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Werner Acquires FirstFleet Inc. for $283M, Expanding Dedicated Market Leadership

Wofford Advisors served as exclusive M&A advisor to Werner on their $283M acquisition of FirstFleet Inc., a top-10 dedicated carrier east of the Mississippi. The highly EPS-accretive transaction positions Werner as the 5th largest dedicated carrier in the U.S. and increases Dedicated revenue by ~50%.

This continues Wofford's trend of representing public companies in transformational transactions. See more on our LinkedIn.

Wofford Advisors Hosts First Transportation & Logistics Dealmakers Conference

Wofford Advisors hosted their first annual T&L Dealmakers Conference in Nantucket from September 24-26, 2025. The conference had 40+ CEOs / CFOs / Partners in attendance from across the transport & logistics landscape, including public, family-owned and portfolio companies of private equity -- plus PE firms themselves.

The program focused around an educational track as well as war stories from seasoned experts and industry peers. The sessions featured prominent firms such as Aon covering Rep & Warranty Insurance, Grant Thornton on QoE, Nixon Peabody discussing recent developments in M&A law and Veracity Worldwide on geopolitical risk and how it impacts the T&L M&A landscape. In addition, panel topics from industry professionals included “Due Diligence Gone Wild”, “To PE or Not To PE”, “Carve-Out Chaos”, “Successfully Navigating Auctions” etc.

Client Testimonials

“The WA team demonstrated their superior access to key decision makers.”

—Ray Garcia, Former CEO
Impact Fulfillment Services
“Chris brought us an M&A target that transformed our strategy and led to a $500+ million merger-of-equals.”

—Herb Shear, Former CEO
GENCO
"Wofford sourced another on-the-money target that meaningfully accelerates our regional trucking strategy in the Southwest.”

—Steve Magruder, COO
WSI
“Chris and his team understood how to ‘look around corners’ and prepare us for coming to market. The process was incredibly professionally managed.”

—Scott McWilliams, Former CEO
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL)
“The Wofford team was invaluable to us in this critical platform acquisition with its thoughtful idea generation and tactical guidance throughout.”

—Steve Sensing, President
Ryder SCS
“Wofford was the ideal advisor for our penetration strategy into the U.S. market.”

—Former Executive
Norbert Dentressangle
“Chris and the team did an exceptional job marketing us on a global basis and led to our sale to Agility.”

—Bill Flynn, Former CEO
GeoLogistics
“Wofford brought the right expertise to our sale to a financial sponsor.”

—Marc Epstein, Former CEO
StarCompliance
“It is very unusual to find an industry banker with so much public company M&A expertise.”

—Toby Myerson, Former Senior Partner
Paul Weiss
“Chris and his team helped us to build a successful vertical in CPG.”

—John Williford, Former Head of SCS
Ryder Systems
“Wofford and the team had a deeper understanding of the LTL sector than any of the large cap banks we interviewed.”

—Tom Delbrook, Former Head of M&A,
UPS

Testimonials & Press

“The WA team demonstrated their superior access to key decision makers.”

“Chris brought us an M&A target that transformed our strategy and led to a $500+ million merger-of-equals.”

"Wofford sourced another on-the-money target that meaningfully accelerates our regional trucking strategy in the Southwest.”

“Chris and his team understood how to ‘look around corners’ and prepare us for coming to market. The process was incredibly professionally managed.”

“The Wofford team was invaluable to us in this critical platform acquisition with its thoughtful idea generation and tactical guidance throughout.”

“Wofford was the ideal advisor for our penetration strategy into the U.S. market.”

“Chris and the team did an exceptional job marketing us on a global basis and led to our sale to Agility.”

“Wofford brought the right expertise to our sale to a financial sponsor.”

“It is very unusual to find an industry banker with so much public company M&A expertise.”

“Chris and his team helped us to build a successful vertical in CPG.”

“Wofford and the team had a deeper understanding of the LTL sector than any of the large cap banks we interviewed.”

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