Carrie W. Ryan

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP provides legal services. It offers legal representation to public and private companies and charitable organizations, including health care providers, local and state governments, financial institutions, real estate developers, franchisors, distributors and pharmaceutical companies. It services includes finance, intellectual property, litigation, regulatory, employment, and labour and benefits. The company was founded by Frank F. Dinsmore in 1908 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Compass Diversified Holdings, a traded fund in New York Stock Exchange, seeks investment opportunities in small and middle-market companies located in North America with an enterprise value of USD 10-100 million and an annual EBITDA of at least USD 20 million. The fund targets companies operating in industrial and branded consumer sectors. It provides financing for acquisitions, buyouts, and later-stage capital requirements with transaction size ranging from USD 200-800 million utilizing debt and equity. It takes controlling interests and makes investments in public companies.

Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC acquires and manages a group of small and middle market businesses. It acquires controlling interests in and actively manages businesses that operate in industries with long-term macroeconomic growth opportunities; have positive and stable cash flows; face minimal threats of technological or competitive obsolescence and; have management teams largely in place. The company was founded on November 18, 2005 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Squire Sanders (US) LLP provides legal services. The company is a law firm that represents private companies. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Compass Group Management LLC (Compass Group Mgmt) is a private equity subsidiary of The Compass Group International LLC founded in 1998 by Alan B. Offenberg and Elias J. Sabo. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut with an additional office in Irvine, California.