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DLA Piper Advises CM Equity Partners in Its Acquisition of Sabre Systems, Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DLA Piper advised CM Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests in aerospace and defense and federal services companies, in its acquisition of Sabre Systems, Inc. (Sabre).

Founded in 1989, Sabre provides cutting edge capabilities and solutions in digital transformation, software and systems engineering, cybersecurity, advanced communication technologies, and enterprise data management to US Navy, Air Force, Army, other Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies in support of national security.

Jeffrey Mark, Partner of CM Equity Partners, said: “The DLA team, led by Jeffrey Houle, co-chair of DLA Piper’s Aerospace, Defense and Government Services Transactional Practice, was great every step of the way. DLA was crucial in providing industry insights and top-tier legal strategies to bring this deal together.”

“It was a pleasure to advise CM Equity Partners in their partnership with Sabre, which will provide Sabre with the opportunity to increase its offerings and expand its customer base,” said Jeffrey Houle.

Along with Houle (Washington, DC), the DLA Piper team included partners Tom Pilkerton, Julia Kovacs and Jordan Bailowitz (all in Baltimore); of counsel Nia Brown (Washington, DC) and Brad Jorgensen (Atlanta); associates Jason Parfet (Austin), Aaron Bonner, Wei Li and Hungtington Domaine (all in Palo Alto), Hamrick Traneke (Washington, DC) and Hunter Winsauer (Houston), Sydney Hu (Atlanta); and attorney Cara Hupprich (Northern Virginia).

About CM Equity Partners

CM Equity Partners (www.cmequity.com), based in New York, NY, provides capital to the Federal services and aerospace and defense industries. For thirty years, CMEP has partnered with management teams to build value by leveraging its long-standing industry knowledge, relationships, operating experience, and its corporate finance, M&A, and private equity expertise. CMEP provides an active and collaborative management approach to its investments, developing long-term strategic plans and supporting re-investment of profits to grow and broaden a company’s revenue base and capabilities. CMEP’s investments are structured with flexibility across a broad spectrum of the capital structure, including equity, structured equity and mezzanine debt

About DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world. In certain jurisdictions, this information may be considered attorney advertising. dlapiper.com

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Geneva Youel, Media Relations, DLA Piper, +1 213 330 7779

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