Diversified Industries
Diversified Industries Investment Banking Group
Serving clients in the clean technology, engineering, industrial services, logistics, and packaging fields.
The Diversified Industries Investment Banking Group provides advisory and capital-raising services to companies and financial sponsors. The Group offers its clients advice and execution on mergers & acquisitions, access to public and private equity and debt capital, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions, in numerous industries ranging from aerospace and clean technology to engineering and logistics.
Areas of Expertise
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
The ADGS Investment Banking Group advises entrepreneurs, private equity firms and public and private companies serving the commercial aerospace, space, defense and government services sectors. The team initiates, structures, and negotiates mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as public and private debt and equity capital raises. Our success is driven by deep industry knowledge and broad sector relationships developed through the team’s 20+ years of serving the ADGS industry. Our extensive sector experience and relationships combined with Stifel’s full service investment banking capabilities give us the ability to develop creative solutions to complex situations and transactions. The ADGS team has completed over 150 transactions worth in excess of $20B over the course of their careers.
Agricultural Products & Technologies
With deep industry experience and a home office in St. Louis, a city entrenched in agricultural products and technologies, Stifel is a major player in assisting ag tech companies with capital raising, financing, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Our success is driven by expertise refined over countless transactions and an unparalleled dedication to client services. Our network of public and private industry contacts and extensive knowledge of the industry enable us to develop creative solutions for complex situations and transactions.
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers
Stifel’s Automotive team provides advisory and capital-raising services to leading global automotive OEMs, automotive suppliers, electrification and autonomous technology providers and financial sponsors. The team provides advice and execution on mergers & acquisitions, underwriting in the public and private equity and debt capital markets, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions and restructuring advisory through our wholly owned affiliate Miller Buckfire. The team consists of senior investment bankers who leverage their industry relationships and extensive transaction experience to deliver proactive ideas in a rapidly evolving global market.
Building Products
The Building Products Investment Banking Group initiates, structures, and negotiates mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and raises equity and debt in the public and private capital markets. We are committed to working with industry leaders in the light building products, home furnishings and heavy construction materials sectors. We understand how to position businesses that are driven by residential and non-residential construction and repair and remodeling spending, and we have broad experience working with companies navigating multi-channel distribution, including home centers, dealers, e-commerce marketplaces and consumers. During the past five years, our team has completed 25 transactions generating more than $5 billion in consideration.
Business Services
The Business Services Investment Banking Group initiates, structures, and negotiates mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as raises debt and equity. Our investment banking is specialized to serve companies across numerous product and service markets. Our network of public and private industry contacts and extensive knowledge of the industry enable us to develop creative solutions for complex situations and transactions.
Capital Goods
Stifel’s team of capital goods investment banking professionals leverages deep industry expertise and longstanding relationships to provide clients with unparalleled service and sound guidance. With experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, restructuring, advisory services, and more, Stifel serves as a trusted partner to companies in the capital goods space.
Education Services & Technology
Stifel’s Education Services & Technology Investment Banking Group offers full-service investment banking solutions to leading private and public companies in the education and knowledge sectors. These sectors include education technology, content and publishing, corporate training, early childcare, K-12, post-secondary and continuing education. Stifel offers both domestic and international clients advice and execution on public offerings, private capital, leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, and more. Our experience and extensive knowledge of the industry enable us to develop creative solutions for complex situations and transactions.
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure
The Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Services Investment Banking Group focuses on differentiated service providers that specialize on their skilled employee base, specialized fleet or capital base, and/or niche infrastructure end-market exposure. The group offers a broad range of products and services, including mergers and acquisitions advisory, fairness opinions, public and private equity, restructuring advisory, debt and convertibles. Over the past five years, our team has completed over 25 transactions worth in excess of $5 billion.
Industrial & Environmental Services
Stifel’s Industrial & Environmental Services investment banking team provides a full range of financial advisory and capital raising services to public and private companies and their shareholders. The team consists of senior investment bankers who leverage their industry relationships, extensive transaction experience, and product expertise to deliver proactive ideas, sound advice, and superior execution for their clients. Team members have completed over 150 transactions worth in excess of $140 billion over the past fifteen years in numerous sectors.
