06 Apr, 2026

ECP acquires EnergySolutions; Uplift Investors buys IMS Legal Strategies

Deal Wrap is updated as of 3 p.m. ET.

- Energy Capital Partners LLC is set to acquire nuclear services company EnergySolutions Inc. from TriArtisan Capital Advisors LLC. Morgan Stanley & Co. and RBC Capital Markets were financial advisers to EnergySolutions, and Ropes & Gray acted as legal adviser. Latham & Watkins was the legal adviser to ECP.

- Uplift Investors LP acquired legal services company IMS Legal Strategies, formerly IMS ExpertServices, from Trinity Hunt Partners LP. Uplift's financial advisers were Robert W. Baird & Co. and Piper Sandler, and Kirkland & Ellis was the legal adviser. IMS' financial adviser was Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC, and the legal adviser was Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

- Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. acquired Soleno Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company backed by Vivo Capital LLC, Perceptive Advisors LLC and Frazier Life Sciences Management LP.

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