Rick Weil has more than 24 years of investment banking experience in the packaging sector. His clients include family businesses, private equity firms and large corporations. He has been involved in more than 200 M&A transactions in key sectors including film and flexible packaging, corrugated packaging, paperboard packaging, rigid plastic packaging, foodservice packaging, and packaging distribution, among others.
Prior to joining Mesirow in 2000, he was a Manager in the Ernst & Young Transaction Services Group in Chicago and worked in many roles of increasing responsibility at FERS, a boutique CPA firm headquartered in Chicago. Rick is a frequent speaker at packaging conferences and a regular guest on sector-specific podcasts, sharing insights on trends and developments in the market.
Rick earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 79 licenses.
• Sale of Gelpac, Inc. to ProAmpac
• Sale of AB Airbags, Inc. to Shur-Co, a Portfolio Company of Behrman Capital
• Sale of Beyer Graphics to Resource Label Group, a Portfolio Company of Ares Management
• Sale of Bellwyck Packaging Inc. to Max Solutions
• Sale of Crownhill Packaging to SupplyOne, a Wellspring Capital Management portfolio company
• Sale of Sumter Packaging to Hood Container
• Sale of General Converting, Inc. to CORE Industrial Partners
• Sale of MedLit Solutions, a portfolio company of CORE Industrial Partners to Resource Label Group, a portfolio company of Ares Management Corporation
• Sale of BOX Partners to Charlesbank Capital Partners
• Sale of Silver Spur to Funds Managed by Kelso & Company
• Sale of Pharma Packaging Solutions, a division of Carton Service CSI, LLC, to Tjoapack