HMB congratulates Svoboda Capital Partners LLC ("SC") on their partnership with Clarion Healthcare ("Clarion"). Founded in 1998, SC is a Chicago-based private equity firm that identifies, invests in and helps build excellent businesses in its targeted business niches: value-added distribution, business services and consumer products.
“Clarion is a very impressive organization, delivering high value to clients by bridging the intersection between science and medical know-how with business acumen and commercialization expertise. Our partnership with Clarion is consistent with our firm’s continued focus on investing in and helping build great professional service companies – key tenets of which include preserving culture and reputation while providing the capital and support to help enhance growth,” reflected Ryan Kantor, Vice President at SC.
“Our partnership with SC will help catalyze Clarion’s growth and find additional ways to deliver long-term value to clients," said Clarion Managing Director and Co-founder Bart Lombardi.
Clarion, founded in 2003 and based in Boston, MA, provides strategic and organizational consulting services to life sciences companies. Clarion serves clients spanning the size spectrum – from leading global enterprises to emerging firms seeking to commercialize their first asset.
Svoboda Capital was represented by HMB’s Private Equity Team, led by Managing Partner Jeffrey A. Hechtman, Corporate Partner and Corporate Group Chair Brett M. Winterstein , Corporate Partner Ati K. Khatri and Corporate Associates Elise Anderson and Alicia A. Handy.