Private Equity

Our private equity attorneys have extensive experience in structuring complex private equity acquisitions and financings on behalf of sponsors, lenders, investment banks, financial advisors and portfolio companies. During the last two years alone, we have served as counsel in more than 100 buy side and sell side transactions across a variety of industries. In connection with our M&A work, we structure senior and subordinate credit facilities for private equity fund investments and negotiate credit facilities on behalf of sponsors, including acquisition and capital call facilities. Our private equity practice is especially active in the middle-market, but we have represented management groups, issuers and special committees in high-profile, multi-billion dollar transactions—for example, we represented Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in what at the time was the largest going private transaction in U.S. history.

The firm’s private equity attorneys represent investors and portfolio companies in a range of industries including healthcare, life sciences, consumer, retail, restaurant, food and beverage, manufacturing, technology and media. In the Chambers USA research about our corporate practice, clients say: “The sophistication of the work is certainly very high, and there is a level of attentiveness that I get from them that I don’t get elsewhere,” reports an interviewee and another client notes that the team provides “really excellent service,” explaining: “They understand the law, but also what our business needs.” (from Chambers USA 2021); and the firm is “very knowledgeable, thorough and very conscious of what we need them to do – and they manage their priorities very well” and the team “provides a New York level of expertise and skill, but at smaller market rates, which is really valuable.” (from Chambers USA 2020); and “The firm is one of the best I have worked with in my entire career.” (from Chambers USA 2019); and “Their commitment is second to none” and “They go toe to toe on expertise with New York firms.” (from Chambers USA 2018); and that the firm “Represents a wealth of private equity firms and their portfolio companies. ‘The firm’s performance was outstanding. I’d put them up there with the big firms globally – some of the finest attorneys I’ve seen.'” (from Chambers USA 2015)

As the fifth largest healthcare law firm in the U.S. (Modern Healthcare, 2021), our experience in healthcare private equity transactions is particularly robust. We provide our healthcare private equity clients with a fully integrated range of services that includes an effective blend of transactional, regulatory and operational counsel.

As a result of the depth and breadth of our private equity experience and the extensive network we have established in the private equity community, we play an active role in introducing prospective portfolio companies and private equity firms.

Representative private equity services and experience:

  • Add on acquisitions
  • Due diligence and risk analysis
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Going private transactions
  • Sponsor-sponsor transactions
  • Independent sponsor transactions
  • Investment fund formation
  • Leveraged dividends and recapitalizations
  • Minority interest transactions
  • Management team representation and executive compensation matters
  • Mezzanine and senior financings
  • Healthcare regulatory and operational counsel
  • Corporate/general counsel
  • Initial public offerings and exit transaction services and preparation
  • Special Purpose Acquisitions Companies (SPACs)/de-SPACs
  • Representation of Prodigo Solutions, Inc., a supply chain and data enablement technology company, in its sale to Global Healthcare Exchange, a healthcare business and data automation company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented Prodigo Solutions, Inc., a supply chain and data enablement technology company, in its sale to Global Healthcare Exchange,...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of LFM Capital, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market manufacturing and industrial services businesses, in its acquisition of Workplace Modular Systems, a supplier of workstation platforms. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented LFM Capital, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market manufacturing and industrial services businesses, in its...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of AQuity Solutions, a leading provider of virtual solutions for clinical documentation capture, medical coding, and mid-revenue cycle offerings, in its acquisition of Axea Solutions, a provider revenue cycle solutions, consulting, and education strategies for revenue cycle professionals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented AQuity Solutions, a leading provider of virtual solutions for clinical documentation capture, medical coding, and mid-revenue cycle offerings,...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of  HealthTrust Purchasing Group, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and supply chain performance company for healthcare, in its acquisition of Expansion, LLC, an exclusive AdvantageTrust partner and technology company that helps alternate care health and human service providers; Purchase Clinic, LLC, an online contract marketplace that helps you save on your medical/surgical and non-medical supplies; and Plus MSO, LLC, a Third Party Administrator services, offerings claims management, managed care, and risk control solution. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented HealthTrust Purchasing Group, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and supply chain performance company for healthcare, in its...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of JobNimbus LLC, a portfolio company of Mainsail Partners and leading provider of project management software for roofers, in its acquisition of Roofer Marketers, Inc., a digital marketing agency specializing in the roofing industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented JobNimbus LLC, a portfolio company of Mainsail Partners and leading provider of project management software for roofers, in...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm and Valtruis, a WCAS company, that invests in and partners with disruptive leaders whose mission is to align and transform healthcare through what is truly value-based care, in their investment in Wellvana Health, a value-based care enablement company for $84 million. The investment was joined by Memorial Hermann Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas.

    We represented Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm and Valtruis, a WCAS company, that invests in and partners with...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of SAI Med, a Northlane portfolio company, an experienced investment partner to leading healthcare and business services companies, in its acquisition of PharmaForce, a competitive intelligence provider in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented SAI Med, a Northlane portfolio company, an experienced investment partner to leading healthcare and business services companies, in...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Representation of Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), in its investment in Experity, inc., a software and services company for on-demand healthcare. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), in its investment in Experity, inc., a...
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  • Representation of Complete Health Partners, a Pharos Capital portfolio company and a physician-driven, technology-enabled primary care practice, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Norwood Clinic, a multispecialty medical group practice. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented Complete Health Partners, a Pharos Capital portfolio company and a physician-driven, technology-enabled primary care practice, in its acquisition...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • We advised Enterprise Bank & Trust in its participation in a syndicated revolving credit facility for Plexus Fund VI-A SPV,...
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    Client Type: Private Company
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