Advanced Bone and Joint
Anderson Hospital
Ascension Health
Bethesda Health Group
BJC Health System
Cooperative Home Care
CoreLink
Essence Healthcare
Ferrell Hospital
The Gatesworth
Hillsboro Area Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System
Intalere
Mercy Health
Midwest Neurosurgeons
Navvis & Company
PharMerica
Prairie Spine & Pain Institute
Presbyterian Health Plan
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
ProAssurance
Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital
Sparta Community Hospital
Total Access Urgent Care
Our practice is positioned to provide counsel for health care transactions. We have extensive experience in negotiating, documenting, and implementing merger, asset acquisition, membership interest/stock acquisition, joint venture, religious sponsorship, and affiliation transactions for nonprofit and for-profit clients.
We counsel clients through the transaction process, from the initial analysis of the legal alternatives available for the transaction’s structure and the development of a strategic transaction plan to the negotiation and documentation of the transaction. We assist our clients in seeking and obtaining necessary internal and external approvals, federal and state regulatory approvals, state attorney general approvals, health facility licenses, permits, registrations, and Medicare and Medicaid certifications.
To address our client needs, we have experience in the following areas related to health care partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions:
We also provide comprehensive analysis of the tax implications for both taxable and tax-exempt clients in various transactions and business relationships. We have substantial experience in seeking and obtaining state attorney general approval of proposed transactions on behalf of our clients and a comprehensive understanding of the unique issues facing tax-exempt organizations desiring to restructure in a time of increased state oversight of nonprofit organizations.
The attorneys in our Public Finance and Public Law practice area regularly act as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, issuer’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, and credit enhancer’s counsel in transactions for public and private hospitals, senior living facilities, and other health care providers to finance hospital construction, renovation, and other health facility improvements. Their experience is often beneficial for addressing refinancing obligations attendant to acquisition activities.
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Associate
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St. Louis
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Tyler leverages his extensive practical financial background to assist clients with a variety of corporate and securities matters and finance activities. Tyler leverages his extensive practical financial background to assist clie... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Cathy focuses her practice on employee benefits, taxation and closely-held businesses. Cathy focuses her practice on employee benefits, taxation and closely-held ... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Dan handles various types of complex litigation, including business, tort, product liability, intellectual property, and class action defense. Dan handles various types of complex litigation, including business, tort, ... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Jim is an experienced real estate strategist and negotiator who counsels companies on a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, develo... Jim is an experienced real estate strategist and negotiator who counsels ... |
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Partner
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Dallas
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Jenny is an experienced, strategic, trial lawyer who focuses her practice on health care, white-collar fraud and complex commercial litigation. Jenny is an experienced, strategic, trial lawyer who focuses her practice o... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Jeff helps all types of businesses navigate complex litigation, arbitration, class action, regulatory, and transactional matters in venues across the country. Jeff helps all types of businesses navigate complex litigation, arbitration... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Jim serves as a key advisor to regional medical groups on the full spectrum of business and regulatory issues they encounter while providing medical services. Jim serves as a key advisor to regional medical groups on the full spectrum... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Larry has extensive experience in cases involving shareholder rights, business valuations, fiduciary duty claims, and other contract and business disputes. Larry has extensive experience in cases involving shareholder rights, busin... |
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Associate
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Chicago
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Caitlin identifies client goals and implements innovative solutions to achieve their desired results. Caitlin identifies client goals and implements innovative solutions to achi... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Suzanne is a versatile litigator who has spent her career finding solutions for clients facing difficult and protracted legal battles in a variety of industries and juris... Suzanne is a versatile litigator who has spent her career finding solutions... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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For more than 20 years, Evan has served as a trusted advisor to hospitals, health care systems, long-term care facilities, health plans, physicians, and other businesses ... For more than 20 years, Evan has served as a trusted advisor to hospitals, ... |
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Partner
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Chicago
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Jay serves as a critical business partner and advisor for a variety of companies, from startups to multi-level international organizations. Jay serves as a critical business partner and advisor for a variety of comp... |
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Partner
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Washington, D.C.
