Health Care Industries

As health care industries around the world have evolved to become some of the largest and most critical sectors of the global economy, businesses and individuals face complex legal issues and risks in the field.  Member firm lawyers in the Lex Mundi Health Care Industries group offer the expertise and resources you need to help you face today's most challenging health and medical-related legal issues. 

Through its extensive network of practitioners in 160 leading member law firms in more than 100 countries, member firm lawyers in the Lex Mundi Health Care Industries group provide clients with high-quality and cost-effective advice whenever and wherever health-related issues arise.  From transactional opportunities to regulatory questions to complex litigation, clients can rely on members of the group to anticipate and offer swift and smart legal solutions for their local, national and transnational needs. 

Member firm lawyers in the Health Care Industries group have a thorough knowledge in all health and medical fields, including the challenging legal issues facing the health care industry today.  The group consists of lawyers who dedicate their practice to the representation of health care industry clients, representing a wide variety of health care clients, including integrated delivery systems and multi-provider networks, hospitals, academic health centers, skilled nursing facilities, long term care facilities, individual and group practices, multi-specialty clinics, health care associations, clinical laboratories, imaging centers, community-based residential facilities, home health agencies, hospices, health care management consultants, health maintenance organizations, managed care networks and health insurance carriers. 

Member firms serve as legal counsel to health care clients in all phases of their business.  They regularly represent health care clients and practice in areas such as corporate (including mergers and acquisition), labor and employee relations, tax, real estate, employee benefits, finance, antitrust, commercial law, intellectual property and litigation.  They provide legal advice for business structure and governance, tax planning, and tax-exemption, financing, real estate, commercial law, protection of intellectual property, environmental law, labor and employment matters, regulatory concerns and all aspects of dispute resolution, including litigated matters.  Member firms have substantial experience working on collaborative activities among health care businesses to meet the rapidly changing demands of the marketplace, providing advice concerning business organization, reorganization and joint ventures for health care clients entering new markets or expanding their existing businesses.  They counsel health care clients regarding the formation of contracting networks and antitrust considerations.  In addition, they provide advice concerning business organization, reorganization and joint ventures for health care clients entering new markets or expanding their existing business.  Lex Mundi members have experience in risk management and bioethics issues, and the myriad issues related to clinical research and clinical trials.  When disputes arise, they assist with litigation or other means of risk management and dispute resolution.

Member firm lawyers in the Health Care Industries group have extensive knowledge and experience with respect to regulatory compliance in health care.  U.S. members provide representation on matters involving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, false claims, Stark and Anti-Kickback, certificate of need, insurance regulation and legal services with respect to professional licensure and certification.  Lex Mundi members’ long-established relationships with local, state and federal agencies help them deliver result-oriented legal services.

Extensive Expertise to Help Clients Face Legal Challenges in Health Care Industries:

• Medical regulation
• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical devices
• Public and private financing
• Antitrust
• Joint ventures
• Reimbursement
• Insurance
• Hospitals and health systems
• Physicians
• Tax
• Immigration
• Labor relations
• Litigation and appeals
• Mediation and arbitration
• Collective bargaining
• Mergers
• Training and education

When your organization's legal needs move beyond health care issues, lawyers in the group are able to connect you to the additional advice, expertise and support you need from their full-service commercial law firms.