Dechert Advises Quilvest in Sale of Crown Health Laundry Services

Dechert advised Quilvest Capital Partners on the sale of Crown Health Care Laundry Services, a leading provider of outsourced linen management services and specialty products to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities, to an affiliate of The Pritzker Organization.

Quilvest Capital Partners is the multi-strategy alternatives division of the Quilvest Group. The Quilvest Group was formed in 1917 to manage the holdings of the Bemberg family, the founders of Quilmes Brewery, Argentina's largest brewery. The Quilvest Group has evolved alongside seven generations of the Bemberg family into a global, multi-family office with $38 billion in assets under management and over a century of experience in wealth management and alternative investing.  With approximately $6 billion in assets under management and a global platform spanning North America, Europe and Asia, Quilvest Capital Partners focuses on partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs to accelerate growth of middle-market companies.  Quilvest Capital Partners' Lead Private Equity Group takes majority or influential minority positions in businesses with a strong track record of profitable growth, leveraging the pioneering heritage and innovative spirit that has helped shape the Quilvest Group's multiple investment platforms over the last century.

The Dechert team included private equity partners Mark Thierfelder and Christian Matarese, and associates Shannon Footer, Eddie Iqbal and Victoria Woodward; environmental partner Abbi Cohen; intellectual property partner Thomas Rayski; labor counsel Jeffrey Rubin and associate Gurbir Sandhu; employee benefits partner Eric Rubin, and associates Sarah Burke and Lany Villalobos; real estate special counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas; tax partner Steven Clemens and associate George Davis; antitrust partner Craig Falls and counsel Beverly Ang; and finance partner Edward Newlands.  

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