In an end-of-the-year round-up, Forbes lists the 10 biggest private equity deals in healthcare in 2018.

The article notes that 2018 was a banner year for healthcare PE, with 715 deals closed as of mid-December for a combined value of nearly $104, citing PitchBook data. That’s up from the 709 deals worth about $89 billion in 2017.

The three biggest deals of 2018 were 1) KKR’s acquisition of Envision Healthcare; 2) Veritas Capital’s acquisition of athenahealth; and 3) Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of LifePoint Health.

View the complete top 10 list.

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Geoff is the immediate past chair of the firm’s private equity group where he served for over a decade. He also formerly served on the firm’s Board of Partners. He has a wide scope of experience in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions.

Geoff is the immediate past chair of the firm’s private equity group where he served for over a decade. He also formerly served on the firm’s Board of Partners. He has a wide scope of experience in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. His mergers and acquisition experience, representing private equity sponsors, strategic purchasers and sellers extends across a diverse number of industries with a primary focus on healthcare provider services transactions. Geoff is a national contributor both at conferences and in publications on a wide array of issues unique to the private equity industry. He regularly contributes to Law360’s Healthcare and Private Equity sections, and is an author of The Healthcare Investor, a blog on healthcare finance topics.

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