The Health Care Investor : Healthcare Lawyers & Attorneys for Life Science Companies & Investors

Amber Walsh is a partner with McGuireWoods LLP focusing on healthcare transactional work and regulatory matters. Her experience includes representation of various types of healthcare providers including hospitals, health systems, dialysis facilities, multi and single specialty medical practices, specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and a variety of healthcare industry entrepreneurs, in sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate matters, contracting, securities, and regulatory matters.

Her work includes negotiating and drafting transaction documents and counseling clients with regard to the legal aspects of day-to-day operations, including general corporate matters; anti-kickback and Stark issues; self-referral, corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting prohibitions; HIPAA, certificate of need and licensure requirements; and state and federal securities matters.

Practice Areas

• Healthcare
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Securities & Corporate Finance

Professional Associations

• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• St. Louis Health Lawyers Association

Education

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, J.D., 2002
• University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, B.A. Biology, 1999

Bar Admissions

• Illinois 2003
• Missouri 2002

Kristian Werling is a partner with McGuireWoods LLP concentrating in healthcare transactional work and regulatory matters for all participants in the healthcare and life science industry. His experience includes representation of healthcare providers including hospitals, health systems, specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, specialty pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, multi- and single-specialty medical practices, and a variety of healthcare industry entrepreneurs.

He has represented these clients in sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate matters, contracting, and regulatory matters including the negotiation and drafting of transaction documents, and counseling with regard to the legal aspects of day-to-day operations, state and federal regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse and Stark issues, compliance with the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, self-referral, corporate practice of medicine, and certificate of need and licensure requirements, as well as tax issues involving Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)(3) healthcare providers.

From 2005-2006, Mr. Werling served as in-house counsel to Hospira, Inc., a generic specialty pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer in Lake Forest, Ill. He worked with both commercial and healthcare compliance and regulatory issues for Hospira. He regularly counsels life science clients in transactional and regulatory issues with a particular focus in negotiating contract manufacturing agreements, supply agreements, group purchasing organization (GPO) agreements and the compliance and regulatory issues facing medical affairs and marketing departments.

Practice Areas

• Healthcare
• Life Sciences
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Securities & Corporate Finance

Professional Associations

• American Health Lawyers Association
• Advisory Board Member, BNA Medical Devices Law and Industry Report

Education

• Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Masters of Business Administration, 2010
• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, J.D., magna cum laude, 2002
• North Park University, Chicago, Illinois, B.A., cum laude, 1999

Bar Admissions

• Illinois 2002

As a partner with the firm, Geoff has a wide scope of expertise spanning mergers and acquisitions, senior and mezzanine lending, venture capital investments and private equity fund formation. His mergers and acquisition experience representing private equity and strategic purchasers extends across a diverse number of industries from healthcare and energy to manufacturing and agriculture. His lending experience includes advising both commercial and mezzanine lenders on a wide array of financing transactions ranging from senior asset backed lending to traditional mezzanine structures.

Practices & Industries

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Securities & Corporate Finance
• Commercial Lending
• Healthcare
• Professional Affiliations

Association for Corporate Growth

• Illinois Venture Capital Association
• National Association of Small Business & Investment Companies
• American Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association

• Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
• Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, B.A. Business/Economics, cum laude, 1993

• Illinois 1997