Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in its acquisition of Impact Fitness, formerly a Bain Capital portfolio company.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is a leading middle-market private equity platform that has invested capital in a broad spectrum of industries for over three decades. It focuses on privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments primarily in North America. Impact Fitness, a franchisee of Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors of fitness centers in the United States, is headquartered in Brighton, Michigan with locations across the U.S. and Canada.

The Debevoise team was led by partners Kevin Rinker and Christopher Anthony and included partners Rafael Kariyev, Meir Katz and Scott Selinger, counsel Serhat T. Krause and Zahra Sowder, and associates Benjamin Collins-Wood, David E. Deutsch, Brandon S. Finz, Christian Frazier, Melody D. Godbolt, Andrew G. Jamieson, Molly B. Klinghoffer, Priya B. Soni, Helen Tang, Dominique Trudelle, Alana Walker and Abraham Williamson.

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