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As Chair of the Healthcare Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team, Angela Humphreys leads the firm’s national healthcare practice. Angela is a go-to lawyer for private equity firms on complex transactions in the healthcare industry. She began her career in public accounting and has more than 20 years of experience working exclusively in the healthcare M&A space. With both deep corporate and healthcare regulatory experience, Angela is highly skilled in developing innovative solutions to help clients achieve their business goals while navigating the complex healthcare regulatory, tax and employee benefits landscape. She has counseled on hundreds of transactions in the healthcare industry, including physician practice management platforms, ambulatory surgery centers, health plans, healthcare information technology companies, behavioral health, home health, hospice, clinical research organizations and hospitals and health systems, among others. She has been recognized nationally for her work in the healthcare private equity space, including by Mergers and Acquisitions Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A and by Law360 as Health Law MVP of the Year.
Angela is best known for marrying both corporate and healthcare regulatory knowledge to provide business-minded, proactive advice and guidance to her clients. She is often cited by clients for her responsiveness and ability to understand the big picture. Her clients include private equity firms and their portfolio companies as well as publicly traded companies and nonprofit institutions.
Angela’s practice includes:
Healthcare Mergers, Acquisition & Dispositions – Providing counsel on platform investments, add-on transactions and exits, structuring of syndications, joint ventures and strategic investment opportunities.
Contracting, Regulatory & Operational Matters – Advising clients on a wide range of operational, physician contracting, governance, disclosure and other regulatory matters.
Healthcare Finance – Coordinating financing transactions, including private placements of securities and private equity investments.
As Chair of the Healthcare Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team, Angela Humphreys leads the firm’s national healthcare practice. Angela is a go-to lawyer for private equity firms on complex transactions in the healthcare industry. She began her career in public accounting and has more than 20 years of experience working exclusively in the healthcare M&A space. With both deep corporate and healthcare regulatory experience, Angela is highly skilled in developing innovative solutions to help clients achieve their business goals while navigating the complex healthcare regulatory, tax and employee benefits landscape. She has counseled on hundreds of transactions in the healthcare industry, including physician practice management platforms, ambulatory surgery centers, health plans, healthcare information technology companies, behavioral health, home health, hospice, clinical research organizations and hospitals and health systems, among others. She has been recognized nationally for her work in the healthcare private equity space, including by Mergers and Acquisitions Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A and by Law360 as Health Law MVP of the Year.
Angela is best known for marrying both corporate and healthcare regulatory knowledge to provide business-minded, proactive advice and guidance to her clients. She is often cited by clients for her responsiveness and ability to understand the big picture. Her clients include private equity firms and their portfolio companies as well as publicly traded companies and nonprofit institutions.
Angela’s practice includes:
Healthcare Mergers, Acquisition & Dispositions – Providing counsel on platform investments, add-on transactions and exits, structuring of syndications, joint ventures and strategic investment opportunities.
Contracting, Regulatory & Operational Matters – Advising clients on a wide range of operational, physician contracting, governance, disclosure and other regulatory matters.
Healthcare Finance – Coordinating financing transactions, including private placements of securities and private equity investments.
Angela is a frequent speaker on healthcare transaction matters. She also is the co-author of “What is…the Corporate Practice of Medicine and Fee-Splitting?” a book outlining the considerations on state law prohibitions on the corporate practice of medicine and fee splitting statutes.
Angela is active in national healthcare organizations. She is a Fellow of the Nashville Health Care Council and is a past director of its Leadership Health Care. She is past chair of the Health Law and Life Sciences Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and the Health Care Industries Practice Group of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading organization of independent law firms.
