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Jim Jenkins has assisted clients in hundreds of transactions involving corporate mergers and acquisitions, and the acquisition and disposition of physician group practices, surgery centers, hospitals and managed care plans. Over the last 10 years, Jim has led deals with a combined value of over $40 billion.
His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions of both public and private acquirors and targets, public equity and debt offerings, private placements of securities, and strategic relationships, such as joint ventures and corporate partnerships. Jim also provides advice on operational matters and counsels clients on a variety of other corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance.
Jim Jenkins has assisted clients in hundreds of transactions involving corporate mergers and acquisitions, and the acquisition and disposition of physician group practices, surgery centers, hospitals and managed care plans. Over the last 10 years, Jim has led deals with a combined value of over $40 billion.
His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions of both public and private acquirors and targets, public equity and debt offerings, private placements of securities, and strategic relationships, such as joint ventures and corporate partnerships. Jim also provides advice on operational matters and counsels clients on a variety of other corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance.
His practice includes:
Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions & Dispositions – Counseling on a wide variety of business combinations and other related transactions whether acquisitions, business combinations, joint ventures, strategic investments, syndications, restructurings, workouts or dispositions.
Healthcare Finance – Coordinating financing transactions for issuers, underwriters and purchasers including public debt and equity, private placements of securities and private equity investments.
Corporate Governance – Advising boards, directors, officers and other executives on contracting, regulatory, disclosure and operational concerns.
Jim previously served on the firm’s Executive Committee, as chair of the firm’s Healthcare Practice (2011-2015), and as the firm’s hiring partner.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Nashville Health Care Council — Leadership Health Care
Jim Jenkins has assisted clients in hundreds of transactions involving corporate mergers and acquisitions, and the acquisition and disposition of physician group practices, surgery centers, hospitals and managed care plans. Over the last 10 years, Jim has led deals with a combined value of over $40 billion.
His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions of both public and private acquirors and targets, public equity and debt offerings, private placements of securities, and strategic relationships, such as joint ventures and corporate partnerships. Jim also provides advice on operational matters and counsels clients on a variety of other corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Nashville Health Care Council — Leadership Health Care
Representation of The Curators of the University of Missouri, which operates MU Health Care, an academic medical center, in the integration of the hospital, health clinics and related assets of Capital Region Medical Center into MU Health Care. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN), a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, in its joint venture with Medical City Healthcare, a division of HCA Healthcare, and one of the largest healthcare providers in North Texas. This partnership will operate a network of 24 full-service outpatient physical therapy clinics throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Represented Envision Healthcare (NYSE: EVHC) in its definitive agreement to sell American Medical Response (AMR) to KKR’s portfolio company, Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH) for $2.4 billion
Represented Envision Healthcare in its acquisition of Infinity HealthCare
Additional Experience
Representative Merger & Acquisition Transactions
Represented a Nasdaq-listed healthcare services company in its $10.5 billion strategic merger transaction.
Represented Nasdaq-listed healthcare services company in its $2.3 billion acquisition of a privately-held physician services business.
Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $7.2 billion strategic merger transaction.
Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $3.8 billion strategic merger transaction.
Represented a Nasdaq-listed physician services company in the acquisition of multiple physician practices with a combined transaction value of our $1.5 billion.
Represented a Nasdaq-listed operator of outpatient surgical facilities in over 150 acquisitions and joint ventures.
Represented a privately-held hospital company in the acquisition of three acute care hospitals.
Represented a Nasdaq-listed operator of outpatient surgical facilities in its $135 million acquisition of a privately-held company.
Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $545 million acquisition of a privately-held managed care plan.
Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $405 million acquisition of a privately-held managed care plan.
Represented a privately-held managed care company in a $435 million recapitalization transaction.
Represented a NYSE-listed senior living company in its approximately $200 million acquisition of a privately-held senior living company.
Representative Public Securities Transactions
Represented a Nasdaq-listed healthcare services company in its offerings of common stock, preferred stock and senior notes generating proceeds in excess of $2.5 billion.
Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its initial public offering of 21,620,000 shares of common stock and its public offering of 11,600,000 shares of common stock.
Represented an owner and operator of hospitals in its $100.0 million offering of senior subordinated notes.
Represented a NYSE-listed senior living company in its exchange of outstanding convertible subordinated debentures for a combination of newly issued senior subordinated notes and convertible subordinated notes.
Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its public offering of 8,050,000 shares of common stock and its offering of $175.0 million of senior notes.
Represented a NYSE-listed senior living company in its initial public offering of 3,593,750 shares of common stock and its public offerings of $138.0 million of convertible subordinated debentures and 4,500,000 shares of common stock.
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - J.D., 1994
Order of the Coif
Vanderbilt University - B.A., 1991
Education
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - J.D., 1994
Order of the Coif
Vanderbilt University - B.A., 1991
Tennessee, 1994
Admissions
Tennessee, 1994
"James Jenkins offers notable expertise in large healthcare M&A. Clients say he is 'a very good transactions and corporate governance lawyer,' while market sources refer to him as a 'super smart guy.'"
