Fortlane Partners advised Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (“LLCP”), a global middle-market private equity firm, announced that it has partnered with its founders, Claudio Tubach and Philipp Westphal, and the management team to acquire a majority interest in ENTRO Service GmbH (“ENTRO” or “the Company”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Established in 2022 by the founders and NGC Nachfolgekapital, ENTRO provides testing, inspection, repair and installation services to entrance, fire safety, and access control systems. With its holistic and OEM-independent service offering, ENTRO supports its more than 4,500 customers to navigate increasingly strict regulatory requirements for operational safety and to enable optimized operational efficiency. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, ENTRO provides nationwide coverage for its customers through its 16 locations and over 170 technicians.

The Commercial Due Diligence included an extensive analysis of ENTRO's business model, internal value chain, and customer relationships. In addition, Fortlane Partners assessed the size and growth prospects of ENTRO’s addressed market segments. The report also included a detailed analysis of the company’s competitive positioning and growth avenues.

We have conducted numerous commercial and strategic projects in the entrance, fire safety, and access control spaces as well as in regulatory-driven TICC, underlining our competence as advisor of choice in B2B services.

About ENTRO
Established in 2022 by the founders and NGC Nachfolgekapital, ENTRO provides testing, inspection, repair and installation services to entrance, fire safety and access control systems. With its holistic and OEM-independent service offering, ENTRO supports its more than 4,500 customers to navigate increasingly strict regulatory requirements for operational safety and to enable optimized operational efficiency. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, ENTRO provides nationwide coverage for its customers through its 16 locations and over 170 technicians.

About Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP)
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a global middle-market private equity firm with a 41-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including Business Services, Franchising & Multi-unit, Education & Training and Engineered Products & Manufacturing. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. LLCP believes that by investing in a combination of debt and equity securities, it offers management teams growth capital in a highly tailored, flexible investment structure that can be a more attractive alternative than traditional private equity. LLCP’s global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by 9 partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 20 years. Since inception, LLCP and its affiliates have managed approximately $18.1 billion of capital across nearly 20 investment funds and invested in approximately 120 portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages $12.7 billion of assets and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
 

Transaction Team

Dr. Gerrit Schütte
Managing Director

David Oesterschlink
Partner
Email

Maximilian Knirsch
Manager

Richard Nowack 

Senior Consultant

Jannis Sandow
Senior Consultant

Philip Scherbaum
Consultant

Urban Maier
Consultant

Finn Stöhr
Consultant