October 2, 2017
Transaction Announcement
BOSTON, MA — Dunn Rush & Co. LLC is pleased to announce the completion of an advisory assignment for Legal Sea Foods, LLC in association with its recent growth capital financing. Dunn Rush & Co. served as placement agent in securing a subordinated debt facility provided by Seacoast Capital.
Legal Sea Foods (www.legalseafoods.com), is the leading branded seafood company, operating restaurants along the east coast of the U.S., serving 7 million customers annually in 35 restaurants under several concepts, including Legal Sea Foods, Legal Test Kitchen, Legal C Bar, Legal Harborside and Legal Fish Bowl. The Legal Sea Foods b
rand, embodying a passionate commitment to quality and freshness, also encompasses an e-commerce site as well as a burgeoning retail products division.
Seacoast Capital (www.seacoastcapital.com) invests non-controlling growth capital in partnership with management in lower middle market companies. Seacoast is industry agnostic and typically invests $5 million to $30 million of capital to support growth, refinancings, acquisitions, shareholder liquidity events, family wealth/ownership transfers, and partnership or management buyouts. Geographically, Seacoast invests anywhere in the United States. Now managing its fourth fund, Seacoast has managed over $600 million of capital, which the firm has invested in 69 non-controlling transactions.
Dunn Rush & Co. LLC was founded in 2009 to provide high quality merger and acquisition advisory services to middle market companies valued between $20 million and $250 million. Dunn Rush & Co. LLC has significant expertise in the following industry sectors: Business Services; Consumer; Defense & Security; Healthy Living; Instrumentation; Manufacturing & Distribution; Medical Technology & Services; and Technology, Software & Data Services. The Firm is a registered Broker-Dealer and is headquartered at 225 Franklin Street, Boston MA 02110. For further information, please visit our website at www.dunnrush.com or contact us at 617-451-0001.
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