Lakeside Partners Advises Buckles-Smith Electric on its Sale to Rexel USA

Lakeside Partners (“Lakeside”), a leading boutique investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Buckles-Smith Electric (“Buckles-Smith”) on its sale to Rexel USA. Buckles Smith is a premier electrical and industrial automation solutions provider for Northern California.

The transaction, led by Lakeside Partners Managing Partner, Josh Garner, bolsters the firm’s growing industrial distribution and services expertise. “We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to represent Buckles-Smith in this transaction,” Josh commented “It is very rewarding for us to represent such a high quality company that is led by wonderful people in an industry we know very well.”

Art Cook, owner and CEO of Buckles-Smith said, “I am very happy we chose to engage Lakeside Partners in the sale of Buckles-Smith.  The level of professionalism, dedication, and insightfulness their team brought to the table was critical to a successful outcome.  Their approach to the process was disciplined, but very personable and high touch, which helped me and my team feel like we had a partnership with Lakeside from start to finish.”

Lakeside led a competitive marketing process and managed all key aspects of transaction while emphasizing speed to close for its client, resulting in a successful outcome for all parties.

About Lakeside

Lakeside, which has offices in Seattle, WA and Minneapolis, MN, provides M&A advisory services to privately-held businesses.  The firm has extensive expertise serving businesses across multiple industry verticals including industrial distribution, transportation & logistics, niche manufacturing, consumer products, food & beverage, business services, and technology, among many others.

For more information about our firm or this transaction, please contact:

Tom Newell
Managing Partner
tnewell@lakesidepartners.com
206.295.9746

www.lakesidepartners.com