- Counsel to Navicent Health Inc. in its $1+ billion member substitution with Atrium Health Inc.
- Counsel to Avanos Medical (formerly Halyard Health Inc.) in its $710 million sale of its surgical and infection prevention business to Owens & Minor (OMI), and in its $174 million purchase of private-equity backed CORPAK Medsystems Inc.
- Counsel to Memorial Health University Medical Center in its $700+ million sale transaction with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA).
- Counsel to First Cash Financial Services Inc. (FC) in its $2.7 billion merger of equals with Cash America International Inc. (CAI) and listing on the NYSE.
- Counsel to The Schumacher Group, a leading provider of outsourced emergency and hospital medicine clinical staffing and other health care advisory services, in a recapitalization with Onex Corporation (TSX:OCX).
- Counsel to Avanos Medical (formerly Halyard Health Inc.) in its $1.7 billion tax-free spinoff from Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
- Counsel to Harden Healthcare Holdings Inc., a portfolio company of Capstar Partners and KKR, in a tax-free merger with Gentiva Health Services Inc. (GTIV) valued at $410 million and related spinoff of Harden’s long-term care business to its shareholders.
- Counsel to Ambulatory Services of America Inc., a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg and MedCare Investment Funds, in the sale of its dialysis business to U.S. Renal Care Inc., a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners, and related sale of ASA’s radiation oncology business to Vantage Oncology LLC, a portfolio company of Oak Hill Capital Partners.
- Counsel to TechHealth Inc., a leading provider of workers’ compensation and occupational health, in its sale to One Call Care Management Inc., a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners.
Retired Partner,
- Phone: +1 404 881 7554
- Email: steve.pottle@alston.com
Steve’s clients value his leadership for their complex corporate and business transactions. His innovative and practical strategies for structuring, shepherding and executing transactions for domestic and international organizations have added value to many billions of dollars of transactions. His creativity and experience give his clients peace of mind.