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Mintz Advises Charlesbank Capital Partners on Strategic Investment with IMPLAN Group

Mintz advised Charlesbank Capital Partners (“Charlesbank”), a middle-market private equity firm with more than $22 billion in total assets, on a strategic investment with IMPLAN Group LLC (“IMPLAN”), a leading provider of economic impact data and analytical software. 

 

The investment will help IMPLAN accelerate its development of new product capabilities, expansion of datasets, and growth of geographic coverage. 

 

The Mintz team was led by Private Equity Co-chair Gregory Fine and Associate Zachary Liebnick.

 

Mintz’s full-service cross-border private equity practice supports the needs of US and Canadian sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as sellers and management teams engaging in transactions with financial buyers. With the most integrated cross-border team among North American law firms, Mintz provides seamless service on transactions involving US and Canadian businesses and investors. 

 

Additional information about the investment can be found here.

 

About Charlesbank

Based in Boston and New York, Charlesbank Capital Partners is a middle-market private investment firm with more than $22 billion in total assets.* Charlesbank focuses on management-led buyouts, growth capital financings, opportunistic credit, and technology investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies with sustainable competitive advantage and excellent prospects for growth. For more information, please visit www.charlesbank.com.

 

About IMPLAN 

As a leading provider of economic analytics software, IMPLAN has spent more than 40 years bringing actionable insights to corporations, energy companies, financial services organizations, colleges and universities, governments, trade associations, real estate firms, and consultants. IMPLAN’s 1K+ clients can leverage IMPLAN’s technology to study the economic impact of a policy, model risk, measure industry shifts, identify a new business location, and quantify an organization's economic contributions. For more information, please visit implan.com.

 

About Mintz

Mintz is a litigation powerhouse and business accelerator serving leaders in life sciences, private equity, energy, and technology. The world’s most innovative companies trust Mintz to provide expert advice, protect and monetize their IP, negotiate deals, source financing, and solve complex legal challenges. The firm has over 600 attorneys across offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington, DC, San Francisco, San Diego, and Toronto.

 

Media Contacts:

Contact for Mintz:

Liz Bradley

[email protected]

 

Contact for IMPLAN:

Courtney Joslin / Isabel Hughes
BAM The Agency
[email protected]

 

Contacts for Charlesbank:

Ryan FitzGibbon / Alexa Ottenstein / Peter Gavaris

Prosek Partners

[email protected] 

 

*Figure as of 9/30/24. Total assets reflects the total of (1) the fair market value (FMV) of investments held by the funds, including all related vehicles; (2) the FMV of investments held by entities included in the Fund IX Overage Program; (3) uncalled committed capital for each fund or related investment vehicle; (4) the FMV of investments held by third-party investors in Charlesbank-sponsored co-investment vehicles, including uncalled committed capital for such vehicles; and, (5) uncalled committed leverage available to the Charlesbank Credit funds.