We understand the healthcare industry
Norton Rose Fulbright's traditions are deeply rooted in representing clients in the healthcare industry. The firm's healthcare team focus began in 1941 when firm lawyers were deeply involved in the formation of Baylor College of Medicine and the creation and development of the Texas Medical Center, the largest concentration of medical facilities in the world.
We were the first international firm to develop a dedicated national team. Over the last 30 years, we have established the team as a pre-eminent health law group. Norton Rose Fulbright's healthcare lawyers represent, among others:
- non-profit, proprietary and governmental healthcare systems
- academic medical centers
- retail pharmacies and wholesale distributors
- durable medical equipment suppliers
- medical research institutes
- specialty hospitals
- home healthcare companies
- pharmaceutical manufacturers
- manufacturers of medical devices and technology
- ancillary services providers, such as ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis centers
- physicians, physician groups and specialty provider associations
- practice management companies
- health maintenance organizations and other managed care entities
- health industry trade associations
- lenders, investors and underwriters involved in health industry transactions
We provide industry knowledge and experience
The health industry is a highly regulated industry, facing unique litigation, transactional and regulatory issues that require knowledge, not only of the law, but of the business and its economics.
Norton Rose Fulbright's Healthcare team provides that knowledge. A number of the team's healthcare lawyers, paralegals and research assistants join us after careers in the healthcare industry and also maintain their professional relationships and credentials. As a result, we are able to advise clients on the legal implications of their day-to-day business operations in addition to advancing their business and legal interests in civil, criminal and regulatory investigations and disputes.
We help you adapt to an ever-changing healthcare industry market
We recognize the dramatic increase in the level and intensity of healthcare industry regulation at both the state and federal levels. The Healthcare team has evolved over the years to provide in-depth representation and counsel in business operations, regulatory compliance and litigation issues.
We focus on the healthcare industry as a whole
Norton Rose Fulbright's industry-centered approach combines the experience of the firm's healthcare industry lawyers with lawyers in other specialties to provide advice across a full range of litigation, transaction and regulatory issues faced by healthcare industry clients. Norton Rose Fulbright's healthcare lawyers regularly team up with other lawyers experienced in:
- mergers and acquisitions
- private equity
- public finance
- joint ventures
- equity and debt offerings
- corporate restructurings
- antitrust
- insurance
- intellectual property
- tax (federal and state)
- labor and employment
- ERISA
- real estate
- governmental investigations
- class actions
- U.S. and foreign trade laws