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Mike Kuffner focuses his practice on advising clients on transactional, corporate governance and securities law matters. With experience representing both public and private clients, including private equity backed companies, Mike has handled transactions for clients across a range of industries including healthcare, technology, manufacturing, group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and retail.
Mike’s practice includes:
Mergers & Acquisitions – Advising private equity firms, strategic investors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of business transactions, including mergers, leveraged and management buyouts, recapitalizations, sell-side dispositions of businesses and carveouts.
Corporate Governance – Advising boards of directors or executive team members with respect to corporate governance issues and compliance, as well as advising clients on corporate restructurings, management led buyouts and other business combinations.
Capital Markets – Advising clients on various securities matters, including fiduciary duties, securities law reporting and regulatory compliance and public company disclosure.
In addition, Mike serves in leadership positions within the firm, including the firm’s Associate Development Committee and as Corporate & Securities Practice Group staffing partner.
Representation of OMNIA Partners, the nation’s leading group purchasing organization, in its acquisition of the non-healthcare business of Value Four, LLC, a leading company dedicated to outsourced purchasing and logistics for the food service industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of OMNIA Partners, a leading non-healthcare group purchasing organization, in its definitive agreement to acquire non-healthcare GPO operations of Premier, Inc. (Nasdaq: PINC), a leading technology-enabled healthcare improvement company, for approximately $800 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
Representation of Smith’s Sporting Group, a multifaceted, diversified company that supports a lifetime of outdoor pursuits, in its acquisition of Tanner Team Sports Inc., a leading supplier of sports equipment. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of OMNIA Partners in its investment in HostGPO, a GPO for the vacation rental, short term rental, and hospitality industries. Navitas Capital, a leading venture investor, led the round alongside OMNIA Partners, the largest GPO in public and private sector procurement. Also investing in the round is 75&Sunny, the venture firm founded by Spencer Rascoff (Founder, 75 & Sunny Ventures, and co-founder of Zillow and Pacaso), Brian Lee (Co-Founder of LegalZoom & The Honest Company), and PAR Capital Ventures.
Representation of HealthTrust Purchasing Group, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and supply chain performance company for healthcare, in its acquisition of Expansion, LLC, an exclusive AdvantageTrust partner and technology company that helps alternate care health and human service providers; Purchase Clinic, LLC, an online contract marketplace that helps you save on your medical/surgical and non-medical supplies; and Plus MSO, LLC, a Third Party Administrator services, offerings claims management, managed care, and risk control solution. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm and Valtruis, a WCAS company, that invests in and partners with disruptive leaders whose mission is to align and transform healthcare through what is truly value-based care, in their investment in Wellvana Health, a value-based care enablement company for $84 million. The investment was joined by Memorial Hermann Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas.
Representation of Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), in its investment in Experity, inc., a software and services company for on-demand healthcare. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of OMNIA Partners, a purchasing organization for public and private sector procurement, in its acquisition of NCPA, a group purchasing organization in the governmental procurement space. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, in its investment in VitalConnect®, Inc., a leader in remote and in-hospital wearable biosensor technology. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
