Leigh Walton Named to Nashville Health Care Council Board of Directors
Nashville, Tenn., August 20, 2009 – Leigh Walton, member at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Nashville Health Care Council, an association of health care industry leaders working together to further establish Nashville’s position as the nation’s health care industry capital.
A keen understanding of the health care industry and a commitment to Nashville's ongoing success as a health care industry capital are key criteria for leadership positions in the Nashville Health Care Council. The Council's leadership is instrumental in the organization's growth and future success.
Walton is chair of the Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions of the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law, co-chair of the Transactions Affinity Group of the American Health Lawyers Association’s Business Law and Governance Practice Group, is on the Editorial Board on the ABA’s Task Force on Acquisition of Public Companies, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She co-chairs the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group and is also active in corporate and securities law matters. Her work with public companies includes securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters. For healthcare clients, she assists in the acquisition of hospital systems, structures hospital syndications and joint ventures and coordinates financing transactions. She led the firm's healthcare team when Bass, Berry & Sims PLC represented HCA Inc. in its $33 billion sale to a consortium of private equity buyers in 2006.
Walton lectures annually at the ABA's National Institute on Negotiating Business Acquisitions, the Northwestern University School of Law's Securities Regulation Institute, and the ABA’s Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law and participates regularly in other seminars and programs on healthcare, corporate and securities law matters. She regularly participates in M&A presentations at Stanford, Harvard and Columbia Law Schools.
Walton is listed in The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Who's Who in American Law, Mid-South Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America®, Lawdragon 500, Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500 Dealmakers and Chambers USA. She has also been listed in the Nashville Business Journal's Healthcare 100.
Walton received a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was a member of Order of the Coif and the National Moot Court Team.
About the Nashville Health Care Council
The Council promotes the continued growth of Nashville's health care industry by fostering a supportive operating environment for existing, start-up and relocating health care businesses. Through educational programs, the Council provides executives with timely information on key operational and policy challenges facing health care companies, as well as networking and mentoring activities.
About Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
With more than 200 attorneys representing numerous publicly-traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has been involved in some of the largest and most significant business transactions and litigation matters in the country. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.
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