Ropes & Gray Represents The Vistria Group in its Acquisition of BioCare

Ropes & Gray represented The Vistria Group on its acquisition of BioCare, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal was announced on Nov. 8 in a press release.

BioCare is a specialty pharmaceutical distribution partner that provides distribution, specialty pharmacy and logistics services. The Vistria Group is a purpose-driven private investment firm focused on investing in middle market companies in the healthcare, education, and financial services sectors.

The Ropes & Gray team that represented the Vistria group was led by private equity partners Timothy Castelli, Neill Jakobe (both of Chicago) and Daniel Cowan (Boston), and included health care partners Jennifer Romig (Chicago), Margaux Hall (Washington, DC) and Timothy McCrystal (Boston), leveraged finance partner Alexander Zeltser (New York), employment, executive compensation & benefits partner Jennifer Cormier (Boston), tax partner Aaron Harsh (Boston), asset management partner Amanda Persaud (New York), life sciences, regulatory & compliance partner Joshua Oyster (Washington, DC), leveraged finance counsel Nichole Tackett-Lopez (Chicago), IP transactions counsel Thomas Burke (New York), asset management counsel Mark Sugino (New York), litigation & enforcement counsel Steven Kaye and Deidre Johnson (both of Boston), private equity associate Lisa McJohn (Chicago), leveraged finance associate Patrick Prin (New York) and health care associate Jamie Darch (Chicago).