North America’s largest provider of engineered bulk transportation packaging solutions
December 2022
Gravis, is North America’s largest provider of engineered bulk transportation packaging solutions. The company leverages decades of product and supply chain expertise from the successful combination of its six legacy businesses — Bulk Lift International, Bagwell Supply, Norwood Paper, BulkSak, JumboBag and Powertex — to create custom solutions and a world class experience for its customers.
Gravis partners with customers to design and supply optimal bulk packaging solutions for the food & beverage, agriculture, chemicals, pharmaceutical and materials industries. Gravis offers a comprehensive portfolio of dry bulk transportation packaging products including Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs), Bulk Liners, Bulk Container Liners, Industrial Bags, Pallet liners, non-wood pallets and stretch films.
Deal Team
Brian McGee
Managing Partner
Brian McGee is a Managing Partner at New Water Capital with 25 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Before joining New Water, Brian was a senior member of the Transaction team at Sun Capital Partners, where he most recently served as a Principal. During his tenure at Sun Capital, Brian worked on 13 platform and add-on acquisitions. He executed a variety of transaction types, including, IPOs, bond exchanges, buy-side investment banking processes and bankruptcy auctions. In addition, Brian executed several financings, including asset-based loans, institutional and club term loans, unitranche structures, and mezzanine financings.
Prior to joining Sun Capital in 2007, Brian was a Senior Associate at Chanin Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on debt restructurings, special situations and bankruptcy advisory. Brian began his finance career with Banc of America Securities Investment Banking as an Analyst (promoted to Associate in 2003) in the Industrials Group.
Brian earned a BA in both Economics and Political Science from Davidson College.
Brian McGee
Managing Partner
Matthew Carlos
Principal
Matt Carlos is a Principal at New Water Capital with 14 years of private equity and banking experience. Before joining New Water in 2017, Matt was an Associate at Mangrove Equity Partners, a Florida-based private equity fund focused on lower-middle market buyouts in the manufacturing, industrial services, and consumer products space.
Prior to joining Mangrove Equity in 2015, Matt was an Analyst for BB&T Debt Capital Markets, working in underwriting and portfolio management for BB&T’s middle market industrials vertical. Matt began his finance career with Deutsche Bank Securities as an Analyst in the derivatives trading and risk group.
Matt earned a BS in Finance and a minor in Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida.
Matthew Carlos
Principal
Sandy Fleming
Vice President
Sandy Fleming is a Vice President who joined New Water in 2017 from JM Family Enterprises where he was an Investment Analyst. Prior to JM, Sandy held Investment Analyst roles at Dimension Capital Management, a wealth management firm, and Brighton House Associates, a middle market placement agent and advisory firm.
Sandy holds a BA in Economics from Wake Forest University.
Sandy Fleming
Vice President
Max Schoenheit
Senior Associate
Max joined New Water as an Associate in 2021 from Canaccord Genuity where he was an Investment Banking Analyst.
Max graduated with a BS in Finance from Florida State University and an MS in Finance from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management.
Max Schoenheit
Senior Associate
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