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Sell-Side Transactions on Behalf of Family-Owned Businesses

• Represented Meridian, a family-owned business, in its $2.5 billion sale of Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois and MeridianRx to WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
• Represented Lee Container, a family-owned business, in its sale to Greif.
• Represented Dex Imaging, a family-owned business, in its sale to Staples.
• Represented Cox Lumber, a family-owned business, in its sale to Home Depot.
• Represented Freedom Health Care and Optimum Health Care, a family-owned business, in its sale to Anthem.
• Represented WellCare Health Plans, a family-owned business, in its sale to a private equity firm.
• Represented MMM Healthcare, a family-owned business, in its sale to a private equity firm that we then represented in several other acquisitions.
• Represented Gardner-Gibson, a family-owned business, in its sale to a private equity firm.

Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Capital & Capital Markets Matters 

• Represented Biocynetic, Inc. (d/b/a Pacemate), a market-leading cardiac data management platform and portfolio company of Ballast Point Ventures, in a merger pursuant to which its stockholders sold a majority of their equity to Lead Edge Capital Management, a technology-focused investment fund.
• Represented Ballast Point Ventures (Ballast Point), a late-stage venture capital and growth equity fund, in its investment in the $10.7 million Series A financing for UpLift, the technology-driven, omnichannel behavioral health provider.
• Represented Dream Finder Homes Inc. (NYSE:DFH), a publicly traded homebuilder based in Jacksonville, FL, in its debt offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior unsecured notes due 2028.
• Represented Gatekeeper, the leading Vendor & Contract Lifecycle Management (VCLM) platform, in a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.
• Represented Interstate Transport, a transportation arrangement provider, in its recent acquisition in a stock transaction by Dupré Logistics, a privately held provider of transportation and logistics services. The company will now be known as Interstate Transport, a Dupré Logistics Company, and will remain a separate business unit within the Dupré Logistics family of brands.
• Represented Papa, Inc., the leading U.S.-based on-demand assistance service providing seniors with transportation, house needs, technology, and social experiences. Our Florida-based corporate/M&A and private equity team is advising Papa on a $60 million Series C financing.
• Represented The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) in the sale of Streamsong Resort, one of the world’s leading golf destinations, for $160 million to Chicago-based KemperSports.
• Represented Care1st Health Plan, a California Medi-Cal and Medicare managed care plan owned by providers, in its $1.2 billion sale to Blue Shield of California.
• Represented Select Medical, a publicly held long-term acute care provider, in its $2.3 billion leveraged buyout transaction.
• Represented Maxim Healthcare Services in several M&A transactions, including its proposed $1.2 billion sale to Aveanna Healthcare.
• Represented Redwood Capital Investments, LLC, in several transactions, including, its acquisition of Tampa-based Pepin Distributing, and Ohio-based Heidelberg Distributing.
• Represented Dream Finder Homes Inc. in several transactions, including its acquisition of McGuyer Homebuilders Inc., for $471 million.
• Represented Jet Sports Management in its sale to Wasserman Agency.
• Represented publicly held Sykes Enterprises and FARO Technologies in several public offerings and strategic acquisitions.
• Represented publicly held Pulte Homes in its acquisition of Innovative Construction Group.
• Represented Gardner-Gibson in its sale to Innovative Chemical Products, an Audax Private Equity portfolio company.
• Represented Health Care Service Corporation, the country’s largest customer-owned health insurer, in the purchase of Trustmark Health Benefits, a leading administrator of self-funded employer health plans.
• Represented RV Retailer, LLC, a leading recreational vehicle retail company, in its acquisition of three Cousins RV locations in Colorado Springs. The transaction was structured as an asset purchase.