Matt Preece

Matt is a Managing Director with Deloitte Corporate Finance as co-head of its Consumer & Retail Products and Services group. Prior to joining DCF, he served as a managing director and partner at McColl Partners where he primarily focused on consumer and retail transactions.

Previously, he worked at CapitalSouth Partners, a middle-market private equity fund, where he gained principal investing experience in leveraged buyouts, acquisition and growth financings, and recapitalizations. He also served as a Corporate Development Associate at TITAN Technology Partners and as a research analyst on PaineWebber’s equity derivatives trading desk in New York.

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• Spice World, Inc. on its recapitalization with Palladium Equity Partners, LLC.
• Kar Nut Products Company in its recapitalization with Palladium Equity Partners.
• Nothing Bundt Cakes, LLC on its sale to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
• Strength of Nature LLC on its sale to Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.
• Tiger-Sul Products LLC on its sale to Platte River Equity.
• Petri Baking Products, Inc. on the sale to Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
• Specialty Bakers, Inc. on its recapitalization with StoneBridge Partners.
• Klein-Becker USA on its sale of Strivectin to Catterton Partners.
• Hooters of America on its sale to H.I.G. and Karp Reilly.
• HyCite Enterprises on its recapitalization with Palladium Equity Partners.
• Bistro MD on its sale to AUA private equity Partners, LLC.
• Air Ventures on its sale to Emirates.
• Bone & Biscuit on its sale to PFM Capital, Inc.
• House & Garden, Inc. on its sale to Hydrofarm, Inc.
• Costanzo’s Bakery on its sale to PNC Riverarch Capital.
• JTM Foods, LLC (JJ’s Bakery) on its sale to a middle-market private equity firm.
• GSI Outdoors on its sale to Pelican International, Inc.
• Heidelberg Distributing Company on its sale to Redwood Capital Management.
• Vets Plus on its sale to a middle-market private equity firm.
• Soccer Shots Franchising on its sale to Susquehanna Private Capital.