DLA Piper advises Summit Spine & Joint Centers in its acquisition by Wellspring Capital Management

DLA Piper advised Summit Spine & Joint Centers (“Summit”), a leading provider of minimally invasive spine services in the southeastern US, on its acquisition by Wellspring Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm, in partnership with MSouth Equity Partners. The transaction marks a significant milestone in Summit’s growth as it expands its footprint across Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Joseph Silver, DLA Piper US Chair and Global Co-Chair of the Private Equity practice, led the deal team which included partners Darren Patz and Russell Sass (both in Miami) and Rachel Ludwig (Washington, DC); senior attorney Neil Patrick Mulcahy (Atlanta); and associates Sarah Costello and Julie Franki (both in Atlanta), Ethan Katz (Miami), Luyao Zhang and Alix LaFree (both in Washington, DC) and Dan Kagan (New York).

With more than 225 global lawyers who provide strategic counsel to private equity funds and their industry-leading portfolio companies, DLA Piper’s Private Equity practice has the capacity, experience and relationships to help drive value across the investment life cycle by delivering responsive, efficient and integrated solutions around the world. The Private Equity practice is also the #2 most active law firm globally by PitchBook