Dechert Advises Nichols Cauley on Merger with Partners Risk Services and JGH Consulting to Create Platform with Madison Dearborn Partners

Dechert advised Nichols Cauley on a transformative merger with Partners Risk Services and JGH Consulting to establish a new platform supported by a strategic growth investment from Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP).

This merger creates an innovative platform integrating accounting, insurance and transaction advisory services to support privately held small and midsized businesses, self-made entrepreneurs and family-owned companies, which form the backbone of local economies.

MDP, a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago, will leverage its industry expertise and broad network informed by decades of successful investments and operational experience in the financial services sector to help power growth for the combined company.

Nichols Cauley is a leading accounting and advisory firm. Partners Risk Services is an insurance brokerage. JGH Consulting is a transactions advisory firm.

The Dechert team that advised Nichols Cauley was led by corporate partner John LaRocca and included associate Rachel Davies; and cyber, data privacy, AI partner Hilary Bonaccorsi, associate James Smith and senior counsel Timothy Blank.

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