CG Sawaya Partners Advises WellSpring Consumer Healthcare on its Sale to Avista Capital Partners

Canaccord Genuity Sawaya Partners is pleased to announce it has advised WellSpring Consumer Healthcare, a leading marketer of over-the-counter and personal care brands, on its sale to Avista Capital Partners. WellSpring Consumer Healthcare was a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity.

Founded in 1999 in Sarasota, Florida, WellSpring Consumer Healthcare manages a diversified portfolio of trusted brands in the U.S. and Canada in important, need-based product segments such as first aid, therapeutic skincare and digestive health. Several of these brands occupy the #1 or #2 positions in their respective segments and benefit from a long-standing heritage, high awareness among consumers, and robust omnichannel presence.

Avista Capital Partners is a New York-based private equity firm with over $8 billion invested in more than 40 growth-oriented healthcare businesses globally.

The CG Sawaya Partners deal team consisted of Slava Leykind, Taylor Petersen, Ali Solangi, and Will Coakley.