Sell Side Advisor

Duff & Phelps Advised Providus Holdings, Ltd. on its Sale to Document Technologies Inc.

In September 2012, DTI, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, acquired Providus Holdings, Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About Providus Holdings, Ltd.

Providus Holdings, Ltd. is a premier provider of attorneys, paralegals and other legal professionals on a contract and direct-hire basis to law firms and corporate legal departments.  Headquartered in Houston and with branch offices in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, Providus has an impeccable market reputation for staffing substantive attorney, paralegal and legal support projects as well as staffing large-scale document review projects on-site and within their own document review centers across the US.  As a result, Providus has become a leader in providing highly specialized attorneys and paralegals—including engagements where foreign language fluency is a requirement.

About DTI

DTI is the nation’s largest independent provider of e-discovery, managed document review, facilities management and knowledge process outsourcing. DTI serves the nation’s leading law firms and Fortune 500 corporations through its 28 highly secure service centers located in major cities across the United States.

Transaction Role

Duff & Phelps was engaged as the exclusive financial advisor to Providus to provide merger and acquisition advisory services in connection with a sale transaction.



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