Industrial Technology
As a leading full-service investment bank, Stifel maintains relationships with the most influential business executives and financial sponsors in the Industrial Technology sector. Stifel’s Industrial Technology investment banking team provides in-depth coverage of a variety of Industrial Technology sub-sectors, including Industrial Electronics, Flow Control and Engineered Components. Stifel’s Industrial Technology team maintains one of the most active franchises on the street, with over 50 transactions completed in the past decade.
Legal & Professional Services
Stifel’s Legal Services Team is the largest investment banking team focused exclusively on legal funding in Europe. Our team of professionals are dedicated solely to law firms and litigation finance and has advised on multiple transactions across the capital structure (debt and equity, private and public), across the investment banking product set (public equity, private equity, M&A, structured debt), and across the globe (U.S., UK, continental Europe).
We advised Gerchen Keller on its disposal to Burford (the largest M&A deal in the sector to date), led the IPO of DWF (the premium listed international legal business) onto the Main List of the London Stock Exchange, and have raised hundreds of millions of dollars via structured private credit transactions for litigation finance platforms, giving us an unrivalled understanding of private cost of capital.
Maritime Services
The Maritime Investment Banking Group provides advisory and capital-raising services to leading U.S. and international companies and financial sponsors. The Group offers its clients advice and execution on mergers & acquisitions, underwriting for public and private equity and debt capital, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions and restructuring advisory through our wholly owned affiliate Miller Buckfire. The Group's clients include international and U.S. flag shipping companies, offshore oil service providers, port operators, and transportation equipment leasing companies.
Packaging
The Packaging Group provides full-service investment banking solutions, including mergers & acquisitions advisory, fairness opinions, public and private equity, debt, and convertibles. Our senior investment banking team has decades of experience working across both the strategic and private equity landscape, including relevant experience with flexible and rigid packaging, labels, paper packaging, packaging equipment, distribution, services and more.
Paper & Forest Products
The Paper & Forest Products Banking Group provides full-service investment banking solutions, including mergers & acquisitions advisory, fairness opinions, public and private equity, debt, and convertibles. Our senior investment banking professionals have deep relationships with industry participants and have completed numerous advisory and financing transactions across the sector.
Specialty Distribution
The Specialty Distribution Group serves client companies that operate a range of business models across diverse end markets. Stifel's specialty distribution clients are an essential part of the global supply chain and touch all aspects of the worldwide economy. Our senior investment banking team's deep specialty distribution industry knowledge and global relationships, paired with its extensive transaction experience with both strategic and private equity buyers, drive market-leading outcomes for clients.
Transportation & Logistics
The Transportation & Logistics Group provides a full range of financial advisory and capital raising services to public and private companies and their shareholders. The team serves global non-asset-based and asset-based businesses, including air and ocean freight forwarders, transportation management services providers, and value-added warehousing and distribution companies as well as truckload and less-than-truckload carriers, railroads, and air cargo companies. Our deep transportation and logistics industry knowledge and global relationships, paired with our extensive transaction experience, drive market-leading outcomes for our clients.
Vehicle Electrification
The Vehicle Electrification team provides advisory and capital-raising services to leading global electric light vehicle OEMs, electric commercial vehicle OEMs, electric vehicle services providers and suppliers of electric vehicle components, battery technologies, charging technologies and related systems. The Group offers its clients advice and execution on Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) mergers and Private Placement of Public Equity (PIPE) transactions, mergers & acquisitions, underwriting in the public and private equity and debt capital markets, and other financial advisory services.
Learn more about Stifel’s full suite of investment banking solutions for industrial clients.
