Calfee Partner Brent Pietrafese Leads Legal Deal Team for Client CW Industrial Partners in Sale of CWI’s Ripley Tools to Hubbell Incorporated

Brent M. Pietrafese, Partner and Vice Chair of Calfee's Corporate and Finance practice group, represented client, CW Industrial Partners, LLC (CWI) in connection with the sale of its portfolio company Ripley Tools, to Hubble Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB). The Calfee deal team was led by Adam Pretty and included Senior Counsel  Elizabeth (Lisa) Zoller Golish and Associates Anthony (Tony) J. Cox, Olivia Gipson. 

CW Industrial Partners is an industrial focused private equity firm that is backed by knowledgeable investors who partner with it in finding, vetting, and owning companies. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, CW Industrial Partners acquires lower middle-market companies in manufacturing and industrial services industries and gives them the capital, support, and freedom to grow. Recent acquisitions include Bryant Products, ERL, Libra Industries, Essco, Ohio Blow Pipe, C&M Conveyor, Safe-Way Garage Doors, and GEMCITY. Founded in 1999, the firm’s investors are primarily successful entrepreneurs and executives who contribute to the evaluation and investment process.

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