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NEW YORK – Aug. 15, 2025 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Gridiron Capital in connection with its acquisition of ABC Legal Services, a leading national provider of service of process and court filing solutions.

Established in 1974 and headquartered in Seattle, ABC Legal Services operates a tech-enabled platform that connects over 29,000 clients with 8,000+ process servers across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 88 countries worldwide. The company supports law firms, corporations, and government entities in executing time-sensitive legal workflows.

Gridiron Capital is a leading middle market private equity investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, and creating value by building middle-market companies into industry leaders in the consumer products & services, industrial growth, and business services segments in the United States and Canada.

The Greenberg Traurig team that represented Gridiron was led by Ejim Peter Achi, Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Practice and its Private Equity Practice, and New York Corporate Associate Alexander M. Mandel. Other shareholders included Shaun Levor in the Corporate Practice in New York, Sung Jin in the Corporate Practice in New York, Richard C. Kim in the Corporate Practice in New York, Jeffrey K. Ekeberg in the Tax Practice in Chicago, August Huelle in the Benefits & Compensation Practice in New York, Natasha L. Wilson in the Labor & Employment Practice in Atlanta, Ashley M. Farrell Pickett in the Labor & Employment Practice in Los Angeles, David M. Greenberg in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in New York, Reena Bajowala in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in Chicago, David Edington in the Real Estate Practice in Las Vegas, Sean W. Bezark in the Environmental Practice in Chicago, Tonya M. Esposito in the Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C., Shomari B. Wade in the Government Contracts Practice in Washington, D.C., and Stephen M. Pepper in the Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Practice in New York.

The team also included additional Associates Abdulrasheed Bolaji Ijaodola in the Corporate Practice in New York, Alexander Sellinger in the Corporate Practice in New York, Matthew LaBau in the Corporate Practice in New York, Phillip Popkin in the Benefits & Compensation Practice in New York, Megan Eckel in the Labor & Employment Practice in Atlanta, Ashley Attia in the Labor & Employment Practice in Orange County, Sukhdeep S. Gill in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in Philadelphia, Yusuf Olalere in the Corporate Practice in London, Of Counsel Tzy-Ying (Sandy) Chiu in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in New York, Rebecca Tracy Rotem in the Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Practice in Washington, D.C., and Law Clerk/JD Vincent Okonkwo in the Corporate Practice in New York.