 lawyers around the globe

• Office locations in the world’s leading business and financial
centers

• Few firms can match the depth and breadth of our geographic
platform and legal expertise

• Latham offers innovative solutions to clients’ most complex
business and industry issues

Firm Contacts:

Nabil Sabki
[email protected]

Alan Van Dyke
[email protected]

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Locke Lord LLP

111 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/443-0700
www.lockelord.com
Year Founded: 1914
Firm Type: Law Firm
Description: Locke Lord represents clients in private equity and
venture capital across a spectrum of industries including energy,
telecommunications, technology, real estate, health care, life
sciences and others. The firm also has deep strength in corporate
and transactions, litigation, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual
property, financial institutions and fund formation.
Firm Contacts:
John Eisel
[email protected]
Tamer Tullgren
[email protected]

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Martin Partners

224 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312/922-1800
www.martinpartners.com
Year Founded: 1995
Firm Type: Executive Recruiter
Description: Martin Partners is a retained executive search firm
servicing the private equity and VC community. We recruit
senior level management team members to portfolio companies
across all functional areas. We also recruit key infrastructure
players directly to the PE/VC firms(e.g. CFO, IT, HR, Controller)
as well as Partners, VPs, and Associates.
Firm Contacts:
Ted Martin Jr.
[email protected]

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