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$ 172,499,859
Joint Bookrunner
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | October 2024
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | September 2024
$ 517,500,000
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | September 2024
C$ 25,000,150
Sole Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | September 2024
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | September 2024
$ 220,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Business Services | September 2024
$ 96,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | September 2024
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2024
Advisor to Seller
Capital Goods | August 2024
$ 395,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Industrial Technology | July 2024
Advisor to Buyer
Industrial & Environmental Services | July 2024
Sole Placement Agent
Business Services | July 2024
Advisor to Buyer
Business Services | July 2024
Advisor to Buyer
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | July 2024
$ 75,000,000
Joint Bookrunning Manager
Industrial Technology | June 2024
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2024
£ 188,194,390
Advisor to Seller
Paper & Forest Products | May 2024
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | May 2024
€ 40,300,000
Joint Global Coordinator / Joint Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | May 2024
$ 150,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | May 2024
$ 236,525,000
Left Bookrunner
Transportation & Logistics | May 2024
Advisor to Seller
Paper & Forest Products | May 2024
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | May 2024
$ 1,640,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger / Joint Bookrunning Manager
Capital Goods | May 2024
$ 94,300,000
Advisor to Sientra
Medtech | April 2024
$ 120,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | April 2024
$ 965,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | April 2024
$ 9,844,961
Sole Placement Agent
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | April 2024
Joint Corporate Broker
Business Services | April 2024
Advisor to Seller
Specialty Distribution, Packaging | April 2024
$ 538,000,000
Advisor to Buyer
Packaging | March 2024
$ 500,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2024
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | March 2024
$ 620,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Packaging | March 2024
$ 199,000,000
Investment Banker for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
Vehicle Electrification | March 2024
Advisor to Seller
Specialty Distribution, Building Products | March 2024
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2024
$ 205,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2024
$ 400,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Specialty Distribution, Building Products | February 2024
Advisor to Seller
Paper & Forest Products | February 2024
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | February 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions
Diversified Industries | January 2024
Advisor to Buyer
Transportation & Logistics | January 2024
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | December 2023
Financial Advisor
Industrial Technology | December 2023
Debt Placement Agent
Industrial Technology | December 2023
$ 70,000,000
Sole Placement Agent
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | December 2023
$ 700,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Packaging | November 2023
$ 1,425,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Packaging | November 2023
Advisor to Seller
Business Services | November 2023
$ 4,483,000,000
Financial Advisor
Capital Goods | October 2023
$ 1,200,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2023
Advisor to Buyer
Vehicle Electrification | October 2023
$ 1,600,000,000
Advisor to Buyer
Industrial Technology | October 2023
Advisor to Seller
Specialty Distribution | September 2023
Advisor to Seller
Diversified Industries, Paper & Forest Products | September 2023
Advisor to Buyer
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2023
$ 83,500,000
Advisor to Seller
Paper & Forest Products, Diversified Industries | June 2023
$ 517,500,000
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | June 2023
Advisor to Buyer
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2023
$ 34,931,250
Joint Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | May 2023
$ 98,900,000
Joint Bookrunner
Specialty Distribution | May 2023
£ 92,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | April 2023
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | April 2023
$ 65,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Transportation & Logistics | March 2023
Advisor to Buyer
Transportation & Logistics | March 2023
$ 230,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Specialty Distribution, Building Products | February 2023
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | February 2023
$ 500,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | January 2023
$ 300,000,000
Advisor to Buyer
Packaging, Paper & Forest Products | December 2022
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | December 2022
Advisor to Seller
Diversified Industries | December 2022
Advisor to Seller
Building Products | December 2022
Sole Placement Agent
Building Products | December 2022
Advisor to Seller
Maritime Services, Healthcare Services | December 2022
$ 62,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | November 2022
Advisor to Seller
Industrial Technology | November 2022
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | November 2022
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | November 2022
$ 75,000,000
Joint Placement Agent
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2022
$ 514,804,642
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2022
$ 80,000,000
Joint Placement Agent
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2022
Advisor to Seller
Education Services & Technology | October 2022
Advisor to Seller
Industrial Technology, Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | September 2022
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2022
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | September 2022
Advisor to Buyer
