Healthcare Transactions

Holland & Knight's Healthcare Transactions Team includes more than 100 dedicated lawyers who collaborate with peers from other legal disciplines across the firm – such as tax, antitrust, real estate, labor and employment, dispute resolution and the environment – to assist clients with all aspects of their transactional needs. Our attorneys are geographically dispersed and poised to handle work anywhere in the U.S. or abroad.

Our experience in putting deals together is complemented by the firm's vast knowledge of the complicated regulations governing the healthcare industry. We provide sophisticated, yet practical, advice to healthcare acquirers, targets, sellers, investors and boards of directors.

Holland & Knight lawyers have deal experience with a diverse client base, including:

• hospitals and health systems
• health plans, health insurers and their vendors
• pharmacies (including retail, mail order, specialty, compounding, long-term care, veterinary and 340B), pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), infusion centers, wholesalers and distributors
• pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies
• private medical and dental group practices, management service organizations (MSOs) and dental service organizations (DSOs)
• ambulatory surgery centers
• nursing and assisted living facilities
• home health agencies and hospices
• behavioral health providers and facilities
• digital healthcare companies, including healthcare technology, healthcare information technology (IT), revenue cycle management, artificial intelligence (AI), telehealth, wearable devices and remote patient monitoring

Specific Services and Capabilities

Our attorneys have deep experience assisting clients with a wide range of matters, including:

• negotiation and drafting of sale or acquisition agreements based on a variety of transaction structures
• negotiation and drafting of loan agreements and other documentation for the financing of healthcare facilities
• private equity, venture capital and other financings
• joint venture agreements
• due diligence investigations
• legal compliance assessments – including evaluation of Medicare, Medicaid and other public health law requirements, as well as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state privacy laws, pharmacy laws and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
• assessment of potential "fraud and abuse"
• structuring research and development agreements
• assistance with state certificate of need, licensure, and Medicare and Medicaid certification processes
• evaluation of the effect of any transaction under existing finance agreements, trust indentures, union contracts, insurance policies, managed care documents and other contractual arrangements
• representation in transactions involving complex U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-related matters and private offerings of securities
• examination of new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines and regulations, submission of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) transaction filings and assistance with other state transaction review requirements