Acquiring Company
Arlington Capital Partners
Acquired Company
MCR
Description
Arlington Capital Partners (“Arlington Capital” or “Arlington”), a Washington, DC-area private equity firm, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MCR, LLC (“MCR” or the “Company”). Founded in 1977 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, MCR provides cost analysis and engineering and software development expertise to customers in defense, intelligence and critical civilian governmental agencies in the US as well as customers internationally. MCR’s senior management team has invested alongside Arlington in the transaction.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed