Ropes & Gray Advises AWP Safety in Strategic Acquisition of RHV Capital’s Traffic Control Group

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August 8, 2023

Ropes & Gray advised AWP Safety, a leading provider of safety traffic control solutions, in its strategic acquisition of RHV Capital’s Traffic Control Group. Terms of the transaction we not disclosed. The acquisition was announced in a press release on August 2.

AWP Safety is majority-owned by Kohlberg & Company. RHV Capital's Traffic Control Group is comprised of three regional entities, and Texas Traffic and Barricade. The acquisition further expands AWP Safety’s position as a leading traffic control safety company to the North American utility, broadband, and infrastructure-end markets.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity partner Andrew Silver and senior associate Doug Giannantonio, tax partner Aaron Harsh and counsel Michael Mendel, employment partner Stephanie Bruce, executive compensation & benefits partner Jenny Rikoski, real estate investments & transactions partner David Kaye, and litigation & enforcement partner Samer Musallam.