Shearman & Sterling advised Community Counseling Service Co., (CCS Fundraising), the world’s leading fundraising consulting firm for non-profits, with respect to a strategic investment by ABRY Partners (ABRY). CCS will use the investment to accelerate the company’s growth through investments in technology and data analytics, pursuing new markets, and building stronger talent management and professional services capabilities.

CCS Fundraising is a strategic fundraising consulting firm that partners with nonprofits to raise funds and strengthen organizations for the future, allowing them to make a bigger impact locally, nationally, and globally.

ABRY is one of the most experienced and successful sector-focused private equity investment firms in North America. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has completed over $90 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity or preferred equity placements and currently manages over $5 billion of capital across its active funds.

The Shearman & Sterling team below included associate Lachlan Nichols (New York–Finance).

The Team