Chesapeake Corporate Advisors Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor
Baltimore, MD – November 19, 2024 – Chesapeake Corporate Advisors (“CCA”) is pleased to announce it has served as the exclusive financial advisor to AMA Analytical Services (“AMA”), an environmental testing specialist, focusing on asbestos, metals, and microbial analysis in its sale to SGS, a leading testing, inspection, and certification company worldwide.
Headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, AMA provides the highest quality precision analyses and reliable, cost-effective services to the government, industrial, institutional, and commercial sectors. AMA has tailored its offerings to be able to serve customers of all types. The laboratory receives samples from Maryland, Virginia, the D.C. region, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Puerto Rico.
AMA CEO Todd Woerner commented, “CCA was integral in achieving a successful sale of AMA. We are grateful for their invaluable advice, deal leadership, and the efficiency with which they ran the sale process. With their expertise and guidance, we were able to achieve the best possible outcome for our owners and employees.”
Stuart Knott, who led the deal team for CCA , added, “AMA has long been recognized as a leading environmental lab in the Mid-Atlantic market. We were thrilled to advise ownership in executing a sale process, which ultimately led to the ideal partner for the management team and staff. Under the SGS platform, AMA will undoubtedly continue to prosper and serve a broader range of customers.”
In addition to Mr. Knott, CCA’s investment banking team on this transaction included Vice President Katie Kieran who focused on day-to-day execution and Analyst Miles Gally who provided financial modeling and deal execution support. Saul Ewing served as legal counsel to AMA.
About AMA Analytical Services
AMA Analytical Services is an environmental laboratory specializing in electron and optical microscopy as well as lead and microbial analysis. AMA has been serving Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area since 1985.
About SGS
SGS started in the 1870s and has transformed into a world-leading testing, inspection and certification company. SGS operates in several industry sectors with over 99,600 employees across 2,600 offices and laboratories.
About Chesapeake Corporate Advisors
Chesapeake Corporate Advisors is a boutique investment banking and corporate advisory firm providing strategic advisory services (value creation) and investment banking services (value realization) to companies in the lower middle market. For more information, visit www.ccabalt.com or call 410.537.5988.
