Lakeside Acquisitions

11/17/2025

Lakeside Acquisitions takes on client engagements coast to coast, providing niche insights and facilitating strategic negotiations on behalf of our clients to deliver results above expectations.

Recent transactions include:
♻️ Recycle Capital acquired by WM - FL
♻️ Site Services acquired by Atlantic OBX – NC
♻️ Clean Earth acquired by Arrow Waste – GA

Specialized advisors. Proven results.

11/05/2025

Ready to explore what your business is worth?

Navigating your exit strategy should be done with a trusted and experienced M&A advisor who specializes in the waste industry.

Lakeside Acquisitions has a collective 20+ years of experience in waste & recycling. With over 200+ acquisitions closed, our demonstrated success in waste and recycling makes us the industry’s experts.

Start your journey → lakesideacquisitions.com

10/27/2025

Lakeside Acquisitions is not your average M&A advisory firm — we’re industry specialists.

Our team focuses exclusively on helping owners of privately held waste, recycling, and environmental service companies achieve maximum sale proceeds.

With deep sector knowledge and decades of transaction experience, we provide niche insights, anticipate challenges, and structure strategic negotiations that consistently deliver above‑market results.

Because when it’s time to sell your business, experience in your industry makes all the difference.

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Lakeside Acquisitions is a premier mergers & acquisitions advisory firm singularly focused on maximizing sale proceeds for owners of privately held companies.

02/13/2023

Meet the team!

Kelsey serves as VP of Operations responsible for overseeing all of Lakeside Acquisitions’ processes and procedures, including office management, client relations, marketing, and internal administration. She assists with Business Valuations and specializes in organizational processes to ensure every transaction and communication with Lakeside is as efficient and smooth as possible. With a background in both finance and marketing, Kelsey formerly served as the Director of Business for Chicago-based interior design firm, Studio Brunstrum, where she was responsible for all financial and business processes. Prior to that role, she also worked for fashion retailer Abercrombie and Fitch where she managed a multi-million dollar sales effort.

02/13/2023

Meet the team!

Matt Brunstrum is the Founder & CEO of Lakeside Acquisitions. Prior to founding Lakeside, Matt was a Senior M&A Advisor at Sun Acquisitions in Chicago, IL for 5+ years where he represented sellers and buyers in an array of industries. Matt was also previously the Director of M&A at a publicly traded waste management company with a $6B market cap. With 100+ closed deals under his belt, Matt has been on all sides of the deal and understands the nuances and perspectives of all parties involved. Matt successfully brings sellers, buyers, attorneys, accountants, wealth managers and other advisors together for an efficient transaction, maximizing value for his clients. Matt personally handles and manages each client engagement at Lakeside Acquisitions.

02/13/2023

Thinking about selling your business? Navigating your exit strategy should be done with a trusted and experienced M&A Advisor.

Lakeside Acquisitions is a premier Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory firm with the sole focus of representing owners of privately held businesses who are looking to maximize value on their sale proceeds.