Overview
Karla Utset focuses her practice on transactional and corporate matters, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions and divestures involving private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Karla is appointed as an attorney ad litem by Lawyers for Children America to represent foster youth.
During law school, Karla was executive editor of the University of Miami Law Review and a Dean’s Fellow for Constitutional Law.
Results
- Represented Martis Capital in connection with (a) the merger of Credible Behavioral Health, Inc., which was a portfolio company of Martis Capital and a leading provider of web-based software for clinic, community, residential, and mobile care providers, with and into Crossover Merger Subsidiary, Inc., an affiliate of Qualifacts Systems, Inc., a leading provider of software-as-a-service and web-based electronic health records for the behavioral health and human services market, and (b) its rollover and additional investment into Quicksilver Topco, LLC, the parent company of Qualifacts Systems, Inc. The joint company will push to become the first nationwide EHR platform specializing in behavioral health
- Represented Signature MD, Inc., a Blue Sea Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of Paragon Private Health, LLC, a leader in concierge healthcare
- Represented H.I.G. Advantage, LLC, in its acquisition of Supply Source Enterprises, Inc., a leading distributor of branded and private label personal protective equipment, commercial cleaning, maintenance, and safety products in the United States, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, The Safety Zone, LLC and Impact Products, LLC from S.P. Richards Company, a subsidiary formerly held by Genuine Parts Company
- Represented Beacon Oral Specialists Holdings LLC, an oral surgery-focused DSO owned by Blue Sea Capital, in a PPM transaction with Atlanta Oral & Facial Surgery, LLC, a leading group of providers of oral, maxillofacial, and implant surgery
- Hidden Harbor Capital Partners in its acquisition of Wehner Multifamily, LLC, Wehner Construction Management, LLC, and Building Supply Imports, LLC, which provide property management and construction services to apartment buildings in Oklahoma and Texas
Credentials
Education
University of Miami School of Law, JD, magna cum laude, 2018
Florida International University, BA, 2014
Admissions
Florida
Languages
English
Spanish
