Micah J. Desaire

Healthcare Providers

• Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, in multiple strategic hospital transactions
• Bain Double Impact Fund in its acquisition of Multi-Specialty Health Care
• Boston Medical Center, one of the oldest and most renowned nonprofit hospital systems in the U.S. (BMC), in its successful acquisition of two Boston-area safety net hospitals, Good Samaritan and St. Elizabeth’s, from bankrupt Steward Healthcare System LLC. The transaction was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and closed on October 1, 2024
• Brookfield Special Investments in its $185 million investment in Orthopedic Care Partners, an orthopedic practice management platform
• Brookfield Special Investments in its $400 million preferred equity investment in Body Contour Centers LLC, dba Sono Bello
• Christ Clinic, a 501(c)(3) charity medical clinic, in its joint venture with Innovative Wellness to provide functional medicine in greater Houston
• Dental Care Alliance, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, Mubadala Investment Company and PSP Investments, in connection with its entry into a restructuring support agreement
• Jaws Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Barry Sternlicht, in its $4.4 billion business combination with Cano Health
• Kinderhook Industries in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Enhabit (NYSE: EHAB), a provider of home health and hospice care
• LCS Living in its acquisition of Vi Living, a provider of senior living
• Nordic Capital in its acquisition of United Veterinary Care
• Oaktree Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management, in its $1.6 billion business combination with Hims, Inc.
• Olympus Partners in its acquisition of ONsite Mammography
• Olympus Partners in the pending $1.1 billion sale of the retina business of EyeSouth Partners to Cencora (NYSE: COR)
• One Equity Partners in its acquisition of American Medical Technologies
• One Equity Partners in its acquisition of InfuCare Rx
• Paragon Healthcare Inc. in its sale to Peak Rock Capital LLC
• Radiology Partners on its $885 million acquisition of MEDNAX Radiology Solutions
• Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. in the acquisition of Care Hospice

Healthcare Technology & Solutions

• Accel KKR in its acquisition of ECRI’s Spend Management and Recall Management solutions business as an independent company
• Bain Capital Tech Opportunities in its investment in, and combination of, DoseSpot and Arrive Health to form Interra Health, a provider of a prescription platform
• Blackstone in its investment in Chartis, a provider of healthcare advisory services
• Brookfield-backed Everise in its investment from Warburg Pincus
• CCC Intelligent Solutions in its $730 million acquisition of EvolutionIQ, a provider of a platform for AI-powered guidance for disability and injury claims management
• Datix Holdco Limited in its acquisition of Verge Solutions, LLC
• Francisco Partners in its acquisition of AdvancedMD, a provider of medical office software, from Global Payments (NYSE: GPN)
• Hildred in its investment in Tebra
• Madison Dearborn Partners and Thoma Bravo in their $1.4 billion sale of Syntellis Performance Solutions to Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP)
• MultiPlan Corp. (NYSE: MPLN) in its $160 million acquisition of Benefits Science, a data and advanced analytics company
• Nordic Capital-led consortium in its $7.3 billion acquisition of Inovalon
• TA Associates and Francisco Partners in their significant growth investment in Edifecs, Inc.
• TA Associates in its significant growth investment in Alpha II, a provider of revenue cycle management (“RCM”) technology solutions to healthcare providers
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Healthx
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Zipari
• Thoma Bravo, as lead investor, in its $130 million Series D financing round for Alma, a membership-based network that helps independent mental health care providers
• Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. in its $1.4 billion sale of Nextech to TPG
• TPG’s The Rise Fund in its over $200 million investment in Foodsmart, a provider of telenutrition services and a food benefits management platform
• Trinity Hunt Partners-backed Acuvance in its acquisition of ROI Healthcare Solutions, a provider of hospital enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and optimization professional services
• Vesey Street Capital Partners in its sale of QualityMetric
• Vista Equity Partners in its $4 billion acquisition of EngageSmart
• Vitruvian Partners in its $637 million investment in DeepIntent, a provider of a healthcare demand-side platform
• Warburg Pincus in its investment in Quantum Health
• WCAS in its equity investment in ImageTrend, Inc.
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe-backed GovCIO in its acquisition of SoldierPoint Digital Health, a provider of digital health solutions supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs, from Iron Bow Technologies

Life Sciences

• AbbVie in its acquisition of Soliton
• Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Mirati Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MRTX)
• EW Healthcare Partners-backed Cognate BioServices in its sale to Charles River Laboratories
• Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) in its $2.325 billion acquisition of ILC Dover, a provider of solutions for biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and medical device markets, from New Mountain Capital

Privacy

• A medical claims manager in its internal and regulator investigation stemming from a data security breach involving health records
• The Susan G. Komen Foundation in its implementation of programming initiatives and related privacy matters

Consultant, Center for Public Research and Leadership, 2019

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017–2018