Business & Healthcare Law

Legal advice in the context of the business.

Support for agreements, corporate decisions, and the legal questions that arise as an organization operates and grows.

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How we can help

Contracts and negotiations

Advice on the agreement and the business decision behind it.

Review, drafting, and negotiation
Vendor, service, physician, and research agreements
Allocation of risk and contractual responsibilities
Advice on unresolved terms and practical alternatives

Company formation and ownership

Establish the arrangements owners and leaders will rely on.

Entity formation and organizational documents
Ownership and operating arrangements
Governance and approval requirements
Changes in ownership and company structure

Healthcare operations

Legal and regulatory advice informed by experience inside a physician organization.

Operational and regulatory questions
Telehealth and service expansion considerations
Integrated delivery and value-based care arrangements
Coordination with compliance and business teams
Governance and oversight of new initiatives

Transactions and continuing counsel

Support scoped to the transaction or the organization’s recurring needs.

Mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and partnerships
Defined corporate, governance, and compliance diligence
Coordination with transaction teams and specialist counsel
Outside general counsel and continuing business advice

New ventures and commercialization

Work through the legal and business arrangements needed to launch or expand.

Subsidiaries, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships
Term sheets, financing arrangements, and transaction diligence
Intellectual property protection and commercialization agreements
Coordination of legal, finance, HR, and operating requirements

Regulatory and outside counsel coordination

Give management a consistent point of contact across legal issues and advisers.

Regulatory interpretation and implementation planning
Legislative drafting and advocacy support
Management of outside counsel and litigation response
Employment-related policies and operational legal advice

Illustrative engagement · Hypothetical

“We’re expanding into a new state. What changes for corporate practice of medicine, licensing, and telehealth?”

Review the proposed ownership and operating structure, where clinicians and patients will be located, and how care will be delivered. Assess corporate practice of medicine, professional and entity licensing, telehealth, and prescribing considerations, coordinating with local counsel where needed.

The work could produce: A state-entry assessment, recommended changes to the operating model, and a launch plan identifying required approvals, accountable owners, and unresolved issues.

Illustrative engagement · Hypothetical

“We want to sign an important agreement, but several terms could create operational problems.”

Review the agreement alongside the proposed business arrangement, identify negotiable terms and remaining exposures, and support negotiations.

The work could produce: A negotiated agreement and clear advice on the tradeoffs that remain.

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