Dechert Advises Ridgemont Equity Partners on Sale of Agape Care Group to Linden Capital Partners

Dechert advised Ridgemont Equity Partners on the sale of hospice provider Agape Care Group to private equity firm Linden Capital Partners, a large health care-focused investment firm.

Agape Care Group is a provider of hospice and palliative care services to terminally ill patients in the Southeastern United States. Dechert previously advised Ridgemont Equity Partners on its original acquisition of Agape in 2019 from The Vistria Group.

Ridgemont Equity Partners is a middle market private equity firm that has provided buyout and growth capital to industry-leading companies in the business services, healthcare, and industrials sectors for over three decades.

The Dechert team that advised Ridgemont was led by corporate partner Markus Bolsinger and included partner Gregory Schernecke, counsel Margaret L Hanson, associates Mihai Morar, Nathalie Noura and Bryan J.T. Wilson; healthcare regulatory partner Jennifer Csik Hutchens; global finance partner Ani Ravi; antitrust partner James A. Fishkin, counsel Beverly Ang and William Kearney; tax partner Kevin Zaragoza and associate Abigail Hopper; employee benefits partner Howard Klein and associate Michael J. Binko; real estate associate Devyn Kurpis; intellectual property associate Spencer C. Joffrion; cyber associate James Smith; and junior transactional law clerks Sofia Aldas and Amber Blackshear.

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