Huron Capital Partners' Gretchen Perkins Honored As Mergers And Acquistions' Dealmaker Of The Year

DETROIT, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Gretchen Perkins of Huron Capital Partners LLC was recently named the 2014 M&A Mid-Market Dealmaker of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions.  Mergers & Acquisitions is a well-recognized and distributed media service devoted to covering dealmaking and transactions in the middle market.

In naming Perkins for this award, Mergers & Acquisitions Editor-in-Chief Mary Kathleen Flynn cited her for "embodying the rising importance of deal sourcing in today's highly competitive private equity marketplace."  Perkins was also acknowledged for serving as co-chair of the Public Policy Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth.  She is the first woman to win this award.

"On behalf of our entire team at Huron Capital, I congratulate Gretchen on this industry award," said Brian Demkowicz, Huron Capital's Managing Partner.  "Huron's robust deal origination model has been critical to our success over the years in driving strong levels of non-auction deal flow, in good times and bad.  Successfully executing on our strategy takes patience, discipline and significant coordination among our marketing, deal execution, portfolio management and administrative teams.  Gretchen brings tremendous energy and passion to this effort and has been a great ambassador for Huron as we reach out to business owners, executives, and intermediaries in the middle market."

Gretchen Perkins, a Partner at Huron Capital, added, "Deal sourcing is a team sport here at Huron Capital and I'm thrilled that our differentiated model is being recognized.  Every person here, from Senior Partners to Associates, is  actively engaged in the origination process, including company visits, city marketing trips, attending trade conferences, and speaking on panels.  All of these components provide for a more complete deal sourcing machine.  It is a delight to be working with such an incredible team and to be able to do it from our Detroit headquarters."

About Huron Capital Partners LLC

Based in Detroit, Huron Capital is an operationally-focused private equity firm with a long history of growing lower middle-market companies through its customized ExecFactor^SM buy-and-build investment model. Huron prefers complex situations where it can help companies reach their full potential by combining its operational approach, substantial capital base and transaction experience with proven operating executives. Founded in 1999, Huron has raised over $1.1 billion in capital through four committed private equity funds, invested in over 90 companies, and its portfolio companies have employed over 7,500 people throughout North America. The Huron ExecFactor^SM buy-and-build investment model includes equity recapitalizations, family succession transactions, market-entry strategies, corporate carve-outs and management buyouts of companies having revenues up to $200 million. Huron's sector focus includes specialty manufacturing, business services, consumer goods & services, and healthcare. For more information, please visit www.huroncapital.com.

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