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River Associates Investments, L.P. and Horsepower Automotive Group
Platform acquisition deal· Chandler, AZ
Manufacturing, AZ.
No date on record · this record
- Announced
- Aug 31, 2026
- Firms on the deal team
- 2
- Capital providers
- 2
No date on record · this record
The buyer on this deal is not served as an independent sponsor (a strategic acquirer, or a lender recorded as the buyer). The deal team is shown, and it is not counted in any firm's independent sponsor deals.
Independent sponsor
No principal is named in the announcement.
Equity partners
- Abacus Finance Group, LLC · Equity providerTim Clifford, Eric Petersen, Greg Scanlon
- Abacus Finance Group, LLC · LenderTim Clifford, Eric Petersen, Greg Scanlon
Debt
- Abacus Finance Group, LLC · Equity providerTim Clifford, Eric Petersen, Greg Scanlon
- Abacus Finance Group, LLC · LenderTim Clifford, Eric Petersen, Greg Scanlon
The announcement
Abacus Finance Group provided senior debt financing to support River Associates' leveraged buyout of Horsepower Automotive Group.
DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) abacusfinance.com
Deal teamHow a firm is placed on a dealA firm is on this deal when the announcement, a filing, or the firm's own deal page names it in the role. Medium confidence (a biography naming the deal, or a side read from the sentence) is labelled; anything weaker is not shown.
Seller and company counsel
- Honigman LLP · Seller counsel for Horsepower Automotive GroupMegan Parpart, Nicholas Voran, Matthew VanWasshnova, Collin Place, Christopher Adams, Joseph KuzmiakHonigman2026-07-13
Lender counsel
- Goulston & Storrs, PC · Lender counsel for Abacus Finance Group, LLCMedium confidence