Harris Brings Nearly Three Decades of Experience Helping Brands, Teams, and Entrepreneurs Grow Greenwich, CT – July 21, 2026 – Southfield Capital (“Southfield”), a premier lower middle market private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Franchise FastLane (“FastLane” or the “Company”), a leading franchise sales organization, has appointed Heather Harris as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. With nearly three decades of leadership experience across franchising, retail, and consumer brands, Harris brings a people-first approach that has been honed through her extensive career as an executive and a lifetime of building teams, developing people, and creating cultures rooted in accountability, collaboration, and growth. As CEO, Harris will focus on strengthening FastLane’s ability to support emerging brands, franchise consultants, and entrepreneurs. Her appointment comes during a period of meaningful growth and investment for FastLane as the Company expands its team, suite of services, and support capabilities for emerging franchise brands. “Heather is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of building high-performing organizations and helping franchise brands scale,” said Vince Tyra, Partner at Southfield Capital. “Her operational expertise, strategic mindset, and people-first leadership style qualifies her to lead Franchise FastLane into the next phase of growth. We are excited to partner with Heather and the entire management team as they continue building on the Company's strong foundation of delivering exceptional value to franchisors, consultants, and entrepreneurs.” Harris most recently served as CEO of Uni K Wax, where she led operational and marketing initiatives that strengthened the brand’s growth strategy, expanded its studio footprint, and helped position the company for national franchise growth. Previously, she held additional executive leadership roles, including president of CycleBar and Intelligent Office, where she helped guide franchise brands through periods of rapid growth, operational transformation, and strategic expansion. “Throughout my career, I have been a close admirer of the growth, culture, and impact FastLane has had on the franchising industry as a whole,” said Harris. “What makes this opportunity so meaningful is that it feels like a natural next step in my career journey and I am thrilled to be joining a team that shares my belief that relationships, accountability, and genuine care for people are what moves businesses forward. I look forward to supporting our employees, consultant partners, brand partners, and entrepreneurs as we lead Franchise FastLane into this exciting chapter.” About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a premier private equity firm with a foundational commitment to driving value at high-growth, lower middle market companies in the business services sector. The firm leverages its deep team of highly-experienced investment, technology and value-creation professionals, combined with fully-integrated AI-driven capabilities to partner with founders and manager-owned teams. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com About Franchise FastLane Franchise FastLane provides franchise development services. It manages the entire franchisee sales lifecycle from franchise formation services to initial lead generation to prospect qualification through to deal closure. FastLane works with franchisors to perfect their discovery process, bring qualified franchisee leads, and drive strong growth. FastLane leverages a rigorous diligence and onboarding process, industry-leading technology platform, and exceptional sales executives to drive successful franchise development for its franchisor clients. For more information, please visit www.franchisefastlane.com
Sale Represents Successful Exit Following Significant Earnings Growth and Value Creation During Southfield’s Period of Investment Greenwich, CT – June 3, 2026 – Southfield Capital (“Southfield”), a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the sale of Milrose Consultants (“Milrose” or the “Company”), a leading national provider of code consulting, permit expediting, architecture and engineering, inspection services, and municipal real estate compliance solutions, to Littlejohn & Co. (“Littlejohn”). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Since partnering with Southfield in 2019, Milrose has achieved significant growth, expanding from a NYC focused company to a leading nationwide provider with over 435 professionals operating from offices in all 50 states. During that time, Milrose increased its earnings by over 7x through the expansion of its sales platform, broadening its services offerings, recruiting a highly-talented management team, and successfully executing 14 strategic add-on acquisitions. Key members of the management team will remain shareholders in partnership with Littlejohn. Southfield’s continuation vehicle transaction with Milrose in 2023 provided existing investors with optional liquidity while reaffirming its conviction in the Company’s strong market position and management team’s long-term strategic growth vision. The sale to Littlejohn represents a successful exit for Southfield’s investors. “Southfield has been an exceptional value-add partner and trusted advisor throughout our time working together,” said Dominic Maurillo, CEO of Milrose since 2021. “Their thoughtful and collaborative approach, together with an unwavering commitment to investing in our people and infrastructure, have helped position Milrose for long-term success. We are grateful for their support and have appreciated their ability to provide a consistently valuable perspective while empowering and trusting us to execute on our growth and operational strategy.” “It has been a pleasure partnering with Dom and the entire Milrose team over the past several years,” said Chris Grambling, Partner at Southfield. “Together, we executed on a shared vision to scale the platform by expanding geographically, broadening the Company’s service offerings, and completing a number of strategic acquisitions to help evolve Milrose into a national leader in building code compliance and consulting. We are proud of what we accomplished alongside Milrose’s management team and believe the Company is well positioned for continued success in the next phase of its growth.” Solomon Partners served as lead financial advisor, Houlihan Lokey served as financial co-advisor, KPMG USA provided transaction advisory services, and Wiggin and Dana LLP served as legal advisor to Milrose in this transaction. About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a premier private equity firm with a foundational commitment to driving value at high-growth, lower middle market companies in the business services sector. The firm leverages its deep team of highly-experienced investment, technology and value-creation professionals, combined with fully-integrated AI-driven capabilities to partner with founders and manager-owned teams. