ULG Acquires VIA, Pushes Annual Revenue Past USD 100m
ULG acquired legal and compliance specialist VIA and continues to execute its acquisitions-led growth strategy. Legal dispute between founder Brink and ULG resolved.
Northern Pacific Group
How ULG’s Investors Ousted Jeff Brink
After buying into his idea of executing an aggressive acquisition strategy backed by outside funding, ULG’s financial investor Northern Pacific Group decided Jeff Brink was not the right person to lead the company he founded.
Toppan to Combine Translation Units After Buying Merrill’s Capital Markets Business
Printing giant Toppan Leefung acquires Capital Markets and Compliance business from competitor Merrill Corporation. Combined translation unit employs 120 in-house translators.
Rolling It Up: Jeff Brink on Creating United Language Group
CEO of newly created United Language Group Jeff Brink speaks about what made him get back into the industry and outlines how the Merrill Brink and KJI acquisitions were just the start in executing the company’s private-equity-backed growth strategy.
Merrill Spinoff ULG Discloses Added Private-Equity Backing, Acquires KJI
Investment firm Yukon Partners among the group of financial backers behind the newly formed United Language Group. Shopping spree starts with acquisition of Minneapolis-based language services provider KJ International.
Slator 2022 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
44-pages on 2022 translation and localization industry acquisitions and translation startup investments, with valuations, deal rationale.
United Language Group Promotes Nicolas McMahon to CEO
Nicolas McMahon takes over from Kristen Giovanis as CEO of United Language Group (ULG). Talks about core Translation and Interpretation business lines, adding a new unit.
Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download the Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 60 language industry M&A and 15 start-up and tech funding rounds.
The 22 Private Equity Firms Backing Some of the Biggest Language Service Providers
Detailed list of 22 private equity firms invested in some of the world's largest LSPs incl. key people, AUM, year of investment, typical holding period and more.
Brink Is Back With Big Language Solutions, Buys Protranslating
Undeterred by the 2016 ULG saga, industry veteran Jeff Brink teams up with a private equity firm to buy Florida’s Protranslating and launch a buy-and-build strategy.
Slator 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator covered in 2018.
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