National law firm Akerman represented an H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.) affiliate in a significant growth investment in Advanced Dental Brands, LLC (ADB). H.I.G is a leading global alternative investment firm with $56 billion of equity capital under management.
Founded in 2007 by Dr. Richard Miller, ADB is a leading dental partnership organization in the Northeast U.S. The company partners with doctor-owners of leading, well-established dental practices, and currently serves almost 40 practices, providing general dentistry as well as specialty services including orthodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics, and oral surgery. The company’s doctor-first model enables providers to focus on exceptional patient care, resulting in superior service and patient satisfaction across ADB’s clinics.
The Akerman team that handled the transaction was led by Corporate Practice Group Co-Chair David Birke, and included corporate partners Sergey Kotelnikov and Christina Gonzalez in Miami, corporate associates Andrew Kim in New York and Brittany Pushkin in Fort Lauderdale, Federal Tax Practice Chair Bill Sullivan in Fort Lauderdale, tax partner Mary Samsa in Chicago, tax associate Chelsy Lutz in Fort Lauderdale, labor and employment partner Arlene Kline in West Palm Beach, labor and employment associate Paige Newman in West Palm Beach, intellectual property partner Alex Fernandez in Tampa, real estate partner Sarah Campbell-Smith in Miami, real estate of counsel Bert Greenwell in New York, Data, Privacy and Security Chair Tom Kearney in Washington, D.C., healthcare partner Jordan Cohen in New York, and healthcare associate Dani Gordet.
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