Goodwin represented the principals of Evercore’s Mexican private equity business, Evercore Mexico Capital Partners (EMCP), in acquiring control of EMCP from Evercore (NYSE: EVR). Glisco Partners Inc., a new entity formed by EMCP’s principals, will assume all responsibility for management of the existing EMCP funds, which currently manage $266 million of invested capital.
Glisco is a newly created, independent private equity firm, organized to manage the invested capital in Evercore Mexico Capital Partners Funds II and III, and successor funds. Glisco is focused on making influential minority investments in high-growth, middle-market Mexican companies, and partnering with these companies’ equity owners and management teams to create shareholder value.
Established in 1995, Evercore is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm. Evercore advises a diverse set of investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions and issues and provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities.
The Goodwin team representing the Glisco team was led by partners Josh Klatzkin (Private Equity), David Patton (Tax) and associates Betsy Burke, Rachel Mitchell Smith and William McCurdy.
For more information on the transaction, please view the press release.