Ropes & Gray Represents Gauge Capital in Strategic Investment in Exigo

Ropes & Gray represented Gauge Capital in connection with its recapitalization in partnership with the founders and management team of Exigo.  Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Dallas, Exigo’s Platform as a Service supports its direct selling customers with a comprehensive point-of-sale, commission management, reporting and customer relationship management platform.  Exigo’s clients operate in 120 countries and the software supports 30 languages and 40 currencies.  Gauge Capital is a leading middle-market private equity firm based in Southlake, Texas and manages more than $2 billion. 

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction was announced on March 21 in a press release. 

The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity partner Matthew Richards (Chicago), and included leveraged finance partner Gregory Bauer (Chicago), tax partner Pamela Glazier (Boston), benefits partner Matthew Jones (Chicago), litigation & enforcement partner Nicholas Berg (Chicago), IP transactions partner Edward Black (Boston), labor & employment counsel Jenny Cooper (Boston), IP transactions counsel Christopher Han (New York), mergers & acquisitions counsel Thomas Burke (New York), litigation and enforcement counsel Steven Kaye (Boston), benefits counsel Sharon Remmer (New York) and real estate counsel Laurie Nelson (New York).