Representative Experience
  • Hospitals & Health Systems
    • Served as lead counsel to a national diversified healthcare delivery network in its formation of a joint venture with an academic medical center in order to own and operate community hospitals in North Carolina, surrounding states and the Midwest.

      Represented a national diversified healthcare delivery network in the formation of a joint venture with Kentucky's largest healthcare provider to expand its reach in underserved rural areas of Kentucky and Indiana.

      Served as lead counsel to a joint venture healthcare provider in its acquisition of multiple hospitals located in North Carolina.

      Served as lead counsel to a joint venture healthcare provider in its acquisition of an 80% interest in multiple hospitals located in North Carolina.

      Served as lead counsel to a nonprofit entity in its affiliation and acquisition of membership interests of a hospital located in Florida.

      Represented an Oklahoma academic medical center in its affiliation agreement with an investor-owned hospital.

      Served as lead counsel to a joint venture in its acquisition of a hospital in Indiana.

      Served as lead counsel to an investor-owned health system in its acquisition of a tax-exempt hospital in Georgia.

      Served as lead counsel to a Tennessee nonprofit corporation in its purchase of a hospital in Tennessee.

      Served as lead counsel to a Tennessee hospital district in connection with the disposition of an 80% interest in a hospital and the subsequent construction of a replacement hospital.

      Served as lead counsel to a tax-exempt entity in its sale of an 80% interest in an Oklahoma hospital.

      Served as lead counsel to a regional medical center, a 268-bed, medical-surgical (med-surg) county-owned hospital, in connection with its acquisition of a 137-bed med-surg hospital.

      Served as special healthcare and diligence counsel to real estate investment trust in its partnership with a private equity investor.

  • Distressed Healthcare Transactions
    • Served as lead transaction counsel in the sale of accountable care organizations, critical-access hospitals, nursing home facilities and other entities pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

      Served as lead transaction counsel in the sale of 14 hospitals (12 long-term acute care hospitals and two medical/surgical) and two skilled nursing facilities for a healthcare company pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including the sale of equity interests.

      Counseled a holding company and certain affiliates in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas with more than $50 million in long-term debt obligations.

      Served as lead counsel to a majority-owned healthcare company in its acquisition of medical center in Austin, Texas, pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

      Assisted a 140-bed Arkansas not-for-profit hospital in the sale of its home health agency, which provided the liquidity necessary to complete its Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding.

      Served as transaction counsel in the sale of seven ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for $46.5 million to a joint venture.

  • Behavioral Health
    • Served as special healthcare counsel to a private equity firm in its acquisition of a controlling interest in a behavioral healthcare (eating disorder) platform.

      Served as lead counsel in connection with an investment in a behavioral healthcare (eating disorder) company.

      Served as lead counsel to a joint venture in the development of mental health hospital co-located with an Ohio nursing home.

      Served as lead counsel to a behavioral health facility in its acquisition of two facilities dedicated to the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

      Served as lead counsel to a healthcare company in the formation of a joint venture with a nursing home operator to develop and operate a co-located geriatric psychiatry unit in Missouri.

      Served as lead counsel to an owner and operator of psychiatric hospitals, clinics, and other mental health facilities in its purchase of a 90-bed specialty and long-term care psychiatric hospital located in Detroit, Michigan.

      Served as lead counsel to an investor-owned behavioral healthcare company in its long-term lease of a psychiatric hospital in Texas.

      Served as lead counsel to equity owners in the sale of all of equity interests.

  • Dental
    • Served as lead counsel to an investor-owned company in its acquisition of a dental support organization (DSO), together with bolt-on acquisitions, for $450 million.

      Served as lead counsel in the formation of multiple dental support organizations.

  • Additional Healthcare Merger and Acquisition
    • Served as lead counsel to a hospitalist and emergency room services company, in its formation, platform acquisitions and several bolt-on acquisitions.

      Served as development counsel to an emergency and hospital medicine practice management company.

      Served as lead counsel to a private equity-backed provider of renal care services as it prepared and executed its market entry strategy to expand into New York.

      Served as transaction counsel to a private equity-backed provider of women's healthcare services in connection with multiple bolt-on acquisitions.

      Served as lead counsel to a private equity-backed provider of gastrological services in connection with multiple bolt-on acquisitions, as well as the disposition of its interest in the platform.

      Served as lead counsel to a precision diagnostic company in a minority investment in an outpatient imaging business structured to enable the investor to consolidate the financial results of the business.

      Served as lead counsel to a precision diagnostic company in its Round C financing from a strategic investor.

      Served as special healthcare counsel to a private equity firm in its acquisition of hospice agencies in Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

      Served as lead counsel to investor-owned company in its acquisition of the remaining 80% of the equity interests in a clinical laboratory services provider.

      Served as lead counsel to an investor-owned company in its formation of a joint venture to operate rehabilitation hospitals in Oklahoma.

      Served as counsel to a private equity firm in the disposition of its interest in a provider of healthcare services to women.

      Served as counsel to a private equity firm in its sale of its interest in a provider of gastrological services.