Kirkland Advises Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on sale of Caring Brands International

Kirkland & Ellis represented Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, which announced today that it has sold its portfolio company Caring Brands International, Inc., to Wellspring Capital. Headquartered in Sunrise, Florida, Caring Brands is the largest franchisor of home healthcare services globally and the only franchisor offering the full continuum of care at home, including skilled nursing, assistance with daily living activities and end-of-life hospice care. The company operates under three brands — Interim HealthCare (U.S.), Bluebird Care (U.K. and Ireland) and Just Better Care (Australia) — that produce approximately $1.3 billion of annual sales.

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The Kirkland team included corporate partners Shelly Hirschtritt, Kevin Mausert and John Wilkes, and associates Joshua Cowin and Soheil Ebadat.