CCG Advisors Announces Acquisition of Marshall Emergency Services Associates by Atlanta Equity

October 11, 2011

CCG Advisors today announced the acquisition of its client, Marshall Emergency Services Associates (MESA), a Lexington, Kentucky-based emergency department contract management firm, by Atlanta Equity.  MESA and its physician owners were represented by CCG Advisors, a merger and acquisition firm based in Atlanta specializing in the sale of middle-market businesses.  

Founded in 1999, MESA provides permanent staffing of emergency department physicians and mid-level practitioners, administrative oversight and billing and collections services for its hospitals.  The company staffs in excess of 250 physicians and mid-level practitioners at twenty emergency departments and nine hospital medicine programs.   MESA differentiates itself in the competitive emergency services market through its provider-friendly dynamic and commitment to efficient emergency department practices and collections.  MESA’s ownership prides itself on a track record of stable, long-term relationships with hospital partners and its team of satisfied professional providers (www.mesaer.com)

CCG worked closely with MESA’s physician owners and management to prepare for and facilitate the transaction. 

Atlanta Equity is a private equity firm with $109 million in capital under management, focused on making investments in growth companies primarily in the Southeast. Established in 2007, the firm invests in lower middle market companies with revenues between $20 million and $200 million and EBITDA greater than $5 million (www.atlantaeq.com). 

CCG Advisors (www.ccgadv.com) is an Atlanta-based merger and acquisition firm specializing in advising owners of privately held companies on business valuation, strategic growth planning, capital alternatives and exit strategies.  CCG represents business owners nationally and across all lines of industry in the sale, recapitalization or ESOP of their companies.  The referrals and goodwill of our clients are a testament to CCG’s record of building real and lasting client relationships.  CCG is committed to helping clients to achieve their personal, financial and business goals at the right time for maximum value.