International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented Sterling Partners (Sterling), a diversified investment management platform, in its business combination with Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital), a leading healthcare services investor, to merge Sun Capital’s portfolio company, West Dermatology and Sterling’s portfolio company, Platinum Dermatology Partners.

• The transaction was announced on June 21, 2022.
• The merger of West Dermatology, a group providing business support services to over 300 dermatology providers, and Platinum Dermatology Partners, a dermatology group practice organization with a strong presence in Texas and Arizona, creates an industry leader with more than 100 locations spanning the Southwestern United States and Southern California.
• The McDermott team was led by Gregory Metz and included Mike McStay, Adam Byrne, Matthew Stern and Tiantian Chen from the Transactional Group; Adam Rogers, Ashley Fischer, Stacey Callaghan, Carolyn Metnick, Callee Donovan, Sarah Reis, Mary Waller and Li Wang from the Healthcare Group; Sarah Bro from the Intellectual Property Group; Allison Wilkerson and Nick Paul from the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group; Kate Williams from the Energy & Project Finance Group; and Mark Bilut from the Environmental Group.
• Read Sun Capital’s and Sterling’s combined press release.

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