Deal Details

Guidehouse Acquires Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory

Technology & Services

Guidehouse, a portfolio company of Veritas, acquisition of Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory

Summary

Guidehouse (the "Company"), a portfolio company of Veritas Capital ("Veritas"), has acquired Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory.

Baird served as exclusive financial advisor to Guidehouse and Veritas on this transaction.

About

Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory serves executives and managers at all levels of government to maximize performance and efficiency. Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory is widely recognized for its thought leadership in analyzing and recommending solutions to government’s greatest challenges. Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory is based in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Guidehouse’s acquisition of Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory represents the following M&A themes: (1) diversified tech-enabled services firms investing in both commercial and government market verticals; (2) portfolio shaping through strategic divestitures; and (3) private equity building platforms of scale through highly accretive M&A.

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. Guidehouse helps clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, Guidehouse creates scalable, innovative solutions that help clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The Company has approximately 16,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Veritas Capital is a longstanding technology investor with a focus on companies operating at the intersection of technology and government. Veritas invests in companies that provide critical products, software, and services, primarily technology and technology-enabled solutions, to government and commercial customers worldwide. Veritas seeks to create value by strategically transforming companies in which it invests through organic and inorganic means. Veritas is headquartered in New York, New York.

Technology & Services

Guidehouse, a portfolio company of Veritas, acquisition of Grant Thornton Public Sector Advisory