Houlihan Lokey Advises Uplift

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Uplift Investors (Uplift), a middle-market private equity firm guided by a business-model-centric approach to services investments, has completed the formation and investment in Orion Legal MSO (Orion Legal), a managed service organization (MSO) supporting leading plaintiff law firms, with Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers (Dudley DeBosier), a leading personal injury (PI) law firm in Louisiana, that will serve as Orion Legal’s founding partner firm. The transaction closed on January 22, 2026, and marks Uplift’s first platform investment following its launch in 2025.

Uplift is a business-model-centric services investment firm dedicated to creating scalable success and lasting partnerships. Headquartered in Darien, Connecticut, the firm takes a specialized approach to private equity investing, focusing on micro-sectors at the intersection of five business models and five services sectors. Uplift partners with management teams and provides functional resources to catalyze distinct competitive advantages to elevate its partner companies.

Orion Legal is an MSO supporting leading plaintiff law firms across North America. Orion Legal provides nonlegal operational support services, including marketing, technology, finance, talent, and administrative infrastructure, to enable law firms to focus on delivering exceptional legal outcomes for clients. Built in partnership with Dudley DeBosier as its founding partner firm, Orion Legal is designed to help plaintiff law practices scale, improve efficiency, and enhance client service while preserving firm culture, autonomy, and full compliance with applicable legal and ethical requirements.

Since 2009, Dudley DeBosier has provided plaintiff representation for automotive accidents, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, and PI lawsuits from six offices throughout Louisiana.

Under the partnership, Orion Legal will provide Dudley DeBosier and future partner law firms with nonlegal operational support services, including marketing, finance, technology, talent, and administrative infrastructure, designed to enable attorneys to focus on client advocacy and legal outcomes.

Will Hausberg, Managing Partner at Uplift, said, “We believe this partnership represents an important milestone for the broader legal services ecosystem and offers a compelling opportunity to bring scale to a highly fragmented market in a responsible, durable way.” Doug Rosenstein, Managing Partner at Uplift, added, “We look forward to expanding Orion Legal to enable future partner firms to benefit from shared services and modern operating infrastructure.”

Houlihan Lokey served as buyside advisor to Uplift, assisting in evaluating and negotiating the investment.

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