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Successful sale of Phoenix construction firm Hernandez Companies

IBG Fox & Fin • Feb 24, 2022

DMS Companies, Inc., has acquired Hernandez Companies, Inc., Arizona’s market leader in performing commercial building remodels and maintenance.

Lance Meilech

IBG Fox & Fin (Scottsdale) facilitated the acquisition, the terms of which are not disclosed at the parties’ requests. Managing director Lance Meilech (left) led the IBG Fox & Fin transaction team.


Founded in 1976, Hernandez Companies self-performs most trades, including paint, electrical, framing/drywall and plumbing.


DMS Companies is retaining Hernandez Companies’ management, staff and Phoenix location.


The sale was the culmination of a 10-year relationship that Lance Meilech cultivated with the sellers, Denise and Chris Hernandez. The first eight years were devoted to implementing Lance’s suggestions for enhancing the company’s value. The company sold two years later.

“The price that we achieved was 180% of our expectations,” Denise Hernandez wrote in a post-closing letter to Lance Meilech. “We could not have maximized our selling price on our own – we needed you.”


“It is incredible all that was done to get us to the finish line,” she continued, praising Lance for his “calm disposition, passion in deal making, and commitment to us.”


“I am really pleased that you were on our side … and I am glad to have been on your team!”

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