Merrill A. Ulmer

Merrill A. Ulmer is a Connecticut and New York corporate and private equity attorney who practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and related equity and debt financings for private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Ms. Ulmer also has extensive experience in venture capital transactions, general corporate and securities matters, and private equity and venture capital fund formation and compliance matters.

Ms. Ulmer's representative matters include:

• represented Epic iO, a leading provider of software-focused technology solutions to businesses, in its acquisition of Twenty20 Solutions, a global provider of automation and security technology, smart surveillance, monitoring and access control solutions
• represented North American Rail Solutions in connection with its acquisitions of Condor Signals and Communications, based in Oakville, Ontario, and West Rail Construction LLC, based in Vancouver, Washington
• represented American Track Services in connection with its acquisition of Universal Rail Systems, a Canadian provider of inspection, maintenance, repair and specialized construction services for industrial railroad infrastructure
• represented DFW Capital Partners in connection with its investment in Kept Companies, a leading provider of mobile power washing, specialty cleaning and maintenance services to commercial, industrial, transportation and government markets
• represented Aqualis, a leading national provider of sustainable water management services, in connection with the acquisition of assets of Northern Pipe Inc., a wastewater and stormwater collection services and hydro-excavation company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the assets of Stormwater Solutions Engineering LLC, a leading civil engineering firm specializing in managing the treatment, storage and safe passage of stormwater, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• represented American Track Services in connection with the acquisition of The Railroad Associates Corp. (TRAC), based in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
• represented DFW Capital Partners in connection with the sale of ReSource Pro, a leading provider of strategic business process management and outsourcing to the insurance industry, to funds affiliated with Kelso & Co.
• represented DFW Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of American Track Services, a leading provider of inspection, maintenance, repair and specialized construction services for industrial railroad infrastructure
• represented VertexOne, a leading provider of enhanced software as a service (SaaS) solutions to the utility industry, in connection with its acquisition of EC Infosystems, a leading provider of customer information systems, billing and electronic data interchange to retail energy companies in North America
• represented DFW Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of Industrial Security Integrators, a leading provider of technology-based compliance and cybersecurity services based in Herndon, Virginia
• represented DFW Capital Partners in connection with the formation of Vantage Insurance Partners and several platform and follow-on acquisitions for Vantage
• represented a Fortune 50 company in connection with numerous venture capital investments in pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer products companies