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Hospitals, health systems, physicians and other health care clients look to Milada, an attorney and registered nurse, for critical assistance on a range of complex regula... Hospitals, health systems, physicians and other health care clients look to... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Ed is a veteran litigator and head of the Firm's Antitrust Practice Group. Ed is a veteran litigator and head of the Firm's Antitrust Practice Group. |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Joy advises health systems, health plans, group purchasing organizations, physician groups, and other health care entities on a wide range of health care legal issues. Joy advises health systems, health plans, group purchasing organizations, p... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Nicole advises health care providers and health plans on structuring transactions and analyzes health care regulatory issues with an eye toward effective, proactive compl... Nicole advises health care providers and health plans on structuring transa... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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For more than 30 years, Lori has been helping clients solve some of the most challenging employee benefit problems. For more than 30 years, Lori has been helping clients solve some of the mos... |
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Partner
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Chicago
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Rob is a pragmatic, solution-oriented advisor who guides companies through major transactions as well as provides comprehensive advice on their day-to-day operations and ... Rob is a pragmatic, solution-oriented advisor who guides companies through ... |
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Associate
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St. Louis
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Kevin provides strategic legal counsel to health care clients on a broad spectrum of matters. Kevin provides strategic legal counsel to health care clients on a broad sp... |
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Associate
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St. Louis
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As a former health care executive, April strongly connects to the complex issues facing health care clients. As a former health care executive, April strongly connects to the complex i... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Brian practices in the Firm's business litigation and health care litigation areas, where he represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation an... Brian practices in the Firm's business litigation and health care litigatio... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Michael's practice is focused on providing practical, comprehensive solutions that meet the business goals of clients in the employee benefits area of human resources law... Michael's practice is focused on providing practical, comprehensive solutio... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Rick advises companies and individuals on a variety of federal (domestic and international), state and local tax matters. Rick advises companies and individuals on a variety of federal (domestic an... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Tom is a veteran M&A and corporate finance attorney who provides clients with common-sense solutions to address complex transactional issues. Tom is a veteran M&A and corporate finance attorney who provides client... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Greg represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and sophisticated securities offerings, and offers advice on the wide range of regulatory and compliance issues affect... Greg represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and sophisticated secur... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Jan is a former United States Attorney with extensive trial experience who represents companies and individuals in major litigation and regulatory actions. Jan is a former United States Attorney with extensive trial experience who ... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Steve serves as a trusted advisor to financial institutions engaged in all types of public finance and lending transactions. Steve serves as a trusted advisor to financial institutions engaged in all ... |
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Associate
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St. Louis
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Lauren draws on her extensive background in the health care industry to support clients in a variety of business and regulatory matters. Lauren draws on her extensive background in the health care industry to sup... |
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Counsel
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Washington, D.C.
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Jennifer provides counsel to a broad range of clients in the health care and life sciences industries, including institutional providers, medical practices, health system... Jennifer provides counsel to a broad range of clients in the health care an... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Chuck is a creative and highly efficient employment litigator and advisor to private and public sector employers across a wide spectrum of industries. Chuck is a creative and highly efficient employment litigator and advisor t... |
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Associate
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St. Louis
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Elise has experience in both trials and appeals, representing clients across the country in complex commercial litigation, as well as government investigations. Elise has experience in both trials and appeals, representing clients acros... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Clients look to Christina for practical solutions to their complex regulatory compliance problems. Clients look to Christina for practical solutions to their complex regulato... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Tonya provides sensible, strategic and holistic guidance to health care clients related to health care regulatory and compliance issues, government investigations and tra... Tonya provides sensible, strategic and holistic guidance to health care cli... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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As a former Assistant United States Attorney, Claire advocates for clients in the areas of health care fraud and abuse, False Claims Act litigation and other complex whit... As a former Assistant United States Attorney, Claire advocates for clients ... |
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Partner
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Chicago
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Eric advises health care clients on a wide range of business-critical transactional and operational matters. Eric advises health care clients on a wide range of business-critical trans... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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Brent helps his clients navigate the complexities of mergers, acquisitions, financings, and other significant corporate transactions from initial negotiation through exec... Brent helps his clients navigate the complexities of mergers, acquisitions,... |
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Partner
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Los Angeles
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John serves as a one-stop resource for employment counseling and litigation for companies across the country, particularly as they relate to California operations. John serves as a one-stop resource for employment counseling and litigation... |
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Associate
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Chicago
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Beth supports health care clients in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters. Beth supports health care clients in a variety of transactional and regulat... |
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Partner
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Dallas
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Mackenzie is an experienced trial attorney who represents health care entities and other businesses and directors in high-stakes litigation matters. Mackenzie is an experienced trial attorney who represents health care entit... |
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Senior Counsel
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St. Louis
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In an era of escalating pension liabilities and sweeping health care reforms, Trish serves as an employee benefits advisor to public and privately-owned businesses and go... In an era of escalating pension liabilities and sweeping health care reform... |
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Partner
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Dallas
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Dawn defends major product manufacturers and chemical distributors in products liability and mass tort litigation. Dawn defends major product manufacturers and chemical distributors in produ... |
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Partner
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St. Louis
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As an experienced litigator in Missouri courts and beyond, Maria has worked for clients in the banking litigation and fiduciary litigation arenas. As an experienced litigator in Missouri courts and beyond, Maria has w... |
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