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10.12.26

Before You Sign the LOI: What Law Firm Owners Need To Know About Selling To Private Equity

Private equity’s growing interest in the legal industry has created opportunities for law firm owners to realize value from businesses they have spent years, or even decades, building. Through…

8.27.26

How Are Legal Practices Valued by MSOs?

Private equity’s interest in the legal industry is no longer theoretical. Over the past several years, investor interest in law firms has grown tremendously. While this is becoming common knowledge,…

7.19.23

10th Annual Definitive Conference for Dental Service Organizations

Considered the best informational and networking event of the year, our award-winning conference brings hundreds of the greatest thought leaders in the industry, all in the same place, for three…

Dykema’s Annual M&A Outlook Events

Join us in Chicago or Detroit as we provide a preview of the results of Dykema's annual "State of the M&A Market" analysis, a premier survey cited by top media including The Wall Street Journal, The…

9.21.26

Bill Introduced To Establish New Federal Corporate Practice of Medicine Restrictions

On September 16, 2026, the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Largely modeled after Oregon’s Senate Bill 951, this bill…

9.02.26

Illinois Expands Governmental Oversight on Private Equity Investments in Healthcare

On August 7, 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 500, Public Act 104-0782 (“Act”) into law, effective January 1, 2027. The Act significantly broadens the scope of healthcare…

7.16.26

Legal MSOs and ABA Rule 1.17: Why Most Transactions Are Structured to Avoid It

The legal industry is in the early stages of a transformation that has already occurred in other professional services sectors. Law firms are increasingly exploring new ways to access capital, improve…

3.31.26

Can a DSO Transaction Create an Overlooked Filing Requirement? (with Tyler Hubert)

Affiliated Service Groups (ASGs) are common in DSO structures, and depending on how employee benefits are arranged, they can unintentionally create a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA),…

7.22.24

Dissolving Your Business? Here’s What You Need To Know about the CTA’s Latest Reporting Requirements (with Jeff Gifford)

Dissolving your business before January 1, 2025? According to some recent guidance regarding the Corporate Transparency Act, you might still have outstanding paperwork to file with FinCEN. Jeff…

7.13.23

The Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice Of The DSO Industry – Episode 132

Dykema attorneys Virgil Ochoa & Sean Buckley join Gary Salman, CEO of Black Talon Security, to discuss dental group practice and DSO cybersecurity in 2023 on Episode 132 of the Group Dentistry Now…

7.05.23

Dean Gould Provides Insight on DSO Deal Structures on The Dental Practice Sale Podcast

Dean Gould joined The Dental Practice Sale podcast for its episode, "The Evolution of Deal Structures in the DSO Space - with Dean Gould."

1.15.26

Emily Reed and Katy Jo Richards Selected for Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation LEAD Academy Class of 2026

Dykema is proud to announce that Emily Reed and Katy Jo Richards were chosen by the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation to be participants in its LEAD (Lead. Empower. Advance. Develop.) Academy Class…

6.26.23

DSO/Healthcare Attorney Jena E. Taft Joins Dykema’s Growing Dallas Office

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Jena Taft as a Senior Counsel in its Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Dental Service Organizations (DSO) Industry Group.…

2.13.23

Joe DeHondt Selected to Michigan Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers Class of 2023

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Joe DeHondt was selected for Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Up & Coming Lawyers” Class of 2023. DeHondt will be featured in a special section of…

10.30.25

M&A Sector Spotlight: Healthcare

The healthcare M&A market is entering 2026 with a strong sense of strategic momentum, particularly among private equity investors and tech-forward operators. 

6.10.23

Virgil Ochoa To Present About Practice Succession Planning at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Conference

Virgil Ochoa will serve as a featured presenter at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 10. Ochoa's session, titled "Succession Planning: Everything You Want to Know,"…

5.04.23

Opportunities for the Modern Endodontic Practice in Today’s Marketplace

Virgil Ochoa was a co-presenter on "Opportunities for the Modern Endodontic Practice in Today’s Marketplace" at the 2023 American Association of Endodontists (AAE) conference in Chicago, IL.

1.13.23

What You Need To Know About Selling Your Periodontics Practice

Virgil Ochoa and Stephen Sayre co-presented on "What You Need To Know About Selling Your Periodontics Practice" for the North American Society of Periodontists (NASP), in Dallas, TX.

5.10.23

Private Equity Deal Considerations: Business and Legal Considerations in a Private Equity Transaction

Dean Gould will serve as a featured presenter for the MedAxiom webinar, "Private Equity Deal Considerations: Business and Legal Considerations in a Private Equity Transaction." Gould and co-presenters…