Clients rely on Shelley Thomas for the development, commercialization, transfer and protection of intellectual property assets. Shelley advises clients on intellectual property and technology issues related to mergers and acquisitions; license agreements; software-as-a-service; ASP and cloud hosting contracts; supply; distribution and reseller agreements and online and offline marketing and content syndication. She represents private and public companies in a variety of industries including healthcare, automotive, media, lifestyle, financial services, retail, consumer products and e-commerce.
Shelley’s practice involves:
Represented one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the United States in negotiation and implementation of a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system that, at the time, was one of the largest EHR implementations in the United States.
Represent an NYSE-listed lifestyle media company in high profile online content syndication deals and technology transactions
We represented Tivity Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: TVTY), a fitness and social engagement solutions provider, in the divestiture of its nutrition business, Nutrisystem® and South Beach Diet®, to Kainos Capital, a leading food and consumer-focused private equity firm, for $575 million in cash.
American Health Law Association (AHLA) — Health Information and Technology Practice Group, Vice Chair (2018-2020)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — Tennessee Chapter, Board of Directors
Represented one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the United States in negotiation and implementation of a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system that, at the time, was one of the largest EHR implementations in the United States.
Represent an NYSE-listed lifestyle media company in high profile online content syndication deals and technology transactions
We represented Tivity Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: TVTY), a fitness and social engagement solutions provider, in the divestiture of its nutrition business, Nutrisystem® and South Beach Diet®, to Kainos Capital, a leading food and consumer-focused private equity firm, for $575 million in cash.
Representation of Ring2Media, a leading direct response marketing agency specializing in Medicare enrollment, in its sale to Osceola Capital’s portfolio company Quote.com, which connects high-intent insurance shoppers to the world’s best and most trusted brands. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Acute Behavioral Health, Inc. in its acquisition of Hallmark Youthcare, the largest short-term residential treatment program in the commonwealth of Virginia. The acquired assets consist of 82 inpatient psychiatric residential treatment facility beds for young people with behavioral and mental health needs. Petra Capital, Harbert Credit Solutions, Elm Creek Partners and Granite Growth Health Partners invested in Acute Behavioral Health to finance the acquisition.
Representation of Physicians Immediate Care, a Midwest leader in urgent care and occupational health services, in its sale to WellNow Urgent Care, an urgent care provider nationwide. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Tivity Health Inc. (Nasdaq: TVTY), a leading provider of healthy life-changing solutions, in its sale to Stone Point Capital, an investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, with over $40 billion of assets under management. Tivity Health stockholders received $32.50 in cash per share, representing a total transaction value of $2.0 billion. Tivity Health’s common stock ceased trading and will no longer be listed on Nasdaq.
Representation of The Peach Truck, a direct-to-consumer seller of peaches in the world, in its sale to International Farming, a privately owned institutional investment manager at the center of the world’s food ecosystem. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of CyberGuard Compliance, LLC, a compliance and regulatory services company, in their sale to CyberGuard Management, Inc, an affiliate of Atlantic Street Capital Management, LLC. CyberGuard Management, Inc. acquired all of the equity of CyberGuard Holdings, Inc. and Elite Consulting Solutions LLC from the owners of CyberGuard Compliance, LLP. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Northlane Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm, in its acquisition of SAI MedPartners, a leading consultancy providing strategic insights and analytics to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of AA Medical, which provides offerings for the new and resale medical device equipment markets, in its sale to Shore Capital Partners LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm, that is focused on microcap investments within healthcare and other industries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Representation of Groups360, a leading platform for booking group travel, in its $35,000,000 investment from Zigg Capital, Blackstone Innovations Investments, and Fir Tree Partners to accelerate growth.
Representation of Mainsail Partners’ Boostlingo, a language software and technology company, in its acquisition of Interpreter Intelligence, a leader in interpretation management technology. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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