CSW Private Equity, LLC Information

Cordova, Smart & Williams, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital transactions in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in families seeking liquidity, shareholders looking to recapitalize, companies seeking growth through acquisitions, companies seeking new market expansion (geographic, consumer or product), or large corporations selling orphan divisions or operations that are no longer a strategic fit with their parent organizations. It seeks to invest in consumer (from manufacturing to retail) and general industrial (from manufacturing to distribution and business services) businesses. It does not invest in start-ups, technology, health care, telecommunications, and real estate companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in United States. It allocates between $10 million and $20 million per investment but is well positioned to invest in both larger and smaller transactions. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenue between $25 million and $350 million. It prefers to be a controlling or strategic minority investor in its portfolio companies. Cordova, Smart & Williams, LLC was founded by Carl C. Cordova III, Michael A. Smart, and Christopher J. Williams, and is based in New York City.