Imperial Capital and OPTrust Partner with Ackerman Security Systems

Torys acted as counsel to Imperial Capital and OPTrust with a team that included Stefan Stauder, Michael Pass and Meghan McKeever (M&A), Jonathan Wiener and Helen Shin (debt financing), Peter Keenan and Ari Feder (tax), Lynne Lacoursière and Tom Stevenson (benefits) and Christopher Caparelli (HSR).

On April 1, 2015, Imperial Capital Group of Toronto, together with its partner OPTrust Private Markets Group, announced that it completed an investment in Ackerman Security Systems. Ackerman is Imperial Capital's fifth investment from Imperial Capital Acquisition Fund V.

Ackerman Security Systems, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is s a leading provider of security system installation, servicing, and monitoring.

Imperial Capital is a Toronto-based private equity fund manager that focuses on buy-out opportunities in the Canadian and American mid-market.

OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada's largest pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan, a defined benefit plan with almost 84,000 members and retirees, with assets of C$16 billion.

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