Following the merger, Restoration Robotics changed its name to Venus Concept Inc. and continued to trade on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “VERO”.
Venus Concept is an innovative global medical aesthetic technology leader with a broad product portfolio of minimally invasive and non-invasive medical aesthetic technologies, and reach in over 60 countries and 29 direct markets. Venus Concept has been backed by leading healthcare industry growth equity investors, including EW Healthcare Partners, HealthQuest Capital, Longitude Capital Management and Aperture Venture Partners.
Private Equity Global Chair Mark Pedretti led the Reed Smith team and all negotiations, with mergers & acquisitions advice led by partner Julia Boyd, capital markets advice led by partners Aron Izower, Danielle Carbone and Tadashi Okamoto and debt financing advice led by partner Ben Brimeyer.
Additional support was provided by a multi-disciplinary team of partners and associates around the firm including:
- Corporate: Wendy Grasso, Jennifer Cheng, Michael S. Lee, Ryan McCarthy, Sheran Sharafi, Terrence Fairfield, Stacy Lee, Emerson Bianchi, Brent McDonough, Matthew Limbert and Anthea Fuentes
- Tax: James Tandler, Alan Schwartz and Simon Kliegman
- FDA / Healthcare Regulatory: Cori Goldberg, Scot Hasselman, Sung Park, Matthew Jacobson, Debra Dermody, Eric Dubelier, Kim Gold and Robert Kantrowitz
- IP: Peter Emmi and Sidharth Kapoor
- Employment / Benefits: Anne Cherry Barnett, Jeffrey Aromatorio, Shannon Mincemoyer and Renold Sossong
- Litigation and Insurance: John Scalzo, James Neudecker and John Schryber
To view a copy of the Venus Concept press release, visit venusconcept.com.
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