Tyler Pate

• Represented a for-profit, publicly traded health system in its $1.1 billion sale of multiple Southeast acute care hospitals.
• Represented more than 1,000 physician owners of Summit Health and CityMD, in a $9 billion sale to VillageMD, creating one of the largest independent health care provider groups in the United States.
• Represented Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS), one of the largest independent cardiovascular practices in the country, in its launch of the Cardiovascular Logistics platform with Lee Equity Partners.
• Advised a for-profit, publicly traded health system and a subsidiary on the sale of their urgent care platform.
• Advised Avanos Medical, Inc. with numerous medical device acquisitions and divestitures, including its $160 million acquisition of OrthogenRx, Inc., an emerging leader in viscosupplementation therapies for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis pain.
• Represented Shady Grove Fertility in the formation of the US Fertility platform with Amulet Capital.
• Represented pharmaceutical contract manufacturer Frontida BioPharm in its sale to Adare Pharma Solutions.
• Counsel to physician groups and for-profit and not-for-profit health systems in numerous investments in single and multi-speciality ambulatory surgery centers.
• Represented Citadel Health, LLC in an investment in Georgia Physicians for Accountable Care, an accountable care organization, and the formation of an associated clinically integrated network.

Tyler Pate represents both public and private companies in a range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities offerings, private equity deals, and corporate finance transactions. With a focus on the health care sector, he has expertise advising clients on complex transactions throughout the health care industry, most notably physician services, hospitals and health systems, medical device manufacturing, biologics, and health IT. His substantial experience in advising health care providers and investors in physician services transactions includes the ophthalmology, orthopedic, dental, cardiology, urology, gastroenterology, podiatry, and neurology specialties.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2015)
• University of Georgia (B.B.A., 2012)