Behavioral Health Company Goes Public after Acquisition

The Behavioral Health sector isn’t charging into the New Year. Only two deals have been announced in the first three weeks of January, but one of those is unusual for the sector. On January 11, 2017, Global Partner Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GPAC), a blank-check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination, merged with Alabama-based Sequel Youth and Family Services, a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. Sequel Youth and Family Services now operates 44 residential and community-based programs in 19 states that offer diversified behavioral health services for children, adolescents and adults with behavioral, emotional or physical challenges. In March... Read More »