Angela currently serves on the Dean’s Circle Advisory Board of the University of Tennessee College of Law and the American Heart Association Southeast Advisory Board. She is a past director of the Nashville Healthcare Council and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
Memberships
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
American Bar Association — Chair; Health Law and Life Sciences Committee Health Care M&A Committee, Vice Chair; Business Law Section Liaison to the Health Law Section
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Nashville Health Care Council — Board of Directors (2017-2018); Leadership Health Care, Past Director
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — Tennessee Chapter, Board of Directors
Lex Mundi — Health Care Industries Practice Group, Past Chair
Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation
Nashville Entrepreneur Center — Board Member
Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants
As Chair of the Healthcare Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team, Angela Humphreys leads the firm’s national healthcare practice. Angela is a go-to lawyer for private equity firms on complex transactions in the healthcare industry. She began her career in public accounting and has more than 20 years of experience working exclusively in the healthcare M&A space. With both deep corporate and healthcare regulatory experience, Angela is highly skilled in developing innovative solutions to help clients achieve their business goals while navigating the complex healthcare regulatory, tax and employee benefits landscape. She has counseled on hundreds of transactions in the healthcare industry, including physician practice management platforms, ambulatory surgery centers, health plans, healthcare information technology companies, behavioral health, home health, hospice, clinical research organizations and hospitals and health systems, among others. She has been recognized nationally for her work in the healthcare private equity space, including by Mergers and Acquisitions Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A and by Law360 as Health Law MVP of the Year.
Angela is best known for marrying both corporate and healthcare regulatory knowledge to provide business-minded, proactive advice and guidance to her clients. She is often cited by clients for her responsiveness and ability to understand the big picture. Her clients include private equity firms and their portfolio companies as well as publicly traded companies and nonprofit institutions.
Angela’s practice includes:
Healthcare Mergers, Acquisition & Dispositions – Providing counsel on platform investments, add-on transactions and exits, structuring of syndications, joint ventures and strategic investment opportunities.
Contracting, Regulatory & Operational Matters – Advising clients on a wide range of operational, physician contracting, governance, disclosure and other regulatory matters.
Healthcare Finance – Coordinating financing transactions, including private placements of securities and private equity investments.
Memberships
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
American Bar Association — Chair; Health Law and Life Sciences Committee Health Care M&A Committee, Vice Chair; Business Law Section Liaison to the Health Law Section
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Nashville Health Care Council — Board of Directors (2017-2018); Leadership Health Care, Past Director
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — Tennessee Chapter, Board of Directors
Lex Mundi — Health Care Industries Practice Group, Past Chair
Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation
Serving as regulatory counsel for EyeSouth Partners, a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, in relation to acquisition of Atlantic Eye Institute, a Florid Ophthalmology practice. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
We represented Havencrest Capital Management, a Dallas-based, private equity fund manager specializing in the healthcare industry, in its acquisition of Tekton, a clinical trial site network with 23 sites across Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Served as regulatory counsel for EyeSouth Partners, an eye care-focused management services organization backed by Olympus Partners, in its acquisition of Retina and Vitreous of Texas, one of Houston’s leading retina-only practices. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of RHC Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, in its acquisition of Crossroads Medical Group, a primary and urgent care business operating a number of clinics across Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
We represented iCare Health Solutions, a VSP Vision™ company, in its acquisition of Optical Outlets, one of Florida’s largest optometric retailers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Skylark Private Equity Partners, an entrepreneur-centric lower middle market private equity firm, in its acquisition of Clinic Concierge, a customized at-home care experience with a team of highly trained advanced practice providers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of United Musculoskeletal Partners in its acquisition of Pinnacle Surgical Orthopedics, a surgical center offering first-class treatment from orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, and professional support staff. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of EyeSouth, an eye care management services organization, in its acquisition of Carolina Cataract & Laser Center, LLC, an ophthalmology practice in South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
University of Tennessee College of Law - J.D., 1996
summa cum laude
Order of the Coif
University of Tennessee - B.S., 1991
summa cum laude
Education
University of Tennessee College of Law - J.D., 1996
summa cum laude
Order of the Coif
University of Tennessee - B.S., 1991
summa cum laude
Georgia, 2021
Tennessee, 1996
Admissions
Georgia, 2021
Tennessee, 1996
"Angela Humphreys is a well-established practitioner and handles a wide range of matters, including regulatory issues, government investigations and transactions. Her clients include healthcare practices and private equity groups, which she assists from Nashville." Client feedback: "Angela Humphreys provides a high level of expertise, and is thoughtful, resourceful and timely."