Willkie has extensive experience in the health care and life sciences field, both in the United States and abroad. We represent companies and investors in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, wellness and providers. Our work includes corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, compliance matters, IP issues, patent litigation and counseling, and general litigation.
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- Meridiam in its acquisition of a stake in the Gaziantep Integrated Health Campus PPP project in Turkey as well as the borrower and its shareholders in the successful restructuring of equity and senior financing of the project.
- Medical Resources, an operator of diagnostic imaging centers primarily in the northeastern U.S., in its chapter 11 and restructuring case.
- The SteerCo group of unsecured creditors in the financial restructuring of Orpea SA, a leading global operator of nursing homes and health care clinics.
- Creditor Warburg Pincus in the chapter 11 case of Texas Health Resources.
- AdaptHealth in the following offerings:
- $142 million common stock public offering of 9.2 million shares, and $350 million senior notes offering of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028.
- Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2030.
- Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2029.
- BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Mediobanca on the refinancing of Ramsay Santé’s senior syndicated debt.
- Connectmed, a provider of direct medical and interactive telemedical care for underserved areas, on multiple rounds of financing.
- HealthEquity in the following offerings:
- Rule 144A offering of $600 million senior notes due 2029.
- $461.7 million offering of common shares.
- $257.6 million offering of 4.6 million common shares.
- $412 million offering of 6.75 million common shares.
- Permira Credit Solutions in the financing for Vitruvian Partners’ acquisition of Berlin-based healthcare staffing company doctari.
- Barry Sternlicht in connection with his successful proxy contest at Cano Health, Inc.
- PMSI, a provider of information and market research services to pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, with general corporate and board representation for various matters.
- The founding family members in connection with the reorganization of Schein Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the spin-off of Henry Schein, Inc. and in connection with stock sales and governance matters.
- Adiuva Capital on an equity funding as part of a strategic capital increase for Sanecum Group.
- Appriss, a portfolio company of Insight Partners and Clearlake, in its acquisition of PatientPing, a care collaboration software provider.
- Avista Capital Partners in its acquisition of Spear Education, a provider of clinical training, practice analytics and consulting solutions for the dental market.
- Brookfield-sponsored private real estate fund in the $750 million acquisition of 34 senior living communities from HealthPeak Properties.
- Capital Senior Living in a strategic PIPE transaction with investor Conversant Capital.
- Capstreet Group in the completion of its majority recapitalization of Surgical Notes LLC, a group of Texas-based companies that provide healthcare coding and billing services.
- Centerbridge Partners in its minority investment in, and later on the sale of, DentaQuest, an oral health care company.
- Cisive, portfolio company of CIP Capital, in its acquisition of healthcare background screening company PreCheck.
- Court Square Capital Partners in the recapitalization and acquisition of Medical Knowledge Group from WindRose Health Investors, and in the subsequent sale of Medical Knowledge Group to Novo Holdings.
- Edcetera, a portfolio company of Eden Capital, in its acquisition of Pulse Radiology, a pre-licensure and continuing education provider for Radiologic Technologists.
- Eden Capital in its acquisition of Phlebotomy Training Specialists, a leading phlebotomy professional training provider in the U.S.
- FFL Partners and its portfolio company Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), the leading provider of behavior management and crisis prevention training programs, in the $910 million sale of CPI to Wendel, named 2019 Middle Market Deal of the Year by Buyouts.
- FFL Partners and its portfolio company EyeCare Partners, a leading medical vision services provider, in the sale of ECP to Partners Group.
- FFL Partners and Two Sigma Impact in their acquisition of a majority stake in Community Medical Services.
- FFP on its contemplated acquisition of a minority interest in International SOS, a worldwide leader in health and security services.
- Harvest Partners and EyeCare Service Partners in the acquisition of Delray Eye Associates.
- HealthEquity, the nation's largest independent health savings account custodian, in its acquisition of Luum, a technology platform for employee commute management, and its acquisition of WageWorks for approximately $2 billion.
- HealthEquity, Inc. (Nasdaq: HQY) in its acquisition of BenefitWallet’s Health Savings Account portfolio.
- The sellers in the $650 million sale of Hospitals Insurance Company and FOJP Service Corporation to The Doctors Company.
- IK Partners, as member of an investor consortium, in the acquisition of Vivalto Santé.
- Insight Partners and portfolio company LeanTaaS in the sale of a majority stake in LeanTaaS to Bain Capital.
- Midwest Dental, a portfolio company of FFL Partners, in Midwest Dental’s sale to Smile Brands Inc.
- New Mountain Capital portfolio company Sparta Systems in New Mountain’s $1.3 billion sale of Sparta to Honeywell.
- NL1 AcquireCo Inc., an entity led by FFL Partners and CDPQ, in its acquisition of New Look Vision Group, a provider of eye care products and services.
- Phlebotomy Training Specialists, a portfolio company of Eden Capital, in its acquisition of Positive Psychology, an online continuing education provider for mental health professionals.
- Seaport Capital in a strategic investment in Linen King, a regional leader in healthcare laundry services.
- Sunrise Senior Living in connection with real estate matters relating to its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Health Care REIT, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.9 billion (including debt).
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiary United Surgical Partners International in the planned acquisition of SurgCenter Development’s ownership interests in 92 ambulatory surgery centers for $1.2 billion, and in the acquisition of up to 45 ambulatory surgery centers from SurgCenter Development and its physician partners for approximately $1.1 billion.
- Tenex Capital Management in its sale of Team Select Home Care, a leading pediatric home care provider, to Court Square Capital Partners.
- Versant Health, owner of Davis Vision and Superior Vision, in its $1.675 billion acquisition by MetLife.
- Participated in investigations or inquiries into potential accounting issues and financial reporting matters at HealthSouth.