Corporate Health Care Transactions
We offer our clients one of the nation’s largest groups of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions attorneys dedicated to the health care industry. We recognize the need to offer superlative corporate finance skills coupled with an expert understanding of the health care industry.
EXPERIENCE
Our extensive experience in health care transactions runs the full spectrum of mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, joint ventures, asset and stock purchases, leveraged transactions, recapitalizations, spin-offs, joint ventures, bankruptcy acquisitions, competitive auctions and corporate reorganizations for both public and private companies. Our corporate health care attorneys are also well-versed in financings and securities offerings, including initial and secondary public equity offerings, public debt offerings, venture capital, acquisition and mezzanine financing and private placements of debt and equity securities. Our clients cover the range of health care businesses, such as health care service providers of all types (profit and not-for-profit), managed care business, product and device companies, information technology providers and pharmaceutical and life sciences businesses. We have excellent relationships with key financial advisors and sponsors that are intimately involved in the health care industry. We also routinely advise companies and boards on corporate governance and related matters, including advising clients on the governance and compliance matters precipitated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
WHY ALSTON & BIRD?
Our corporate team works side-by-side with regulatory compliance, governmental investigations, technology, life sciences and legislative and public policy attorneys and professionals in well-developed teams specifically designed to meet our clients' needs. This combination allows our lawyers to add value and maximize our clients' decision-making by quickly identifying and resolving issues specific to the health care industry without interrupting the progress of a transaction while achieving our clients’ objectives. Members of our practice include Senator Bob Dole and Tom Scully, the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which affords our clients unparalleled insights into numerous governmental agencies and the legislative horizon. We complement our many years of corporate experience with an ability to identify and resolve unique issues encountered by the health care industry. We are trusted advisors and offer practical results-oriented approaches to meet our clients’ needs.
RECOGNITION
The strength and quality of our corporate health care practice is exceptional and our lawyers are continually recognized for their talents. Two of our lawyers are listed in Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of health law, and one is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Our lawyers regularly speak at conferences and publish on numerous issues related to the health care industry.