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Renewable Energy Group Acquires Amber Resources (dba Sawyer Petroleum) and Affiliates

January 4, 2022

Oil & Gas

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) has acquired Amber Resources, LLC (dba Sawyer Petroleum) and affiliated entities M.O. Dion & Sons and Amber Petroleum Products, expanding REG's downstream footprint in Southern California. The acquisition adds over 60 million gallons/year of diesel sales, a significant lubricants business (Shell Prestige distributor), eight locations including three cardlock sites, and is expected to be immediately accretive.

E2open Acquires Amber Road

July 2, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

E2open, an Insight Partners portfolio company, completed an all-cash tender offer and merger to acquire Amber Road for $13.05 per share, taking the formerly public global trade management software provider private. The deal, which integrates Amber Road's GTM capabilities into E2open's cloud-based supply chain platform, was supported by a $950 million one-loan debt facility arranged by Golub Capital.

Waverly Advisors Acquires NBW Capital, LLC

March 28, 2025

Financial Services

Waverly Advisors, a Birmingham-based RIA backed by Wealth Partners Capital Group and HGGC's Aspire Holdings, has acquired Boston-based NBW Capital, adding approximately $500 million of AUM and expanding Waverly into Massachusetts. The entire NBW team will join Waverly (except Ben Niedermeyer, who is retiring); the transaction closed on March 28, 2025 and is intended to bolster Waverly's equity strategy management capabilities.

WA Asset Management Acquires BT Wealth Management

June 30, 2022

Financial Services

WA Asset Management (WAAM), a Birmingham-based registered investment adviser, has acquired BT Wealth Management (BTWM), the wealth management division of Bennett Thrasher, LLP. The deal brings BTWM's 14-person team and approximately $1 billion in AUM into WAAM and establishes a strategic foothold for WAAM in Georgia (Atlanta and Savannah) to support further regional growth.

WA Asset Management Acquires Clark Financial Advisors

April 4, 2022

Wealth Management

WA Asset Management (WAAM), a Birmingham-based registered investment adviser, has acquired Clark Financial Advisors, a fee-only investment management and financial planning firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. The deal closed March 31, 2022, will add approximately $270 million of assets under management to WAAM, and brings the entire CFA team into WAAM; WAAM previously received a strategic growth investment from Wealth Partners Capital Group and HGGC in December 2021.

One Equity Partners and Buckthorn Partners Acquire Amey plc from Ferrovial

October 11, 2022

Infrastructure

One Equity Partners, alongside UK investment firm Buckthorn Partners, agreed to acquire UK infrastructure services and engineering consultancy Amey plc from Ferrovial in a transaction announced in 2022 (completed Dec 2022). Amey is a leading provider of transport infrastructure and public-sector facilities services in the United Kingdom with c.11,000–14,000 employees; the sale completed as part of Ferrovial’s exit from its services business.