DLA Piper advised Kreischer Miller, an independent accounting, tax, and advisory firm, in its combination with Ascend, a private equity-backed platform focused on building a national accounting and advisory firm. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Kreischer Miller serves privately held companies, private equity firms, family-owned businesses, and high-net-worth individuals. The combination expands Ascend’s presence in Pennsylvania and strengthens its reach across the Mid-Atlantic region.
The transaction underscores DLA Piper’s extensive experience advising accounting firms, other professional services organizations and private equity funds on strategic combinations, acquisitions, investments, and other complex growth transactions.
The DLA Piper deal team included Partners Joseph Silver (Atlanta) and Merrick Doll (Chicago), and Associates Kaitlyn Pettet and Jenna Wojcicki (both Atlanta).
With more than 225 global lawyers providing strategic counsel to private equity funds and their industry-leading portfolio companies, DLA Piper’s Private Equity practice has the team, experience, and relationships to help drive value across the investment life cycle by delivering responsive, efficient, and integrated solutions around the world. DLA Piper’s Global Private Equity practice ranks as the #1 most active among law firms, according to PitchBook.
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