Robert L. Harris

Overview

Rob Harris is a financial services attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Mr. Harris focuses his practice on helping healthcare companies, private equity firms, banks and other healthcare lenders with obtaining capital financing, acquiring businesses, funding capital improvements and navigating a complex regulatory landscape.

Well-versed in assessing risk and identifying barriers to success, Mr. Harris provides borrowers and lenders with creative strategic plans and transactional structures for their complex commercial finance transactions.

Recognized as having a strong, yet balanced negotiation style, Mr. Harris is business-minded and strives to eliminate transaction risk when structuring deals. He offers innovative solutions in recapitalizations, public and private debt financing, senior credit facilities, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.

Specific areas of his focus include:

acquisition and development financing
senior and subordinated credit facilities
double lockbox structures to facilitate healthcare asset-based lending
healthcare cash-flow lending
leveraged recapitalizations

Representative Experience

Represented the Tennessee Titans National Football League (NFL) franchise in negotiating, documenting and closing credit facilities needed to recapitalize and fund a minority share redemption
Represented Advanced Recovery Systems in negotiating, documenting and closing a $75 million senior credit facility from White Oak Healthcare Finance
Represented a family office-owned dental management holding company in negotiating $72 million in secured notes restructuring with a national financial services company in connection with a partial pay off and the sale of the client's dental management company to a publicly traded dental management services company
Represented IVX Health in negotiating, documenting and closing an asset-based credit facility from Gemino Healthcare Finance LLC simultaneously with the acquisition of Precision Healthcare
Represented an international critical care product supplier in structuring a $50 million senior secured credit facility
Represented an integrated behavioral management company in securing a $40 million senior secured credit facility comprising a $30 million real estate term loan and a $10 million asset-based revolving loan to fund expansion into new markets
Represented IVX Health in negotiating, documenting and closing a senior credit facility from a group of banks led by Regions Bank
Assisted a regional dental support organization office with securing credit to initiate multiple acquisitions, which included acting as borrower in negotiating, documenting and closing the senior credit facility and in finalizing the acquisition

Represented a specialty finance firm in a $147.5 million syndicated financing package to a private equity-backed provider of mobile equipment services to the urology industry focused on lithotripsy, laser and cryoablation systems
Advised a bank in a $60 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a long-term care pharmacy company
Advised a national bank in connection with a syndicated $425 million first lien credit facility to a durable medical equipment provider
Advised a national bank in a $22.5 million first lien credit facility to a medical practice management entity to fund the acquisition of five medical practices and working capital
Represented the sponsor-backed physical therapy support services organization as borrower in negotiating, documenting and closing the senior credit facility

Advised Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. in its merger with Healthcare Trust of America
Represented IVX Health in the acquisition of Bethesda-based Precision Healthcare
Served as lead transaction counsel to Quality Industries in its sale to Anchor Partners

Credentials

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D.
Dartmouth College, B.A., magna cum laude

Bar Admissions/Licenses

New York
Tennessee

Memberships

Tennessee Bar Association
New York Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Currey Ingram Academy, Board of Trust, 2020-Present
Nashville Urban Debate League, Board of Trustees, 2011-Present
Nashville Health Care Council, Class of 2014, Fellow
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association-Tennessee Chapter, Board of Trustees, 2001-2010; Former Chairman

Honors & Awards

Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Banking & Finance, 2011-2024
The Best Lawyers in America guide, Banking and Finance Law, 2006-2025; Commercial Finance Law, 2016-2025
American Lawyer, Top Rated Lawyer in Health Care
Nashville Business Journal, Best of the Bar, Banking & Finance, 2022; Best of the Bar, 2024
Nashville Post, In Charge, Finance, 2022-2023
IFRL1000, Leading Lawyer in Banking & Finance, 2021-2022