NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvest Partners, LP (“Harvest”), a New York-based private equity firm, and the management team of Document Technologies, Inc. (“DTI” or the “Company”) announced today that they have completed a recapitalization of the Company resulting in a successful liquidity event for Quad-C Partners VII, L.P. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1998 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, DTI is one of the largest independent providers of outsourced litigation support services, including facilities management services and electronic and paper discovery solutions. DTI services top law firms, Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of small and mid-size corporations and law firms nationwide. DTI operates 27 facilities and has a presence in more than 70 markets across the U.S.
DTI’s management team, including Founder, President and CEO, John Davenport, Jr., will continue to lead the Company.
“DTI is in a great position to continue its strong growth both organically and through tuck-in acquisitions,” said Ira D. Kleinman, Senior Managing Director at Harvest Partners. “We are looking forward to partnering with John and his team to provide additional financial and strategic resources to continue to build on DTI’s success.”
“DTI has invested heavily in its service delivery platform over the past several years, building a leading, national provider of facilities management and discovery solutions,” said John Davenport, Jr., DTI’s Founder, President and CEO. “The Company is winning new business from existing and new customers due to our first-class capabilities and customer service, and the management team is excited to partner with Harvest.”
“DTI provides differentiated facilities management and discovery services due to the company’s highest quality employee base. We are hiring and expanding our team of experienced project managers, discovery consultants, attorneys and certified forensic examiners,” said Andrew M. Schoenthal, Managing Director at Harvest.
Senior debt was arranged by GE Capital and Golub Capital and mezzanine debt by Carlyle Mezzanine Partners. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Alvarez & Marsal advised Harvest. Robert W. Baird & Co., VRA Partners LLC, Bryan Cave LLP and White & Case LLP advised the Company and Quad-C Partners VII, L.P. Ira D. Kleinman and Andrew M. Schoenthal of Harvest will be joining DTI’s Board of Directors.
About Harvest Partners
Founded in 1981, Harvest Partners, LP (www.harvpart.com) is a leading New York-based private equity investment firm pursuing management buyouts and growth financings. Harvest focuses on acquiring profitable companies in the business and industrial services, manufacturing and distribution, midstream energy and consumer products and retail sectors. This strategy leverages Harvest’s over 30 years of experience in financing organic and acquisition-oriented growth companies.
About DTI
Document Technologies, Inc. is one of the largest independent providers of facilities management and discovery solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, DTI delivers end-to-end electronic and paper discovery solutions, including pre-litigation readiness consulting, forensics, data acquisition, processing, and an array of hosting platforms to meet a variety of litigation support needs. DTI customers include both top law firms and Fortune 500 corporations nationwide. DTI operates 27 facilities in the U.S. and has a presence in more than 70 markets. For more information, visit www.DTIglobal.com.