Paper & Forest Products | September 2022
C$ 13,800,000
Mergers & Acquisitions
Diversified Industries | August 2022
Advisor to Buyer
Industrial & Environmental Services | August 2022
$ 84,309,375
Joint Bookrunner
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | August 2022
$ 470,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2022
Advisor to Seller
Business Services | August 2022
Advisor to Seller
Building Products | July 2022
Advisor to Buyer
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2022
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | June 2022
$ 585,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Building Products | April 2022
$ 2,025,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Building Products | April 2022
$ 149,500,000
Joint Bookrunner
Specialty Distribution, Building Products | April 2022
$ 1,577,000,000
Capital Markets Advisor
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | March 2022
$ 230,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Capital Goods | March 2022
$ 120,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Industrial Technology | February 2022
$ 1,440,000,000
Financial Advisor
Capital Goods | February 2022
£ 130,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | January 2022
Exclusive Financial Advisor
Transportation & Logistics | January 2022
Advisor to Seller
Specialty Distribution | December 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | December 2021
Advisor to Buyer
Transportation & Logistics | December 2021
$ 295,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Industrial Technology | December 2021
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | December 2021
$ 150,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | December 2021
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | November 2021
C$ 20,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | November 2021
C$ 22,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | November 2021
$ 37,260,000
Advisor to Buyer
Diversified Industries | November 2021
$ 105,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | November 2021
Advisor to Seller
Specialty Distribution | November 2021
Advisor to Seller
Specialty Distribution | November 2021
$ 300,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Building Products, Specialty Distribution | October 2021
£ 50,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | October 2021
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | October 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2021
$ 155,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2021
$ 250,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | September 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2021
$ 4,100,000,000
Capital Markets Advisor
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | August 2021
Advisor to Buyer
Specialty Distribution | August 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | August 2021
$ 800,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Transportation & Logistics | July 2021
Advisor to Seller
Paper & Forest Products | July 2021
$ 2,642,000,000
Capital Markets Advisor
Specialty Distribution | July 2021
$ 375,000,000
Advisor to Buyer
Building Products | June 2021
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | May 2021
C$ 325,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Building Products | April 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | April 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | April 2021
C$ 75,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Building Products | April 2021
$ 72,680,000
Left Bookrunner
Packaging, Specialty Distribution | April 2021
Advisor to Seller
Building Products | April 2021
$ 920,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | March 2021
$ 230,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Automotive Aftermarket | March 2021
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | March 2021
$ 276,000,000
Left Bookrunner
Diversified Industries | February 2021
$ 194,000,000
Financial Advisor
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | December 2020
Advisor to Seller
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | December 2020
$ 993,000,000
Financial Advisor
Capital Goods | December 2020
Advisor to Seller
Business Services | December 2020
Advisor to Seller
Building Products | December 2020
€ 134,071,417
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | November 2020
$ 3,321,000,000
Joint Financial Advisor
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers | November 2020
$ 1,670,300,000
Joint Lead Manager
Building Products | November 2020
€ 30,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Business Services | November 2020
$ 92,000,000
Financial Advisor
Transportation & Logistics | November 2020
$ 933,000,000
Advisor to North American
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | October 2020
$ 890,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Aerospace, Defense & Government Services | October 2020
Advisor to Buyer
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | September 2020
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | August 2020
Advisor to Seller
Transportation & Logistics | July 2020
$ 160,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | July 2020
$ 6,600,000,000
Financial Advisor
Building Products | July 2020
Advisor to Seller
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | June 2020
$ 200,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers | June 2020
€ 50,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Business Services | June 2020
$ 20,000,000
Financial Advisor
Automotive OEMs & Suppliers | June 2020
$ 462,500,000
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | April 2020
$ 2,200,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Industrial & Environmental Services | March 2020
$ 772,000,000
Financial Advisor
Engineering & Construction, and Infrastructure | February 2020
$ 125,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Electronics & Industrial Technology | February 2020
$ 325,000,000
Sole Placement Agent
Industrial & Environmental Services | January 2020
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | December 2019
Advisor to Seller
Industrial & Environmental Services | October 2019
$ 492,000,000
Advisor to Ultrapetrol
Maritime Services | March 2017