On January 19, Law360 released its annual list of Practice Groups of the Year award winners for 2025. The Healthcare Practice at Bass, Berry & Sims was named as one of the five firms recognized in the industry category.
The 2025 honorees include 90 law firms among 30 practice areas that represent the teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year. The full list of winners can be found here. Law360 published a profile about the firm on January 29 that is available here or in the PDF provided.
About the Bass, Berry & Sims Healthcare Practice
Bass, Berry & Sims has built one of the nation’s largest and most sophisticated healthcare practices. Marked by an integrated approach and unmatched regulatory knowledge, the healthcare practice of Bass, Berry & Sims is a team of more than 300 experienced attorneys who leverages their diverse strengths to meet the unique demands of our clients. Anchored in Nashville, the capital of healthcare delivery and innovation, our team encompasses the multitude of legal specialties necessary to service one of the largest, most highly regulated industries in the U.S.
The firm serves as regulatory counsel to 35 publicly traded healthcare companies and more than 200 healthcare businesses nationwide. Over the past decade, we have advised on $137 billion in healthcare transactions and $52 billion in debt and equity offerings, representing investors, lenders and strategic buyers in transformative deals.
In addition to the Law360 Practice Group of the Year recognition, the Healthcare Practice and/or members of our team have been honored by:
- Chambers USA: nationally ranked for the last ten years (2016-2025); 14 healthcare practice attorneys ranked (2025)
- AHLA: ranked as #3 largest healthcare law firm in the country (2025)
- PitchBook: ranked as #6 most active law firm in healthcare private equity transactions (Q3 2025)
- Law360: Michael Hess named an MVP for Healthcare (2025)
- Corporate Counsel: Lisa Rivera named a finalist in the Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards – Law Firm Innovative Leaders category (2025)
- Modern Healthcare: ranked #4 largest healthcare law firm in the United States (2025)
- AHLA: Cindy Reisz Named AHLA Fellow (2025)
This past year, our team has been involved in some of the most significant healthcare industry matters, including:
- Sycamore Partners Acquires Walgreens Boots Alliance for a Total Transaction Valued Up To $23.7 Billion
- Wellvana Acquisition of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), CVS Accountable Care
- i3 Verticals (Nasdaq: IIIV) Sells its Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Business to Infinx, Inc.
- Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) Acquires Thrive Skilled Pediatric Care, LLC
- Representation of Physician Practice: U.S. ex rel. Khoury v. Mountain West Anesthesia LLC (D. Utah)
- Bass, Berry & Sims Represents AMSURG in Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Ascension
- False Claims Act Defense for Physician Services Provider
Learn more about our award-winning Healthcare Industry Practice here.