Audax Private Equity to Acquire Avantor's Clinical Services Business

In The News
August 16, 2024

Ropes & Gray represented Audax Private Equity in its acquisition of the Clinical Services business of Avantor Inc. Clinical Services provides clinical trial and laboratory supply chain services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, contract research organizations (CROs), and diagnostic laboratories. Audax will acquire Avantor’s clinical services business, including kitting, biorepository, and related equipment and ancillaries. The transaction was announced in an Aug. 16 press release.  

Based in Boston and San Francisco, Audax Private Equity is a leading middle market investment firm with approximately $19 billion of assets under management.

This team included private equity partner Chau Le, finance partner Greg Bauer, healthcare partner Michael Lampert, life sciences regulatory & compliance partner Josh Oyster, tax partner Pamela Glazier, employment partner Megan Bisk, executive compensation & employee benefits partner Jennifer Rikoski Whitney, real estate partner Peter Alpert, IP transactions counsel Emily Karlberg, private equity counsel Peter Wang and associate Elizabeth Johnson.