We understand the health care industry

Our traditions are deeply rooted in representing clients in the health care industry. Our health care team focus began in 1941 when firm lawyers were deeply involved in the formation of Baylor College of Medicine and the creation and development of the Texas Medical Center, the largest concentration of medical facilities in the world.

We were the first international firm to develop a dedicated national Health Care team. Over the last 30 years, we have established ourselves as a pre-eminent health law group. Our health care lawyers represent, among others:

• non-profit, proprietary and governmental health care systems
• academic medical centers
• retail pharmacies and wholesale distributors
• durable medical equipment suppliers
• medical research institutes
• specialty hospitals
• home health care companies
• pharmaceutical manufacturers
• manufacturers of medical devices and technology
• ancillary services providers, such as ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis centers
• physicians, physician groups and specialty provider associations
• practice management companies
• health maintenance organizations and other managed care entities
• health industry trade associations
• lenders, investors and underwriters involved in health industry transactions

We provide industry knowledge and experience

The health industry is a highly regulated industry, facing unique litigation, transactional and regulatory issues that require knowledge, not only of the law, but of the business and its economics.

Our Health Care team provides that knowledge. A number of our health care lawyers, paralegals and research assistants join us after careers in the health care industry and also maintain their professional relationships and credentials. As a result, we are able to advise our clients on the legal implications of their day-to-day business operations in addition to advancing their business and legal interests in civil, criminal and regulatory investigations and disputes.

We helps you adapt to an ever-changing health care industry market

We recognize the dramatic increase in the level and intensity of health care industry regulation at both the state and federal levels. Our Health Care team has evolved over the years to provide in-depth representation and counsel in business operations, regulatory compliance and litigation issues.

We focus on the health care industry as a whole

Our industry-centered approach combines the experience of our health care industry lawyers with lawyers in other specialties to provide advice across a full range of litigation, transaction and regulatory issues faced by our health care industry clients. Our health care lawyers regularly team up with other lawyers experienced in:

• mergers and acquisitions
• private equity
• public finance
• joint ventures
• equity and debt offerings
• corporate restructurings
• antitrust
• insurance
• intellectual property
• tax (federal and state)
• labor and employment
• ERISA
• real estate
• governmental investigations
• class actions
• U.S. and foreign trade laws