Cassel Salpeter & Co. Secures Senior Debt Financing for IPR International, LLC

MIAMI — March 10, 2014  Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC, a middle-market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, represented IPR International, LLC,  in securing senior debt financing from Elm Park Capital Management, a private credit-focused investment firm. The financing will support numerous growth initiatives.

IPR, with headquarters outside Philadelphia, is a recognized industry leader offering private cloud and infrastructure as service solutions, cloud-based data protection and management services, and a complete range of managed solutions.

Cassel Salpeter advised IPR in evaluating its financing alternatives and provided assistance throughout the due diligence and closing process. Cassel Salpeter Director Joseph “Joey” Smith and Vice President Marcus Wai led the assignment. Smith and Wai have decades of experience helping quality, middle-market businesses raise capital and complete mergers and acquisitions.

IPR’s Chief Executive Officer Tami Fratis said: “The support provided by Cassel Salpeter reflects its confidence in our business and its future growth. Cassel Salpeter provided professional, high-quality assistance throughout all phases of the transaction, and we look forward to continuing our relationship as our business grows.”

About Cassel Salpeter & Co.

Cassel Salpeter & Co. is an independent investment banking firm that provides advice to middle market and emerging growth companies in the U.S. and worldwide. Together, the firm’s professionals have more than 50 years of experience providing private and public companies with a broad spectrum of investment banking and financial advisory services, including: mergers and acquisitions; equity and debt capital raises; fairness and solvency opinions; valuations; and restructurings, such as 363 sales and plans of reorganization. Co-founded by James Cassel and Scott Salpeter, the firm provides objective, unbiased, results-focused services that clients need to achieve their goals. Personally involved at every stage of all engagements, the firm’s senior partners have forged relationships and completed hundreds of transactions and assignments nationwide. The firm’s headquarters are in Miami. Member FINRA and SIPC. More information is available at www.CasselSalpeter.com

About IPR International

IPR International is a recognized industry leader offering private cloud and infrastructure as a service solutions, as well as colo services and a full range of private cloud managed service offerings like virtual private data centers, storage as a service, network as a service and disaster recovery as a service. Through its comprehensive suite of services, protects, preserves, secures and makes available its clients’ data at all times, no matter when or where the data was created and no matter when or where it is needed.  Through its constantly innovative and evolving services, combined with a passion for security, integrity, availability and ingenuity, IPR helps its clients maintain their own business operations and supports them through any interruptions.  IPR has multiple redundant data centers and serves clients in 25 countries worldwide. For more information on IPR International, visit www.IPRsecure.com