May River Capital Completes Sale of Hunt Valve to Fairbanks Morse Defense

Chicago – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised May River Capital, on the sale of its portfolio company Hunt Valve to Fairbanks Morse Defense, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management.

May River Capital acquired Hunt Valve, a manufacturer of mission critical valves and actuators used in the highest-priority submarines, aircraft carriers, surface combatant vessels, and other maritime defense platforms, in 2015.

The Paul Hastings team was led by Private Equity partner Brian Richards, and included partner Jim Smulkowski; and associates Dan Miles, Dan O’Connor, and Kimberly Franssen.

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