Bolton, Jacob
Jacob Earl Bolton
+1.615.850.8926

Overview

Jacob Bolton is a healthcare transactions attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Mr. Bolton concentrates his practice on physician and dental practice management, with a particular emphasis on dental support organizations (DSOs). He regularly represents large practice groups, DSOs and their affiliated providers across a wide range of corporate and transactional matters.

Mr. Bolton advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and founder physicians and dentists in connection with the formation, acquisition, growth and disposition of physician and dental group practices and practice management platforms. His experience spans the full life cycle of practice management transactions, from initial platform formation and structuring through add-on acquisitions, operational growth and eventual exit events.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Speciality1 Partners, a doctor-founded and doctor-led dental partnership organization and a portfolio company of VSS Capital Partners, in its add-on acquisitions of several practices, including:
    • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of South Texas, a Texas-based oral and maxillofacial surgery practice
    • Endodontic Specialists of NEPA, a dental practice with two locations in Pennsylvania
    • The Specialty Center for Periodontics & Dental Implants, a Georgia-based dental practice specializing in periodontal surgery, therapy, dental implants, cosmetic periodontal procedures and comprehensive gum disease management
  • Represented Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry, a portfolio company of private equity firm The Beekman Group and an affiliate of Beekman Investment Partners III, in its sale to Comvest Private Equity
  • Represented Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry, a dental support organization and a portfolio company of Comvest Private Equity, in its add-on acquisition of:
    • Palms Dentistry, a provider of cosmetic, restorative and emergency dentistry services
    • Pfabulous Gentle Dentistry, a Virginia-based family dental practice
    • Ashland Family Dentistry, a Virginia-based family dental practice
    • Relax Dental of the Triad, a North Carolina-based orthodontics practice
  • Represented a venture capital-backed dental support organization in its add-on acquisition of a Massachusetts-based family dental practice
  • Represented a private equity-backed multi-specialty dental support organization in its add-on acquisition of three dental practices in Indiana
  • Represented a private equity-backed dental support organization in its add-on acquisition of a dental practice with 10 locations in North Carolina
  • Represented Affordable Care LLC, the nation's leading consumer retail healthcare company exclusively focused on tooth replacement solutions and a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, in its add-on acquisition of ProSmile, a Colorado-based dental practice
  • Represented Affordable Care LLC in its add-on acquisition of Houston Oral Healthcare Specialists, a Texas-based dental practice

  • Represented a Texas-based premier provider of neurological services in its sale to a private equity-backed partnership of independent practices focused on driving the future of neurological and rheumatic care delivery
  • Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a full-service radiology company from an independent investment firm
  • Represented AleraCare, a leading provider of infusion treatments and pharmacy services for high-need and medically complex populations and a portfolio company of Hildred Capital Management, in its merger with Pure Healthcare, a national medical group dedicated to lowering healthcare costs and improving outcomes for patients with complex chronic and autoimmune conditions and founded by BUILD Capital Partners
  • Represented DFW Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in its acquisition of The Boster Center for Multiple Sclerosis, a leading provider of expert treatment for multiple sclerosis and a range of other ailments
  • Represented DFW Capital Partners in its acquisition of IV Solutions, a leading provider of clinical pharmacy and home infusion therapy services in Illinois

Credentials

Education
  • University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D.
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.S.
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Tennessee
Memberships
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Publications

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