Direct-to-Consumer Home Solutions Company Leaf Home Acquires Erie Home

In The News
September 9, 2025

Ropes & Gray represented Gridiron Capital and Leaf Home in Leaf’s acquisition of Erie Home, combining two of the foremost companies in the direct-to-consumer home solutions sector. Both Leaf and Erie are part of the Gridiron portfolio of companies. The acquisition was announced in a Sept. 8 press release.

Gridiron is an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, and creating value by building middle-market companies into industry leaders in business services, consumer products and services, and industrial growth segments in the United States and Canada.

The deal team included M&A partner Chris Comeau, private equity partner Paul Van Houten, finance partner Dan Coyne, tax partners Aaron Harsh and Tristan Evans-Wilent, employment partner Richard Kidd, executive compensation & employee benefits partner Kyle Higley, IP transactions partner Emily Karlberg, CFIUS partners Ama Adams and Brendan Hanifin, asset management partners Debra Lussier and Steve Zaorski, and private equity associate Josh Coombes.