02/25/2026
Citizens Advises Greenbriar Equity Group on its Strategic Partnership with AIT Worldwide Logistics
PROVIDENCE, RI – Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory announced today that it served as lead financial advisor to Greenbriar Equity Group, L.P., a leading middle market private equity firm based in Greenwich, CT, on its strategic partnership with AIT Worldwide Logistics.
Greenbriar is a specialist investor with more than $15 billion in cumulative capital commitments and more than 25 years of experience partnering with market-leading companies, including extensive experience investing across the logistics sector.
AIT Worldwide Logistics is a global freight forwarder with over 150 locations globally including Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. For more than 45 years, the Chicago-based supply chain solutions leader has relied on a consultative approach to build a global network and trusted partnerships in nearly every industry, including aerospace, energy, high-tech, home delivery, life sciences, marine and more.
“The Citizens Transportation and Logistics team served as a trusted advisor to Greenbriar throughout this process,” said Michael Wang, managing director at Greenbriar Equity Group. “Their professionalism, sector expertise and disciplined execution helped bring this transaction to a successful outcome. We appreciate their partnership and commitment.”
“Citizens has built a strong relationship with the Greenbriar team over the past several years and looks forward to supporting them throughout their ownership of AIT,” said Bryan Eger, managing director at Citizens. “Our deep experience in the specialty freight forwarding sector enabled us to deliver a differentiated perspective on the opportunity. We are excited about the strong growth Greenbriar and AIT are poised to achieve together.”
Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory offers investment banking, research, sales and trading activities as part of our institutional broker-dealer, Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG).
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
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