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Gryphon to buy Ob Hospitalist Group from AresGryphon Investors said July 6 that it is buying Ob Hospitalist Group from Ares Management LP. Financial terms weren’t announced. Ares, along with OBHG founders Dr. Chris Swain and David Swain, will retain a minority stake. OBHG, of Maudlin, South Carolina, is an OB/GYN hospitalist provider in the U.S with a national network of over 550 OB hospitalists serving more than 120 partner hospitals across 28 states. Moelis & Company LLC and Jefferies LLC provided financial advice to Ob Hospitalist Group. Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal counsel to Gryphon, while Proskauer Rose LLP advised OBHG and Ares.
- PE-backed CORA buys Spine & Sport
CORA Health Services, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, has acquired Georgia-based Spine & Sport Physical Therapy. No financial terms were disclosed.
- PE-backed Smile Brands acquires Johnson Family Dental as an add-on
Smile Brands, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, has acquired Johnson Family Dental, a provider of dental care in the Greater Santa Barbara, California area, as an add-on. No financial terms were disclosed.
- Gryphon acquires Wind River
Gryphon Investors has acquired a majority stake in Marlborough, Massachusetts-based Wind River Environmental, a provider of inspection, service, installation, repair and maintenance of non-hazardous liquid environmental waste solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Stifel Nicolaus served as financial adviser to Gryphon on the transaction while William Blair & Company did likewise for Wind River.
- Gryphon-backed Orchid promotes Emmons to CEO
Vero Beach, Florida-based Orchid Underwriters Insurance Agency, a specialty underwriter of property insurance on coastal properties, has promoted Brad Emmons to CEO from president. Emmons joined the company in 1998. Orchid is backed by Gryphon Investors.
- Gryphon-backed Smile Brands acquires two dental groups
Irvine, California-based Smile Brands Inc, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, has acquired two dental groups: A+ Dental Care and as OneSmile Silicon Valley. No financial terms were disclosed.
- Gryphon to sell Fleet to Prestige Brands for about $825 mln
Gryphon Investors has agreed to sell C.B. Fleet Company Inc to Prestige Brands in a deal valued at about $825 million. Based in Lynchburg, Virginia, Fleet is a provider of personal healthcare products, which includes the Summer's Eve brand. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017. Sawaya Segalas & Co LLC provided financial advice to Fleet and Gryphon.
- Gryphon IV already 40% invested
Gryphon Investors closed Gryphon IV on its $1.1bn hard-cap less than a week ago, but David Andrews, the firm’s founder and CEO, tells PEI that the firm has already been actively investing.
- Gryphon garners $1.1bn
Approximately 80 percent of LPs from Gryphon's predecessor fund re-upped.
- Gryphon Investors Fund IV closes at $1.1 bln
Gryphon Investors said Nov. 21 that its latest fund closed at its hard cap of $1.1 billion. Gryphon Partners IV LP was oversubscribed and exceeded its original target of $600 million. Gryphon, of San Francisco, invests in business services, consumer products and services, healthcare, and industrial growth industries.