United Language Group

Canaccord Genuity Advises United Language Group on its Sale to Propio

Canaccord Genuity has advised United Language Group, one of the world’s largest and most innovative translation, localization, and interpreting providers, on its sale to Propio Language Services, a technology-enabled interpreting and translation service provider. Propio is a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners and TT Capital Partners.  

United Language Group (ULG) is a leading translation, interpretation, and localization provider serving customers in more than 250 languages. For more than 40 years, ULG’s team has utilized cutting-edge technology and linguistic expertise to provide results for customers across multiple industries around the world, including Healthcare, Life Sciences, Government, Technology, Manufacturing, Legal, Utilities, and Insurance, among others. ULG is headquartered in Minneapolis and has offices in seven countries on three continents.

ULG’s language services are powered by more than 10,000 elite linguists, who provide top-notch translation and interpreting services, stay at the forefront of localization trends and cultural accuracy, curate effective methodologies, and seek out the most efficient ways to blend human and machine expertise. These linguists are complemented by ULG’s Octave™ translation management technology suite, a complete language platform that is precise, cost-effective, user-friendly, and secure. Octave supports both human and machine translation, while also working cohesively with internal systems to meet clients’ quality, turnaround, pricing, project management, and security objectives. 

Founded in 1998, Propio Language Services is an industry leader in over-the-phone interpretation, video remote interpretation, in-person interpretation, and document translation services. Propio offers superior interpreter quality and technology-oriented solutions to clients, driving the highest value in the industry.