RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a healthcare private equity firm based in Lake Forest, Ill., has finalized a deal to acquire Symmetry Surgical, a marketer of surgical instruments and specialty devices based in Nashville.
Acquiring Symmetry is the second completed venture from a $650 million RoundTable investment fund, the company said in a statement.
Thomas Kapfer, a senior operating partner and member of RoundTable’s management committee, has been named chairman of Symmetry’s board of directors.
Thomas Sullivan will continue to serve as Symmetry’s president and CEO, and has also been appointed a member of its board of directors.
"We are excited to have completed our acquisition of Symmetry," Kapfer said in a statement. "The company represents a strong platform in the surgical instrumentation and specialty device market.”
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