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com About Milrose Consultants Milrose Consultants is the national leader in the field of building code consulting and municipal expediting with headquarters in New York City and offices nationwide. Customers rely on Milrose to provide end-to-end building compliance services that include permitting, code & zoning, regulatory filing, special inspections, façade inspections, due diligence & research, and other compliance solutions. Milrose provides high-end services across various large, growing industries, including commercial, multi-family residential, retail, industrial, healthcare, and academia. For more information, please visit www.milrose.com
Acquisition strengthens Protos’ overall integrated protection solutions offering through the addition of enhanced intelligence, executive protection, and consulting services Greenwich, CT – April 27, 2026 – Southfield Capital (“Southfield”), a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that Security Services Holdings LLC, (“Protos”), a Southfield portfolio company and a leading national tech-enabled managed services security provider in North America, has acquired AT-RISK International (“AT-RISK”), a globally-recognized provider of executive and general protective services, intelligence, and risk consulting services. Since its founding in 2006, Protos has established itself as a leading tech-enabled managed security services provider with a unique service model that provides clients with access to a comprehensive security service network. The partnership with AT-RISK marks a significant milestone in Protos’ long-term strategy of building a category-leading, software-enabled integrated protection platform with substantial reach and a differentiated mix of high-value specialized services designed to address the increasingly complex and evolving security needs of its clients. By acquiring AT-RISK, Protos now has the ability to solidify its position as a market leading provider of off-duty and specialized services, as well as further advance its differentiated managed services provider model. AT-RISK, which was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Washington D.C., brings deep domain expertise across risk consulting, investigations, threat assessments, global risk monitoring and protective services, including executive, residential, event, and asset protection. These capabilities enhance Protos’ existing platform and position the company to meet rising demand for intelligence-led, end-to-end security solutions among enterprise and high-net-worth clients. “This acquisition marks an important milestone in our growth strategy as we look to continue expanding our addressable market and tap into additional high-growth areas,” said Mark Hjelle, CEO of Protos. “AT-RISK’s specialized capabilities perfectly complement our existing platform, and our combined offering better equips us to continue providing industry leading solutions that allow our clients to navigate their evolving security needs.” Southfield Partner, Brandon Pinderhughes, commented, “Protos continues to execute on its disciplined acquisition strategy focused on building a scaled, differentiated provider of protection solutions. The addition of AT-RISK represents an important step in this evolution, and we are excited to continue supporting Mark and the Protos team in this next phase of the Company’s growth story.” The partnership with AT-RISK represents Protos’ 12th acquisition since partnering with Southfield. About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a premier private equity firm with a foundational commitment to driving value at high-growth, lower middle market companies in the business services sector. The firm leverages its deep team of highly-experienced investment, technology and value-creation professionals, combined with fully-integrated AI-driven capabilities to partner with founders and manager-owned teams. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com About Protos Security Protos Security is a leading tech-enabled managed security services provider offering physical guarding, off-duty officers, specialized and remote monitoring services for a diverse customer base across North America. Through a unique managed services model, clients gain access to a vast and agile provider network for security service delivery. Protos’ unwavering commitment to innovation paired with real-time security program data insights ensures that Protos is a relentless advocate for clients and their people. For more information, please visit www.protossecurity.com
Greenwich, CT – April 17, 2026 – Southfield Capital’s Transformation Partner Bob Root recently appeared on Nasdaq Trade Talks to discuss how Southfield, through its acquisition and integration of Contextual.io, is positioned as the technology leader in the lower middle market. Together, Southfield and Contextual are delivering customized AI-driven solutions to founder and family-owned businesses in the lower middle market, improving operational efficiency and identifying new sources of revenue and lines of business. Watch Bob's segment here: www.nasdaq.com/videos/integrating-ai-private-equity-investment-banking-operations The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speakers and are subject to change at any time. These views may not necessarily reflect the views of Southfield Capital LP. This content is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.