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Healthcare

"Praised [by clients] for its 'strength and creativity in strategic planning and high-caliber transactional work,' this team acts for some of the sector's larger clients..."

—Chambers USA 2009

Multidisciplinary Healthcare Practice

The Paul Hastings Healthcare practice offers cutting edge advice to clients in the healthcare industry. Our healthcare lawyers have a keen understanding of the healthcare industry and the unique economic and regulatory challenges that currently face healthcare participants. Our lawyers boast a considerable record of success for our healthcare clients in transactional, regulatory, real estate, tax, employment, and litigation matters.

Recent Representations

Recent healthcare transactions include the firm’s representation of:

Sonic Healthcare in its acquisition of Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii and Pan Pacific Pathology Group in transactions valued at US$ 120 million.
Catholic Healthcare West in its creation of joint ventures for more than 20 ambulatory surgery centers and diagnostic imaging centers throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. Read more [+/-]

Celera, an Applera Corporation business, in its acquisition of Berkeley HeartLab, Inc. in a transaction valued at US$ 195 million.
Clinical Pathology Laboratories in its recapitalization and sale of equity interests in transactions valued at US$ 75 million.
ConnectiCare Holding Company, Inc. in its acquisition by The Carlyle Group and Liberty Partners in a transaction valued at US$ 130 million.
Coram Healthcare in the divestiture of its Lithotripsy Division for US$ 135 million.
John’s Hospital and Health Center, in its affiliations with the John Wayne Cancer Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Children’s Specialist of San Diego, in the sale of its practice and its strategic affiliation with Rady Children’s Specialist Medical Foundation and the University of California, San Diego.

Scope of Our Healthcare Practice

The lawyers in our Healthcare practice represent businesses in every segment of the healthcare industry including:

Healthcare providers Read more [+/-]

academic medical centers
ambulatory surgery centers
urgent care clinics
assisted living facilities
clinical laboratories
community hospitals
diagnostic centers
health systems
home health and hospice providers
physician groups and clinics
physician practice management organizations
subacute care facilities

Healthcare investors and lenders Read more [+/-]

bank lenders and letters of credit
bond insurers
investment banks
private equity funds
REITs
other real estate developers/investors
venture capital funds

Healthcare payors Read more [+/-]

HMOs
insurers
intermediaries

Internet healthcare businesses Read more [+/-]

B2B sites for supplies
equipment and services
claims processing
information/content
medical information processing
medical service directories
online health products
online pharmacies

Medical supply companies Read more [+/-]

diagnostic equipment and tests
medical supplies

Healthcare Rankings

Chambers and Partners recognized Paul Hastings as one of the leading healthcare firms in the United States in five consecutive editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2009). Our healthcare clients praised us in Chambers USA 2009 for our “strength and creativity in strategic planning and high-caliber transactional work.”