A&O Shearman is representing CSW Industrials, Inc. in its USD650m acquisition of Motors & Armatures Parts, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity. The transaction, announced on October 1, 2025 in a press release, includes an earn-out valued at up to USD20m based on the achievement of revenue targets in the year after closing.
CSWI, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a diversified industrial growth company with industry-leading operations in three segments: contractor solutions, specialized reliability solutions, and engineered building solutions. In March, A&O Shearman represented CSW Industrials in its USD313.5m acquisition of Aspen Manufacturing.
"We're incredibly proud that A&O Shearman could once again represent CSW Industrials in a strategic acquisition that advances the company's long-term growth plans," said M&A partner Bobby Cardone. "This success reflects the seamless collaboration of our multi-practice, multi-office deal team, whose unified efforts were pivotal in delivering this important result."
The A&O Shearman team representing CSW Industrials is being led by Dallas-based M&A partner Bobby Cardone and associates Michael Walraven and Efren Lemus with the support of associates Samantha Favela and Hamza Mallick.
The deal team also includes tax partner Ryan Bray, antitrust partner Jonathan Cheng, compensation, employment, pensions and governance (CEPG) partner Melisa Brower, IP transactional partner JB Betker, environmental and sanctions partner Ken Rivlin, real estate partner Adam Sofen, debt finance partner Michael Steinberg, capital markets partners Bill Nelson and Taylor Landry, data and privacy partner Helen Christakos as well as M&A and private equity associate Emily Kenna, tax associate Michael Buiteweg, antitrust associates Regina Loureiro, Harlan Rosenson, and Andrew Shaeffer (NY-AT), CEPG associate Stephen Ponticiello, IP transactional associate Florence Duong, environmental and sanctions associates Brendan Holman and Jacob Ely, real estate associate Desiree Barbosa, debt finance associates Aylmer Wang and Becky Hval, capital markets associate Daniel Kim, and M&A associate Bertrand Nzabandora.