Paul Puri

About Paul Puri

I lead M&A strategy, sourcing, deal execution, and integration across all business segments at Bureau Veritas, a $13 billion market cap global firm. The company provides testing & inspection, technical advisory, construction management, commissioning and QAQC (data center, semiconductor, and pharma), renewable, and cyber services, with employees operating in 140 countries. My approach integrates over two decades of thought leadership, strategic advisory, and complex negotiations, fostering robust partnerships and spearheading transformative deals. My prior roles include i) Global Head of Energy Investment Banking at Oaklins Intl. ii) Head of Technology and Infrastructure Investments at a mid-cap family office; and VP of M&A Strategy and post-merger integration, and Head of Internal Controls & Risk Management, at SHV, a $25 billion revenue company operating across 75 countries. Highlighted sell-side transactions I completed at Oaklins include: 1.$400 MM sale of Enerflow Industries to $7B revenue National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV). Flagship consolidation across the hydraulic fracturing sector, with several secondary transactions into the electric frac space.2.$350 MM sale of Midfield Supply to Red Man Pipe and Supply, plus a $50 MM manufacturing divestment into a PE vehicle. Follow on to merge with McJunkin and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners as a merger of equals, and IPO, which is now $4B revenue MRC (NYSE: MRC). I led a global supply chain buildout and PVF M&A strategy, supported by specialty steel and valve automation MRO acquisitions globally.3. Sale of Choice Cancer Care to $4B revenue Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), providing a platform for substantial expansion of high-quality care across Texas. Follow on activity culminated in the $390 MM acquisition of CTCA by City of Hope in 2022.4. Sale of Copstat Security to DFW Capital, Andrews International, & Audax, now the largest private US security group.Buy-side M&A, fund structure, and SPAC transactions I completed or supported at ACS and SHV include:1.$685 MM deSPAC of a listed LNG infrastructure company that is building & operating gravity-based regasification terminals offshore India and Scotland. 2.$400 MM of acquisitions across several downstream NGL distribution and infrastructure companies in the mid-west US, creating a North America platform for SHV Energy.3. Buy-side work on infrastructure assets across Latin America, to reinvest a $350 million fund exit to Macquarie for high speed, fiber optic plant. 4.$300 MM GP/LP fund structure work.

Experience

1. Vice President, m & a Strategy and Corporate Development

   Bureau Veritas

   May 2024 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   I lead Bureau Veritas\'s M&A strategy, deal structuring and execution across the Americas. With over employees across 140 countries, BV is a world leader in providing QHSE testing, inspection, technical advisory, MEP commissioning and QAQC (data center, semiconductor, battery plants, and pharma cleanrooms), electrical grid infrastructure, construction management, energy transition and certification services.

Education

• Cornell University

  B.S., Electrical Engineering

  1987 — 1991

• SMU Cox School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Corporate Finance
• Finance
• Equities
• Financial Analysis
• M&a Experience
• Ipo
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Financial Structuring
• Oilfield Equipment
• Acquisitions
• Management Consulting
• Capital Markets
• Financial Modeling
• Offshore Oil & Gas
• Corporate Development
• Lbo
• Due Diligence
• Oilfield Services
• Business Valuation
• Restructuring
• Investment Banking
• Capital Raising
• Strategy
• Private Placements
• Divestitures
• Investments
• Private Equity
• Joint Ventures
• Business Strategy
• Valuation
• Hydraulic Fracturing
• Buyouts
• Venture Capital