Ropes & Gray Advises Audax Private Equity in its Investment in Centerline Communications
Ropes & Gray advised Audax Private Equity in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Centerline Communications LLC from Wincove Private Holdings, LP and Stone-Goff Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction was announced on Jan. 11, 2022 in a press release.
Centerline Communications is a leading professional services organization focused on the design, build, and maintenance of wireless and wireline network infrastructure. Audax Private Equity has invested over $8 billion in more than 150 platforms and over 1,000 add-on companies, and is currently investing out of its $3.5 billion, sixth private equity fund.
The Ropes & Gray team that advised Audax was led by private equity partner Ken Chow, and included private equity associate Joshua Coombes, tax partner Lee Allison, private equity partner Adam Leamon, litigation & enforcement counsel Steven Kaye (all of Boston), mergers & acquisitions counsel Thomas Burke (New York), benefits partners Jennifer Rikoski (Boston) and Matt Jones (Chicago), labor & employment partner Megan Bisk (Boston), litigation & enforcement partner Thomas Brown (New York), senior counsel David Mandel (Boston), and real estate partner Peter Alpert (Boston).