Taft is pleased to have acted as legal counsel to Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) in the sale of Guardian Access Solutions (Guardian) to CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm.

Guardian provides complete design, installation, service, and preventative maintenance solutions for all major access control systems, including commercial gates, overhead doors, parking systems, and access control/CCTV. BMC is a lower middle market private investment firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and currently manages five different platforms across a variety of industries. Read the release here.

Taft’s legal team was led by Tracey Puthoff and included Dan Warncke, Brian Dershaw, Erica Spitzig, Tamara Miano, Melissa Kurzhals, Zach Heck, and Elizabeth Glotfelty.