- Counsel to both for-profit and not-for-profit health systems in the acquisition and divestiture of more than 20 acute care hospitals, and counsel to not-for profit health systems in corporate governance and restructuring matters.
- Counsel to Memorial Health University Medical Center in its $700+ million sale transaction with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA).
- Counsel to Tenet Healthcare Corporation in its $250 million sale of MacNeal Hospital in Chicago to Trinity Health System.
- Counsel to Tenet Healthcare Corporation in its $575 million sale of Atlanta-area hospitals Atlanta Medical Center, North Fulton Hospital, Spalding Regional Hospital, and Sylvan Grove Hospital, and related physician clinics, to WellStar Health System.
- Represented home health and hospice companies in more than 10 acquisitions and divestitures.
- Counsel to LHC Group Inc. in its $2.4 billion merger with Almost Family Inc.
- Counsel to Harden Healthcare Holdings Inc., a portfolio company of Capstar Partners and KKR, in a tax-free merger with Gentiva Health Services Inc. valued at $410 million and related spinoff of Harden’s long-term care business to its shareholders.
- Counsel to Getinge AB in numerous medical device acquisitions and divestitures, including an $860 million tender offer purchase of Datascope, a U.S. publicly traded cardiovascular device company.
- Counsel to physician practice groups and physician practice managers in acquisitions and divestitures, including primary care, ophthalmology, pathology, anesthesiology, and radiology.
- Represented laboratory companies in more than 20 acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate financing transactions, including Aurora Diagnostics in its equity financing, 144A offering of indentures, and subsequent exchange offer and acquisition of pathology practices across the U.S.
Partner,
- Phone: 404.881.7866
- Email: russell.hilton@alston.com
Health care stakeholders turn to Russell to lead M&A and private equity deals, and advise them on complex legal issues unique to the health care industry. Clients rely on his ability to execute practical strategies tailored to achieve their business objectives.