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McDermott's Chicago health care team plays a vital role as part of a 100+ lawyer national practice that advises leading organizations in every sector of the health care industry on business transactions, regulatory structuring, litigation and enforcement. Our clients include hospitals and health systems, digital health and life sciences companies, large physician group practices, ambulatory/surgical, other outpatient care clients, diagnostic companies, nursing homes and home health agencies.

McDermott stands alone as the leading health care firm both nationally and in Illinois. With 30 dedicated health care lawyers in Chicago, our bench is deeper than any of our competitor firms in Illinois, and we have the full range of health care specializations in the team including: health care governance, information technology, antitrust, employee benefits. Few other firms have sufficient size to offer the same degree of sub-areas within one full-service structure.Our breadth and depth of health care knowledge is unmatched; with a true sector focus, we cover all health care work, both transactional and regulatory, and offer a one-stop-shop.

We also leverage the strength of McDermott's full-service practice suite, allowing for cross-disciplinary teamwork and creative solutions. Due to our status as the leading national health practice, we see issues in context, and can proactively advise clients on sector trends. We attract the brightest and best lawyers who want to work in health care.

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Healthcare - Illinois

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What the Team is Known For

McDermott Will & Emery LLP is a leading light in the Illinois market, drawing on its strong bench of partners and associates to offer a sophisticated, full-service approach. The firm fields specialist knowledge in areas such as corporate governance, fraud and abuse, antitrust and IT matters. The team is also active on alternative transactions in the provider space and represents private equity funds and REITs active in the healthcare space. It is also noted for its in-house digital health team.

Work Highlights

  • McDermott, Will & Emery LLP represented Geisinger Health in connection to selling the health provider, insurer and medical school, worth $7 billion, to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and its new platform company, Risant Health.

Strengths

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The firm has subject matter expertise in almost every specialist and subspeciality which makes working on complex matters very efficient. They are business-oriented and provide pragmatic advice.

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Our go-to firm for complex matters. They have tremendous expertise and a significant depth of talent across the board, who are all extremely bright and offer timely, efficient and practical advice.

Healthcare respondent
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It felt like we were their only client, despite their many others. A tremendous breadth combined with applicable depth, but all seamlessly led through an unparalleled senior engagement partner.

Healthcare respondent
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The turnaround times and caliber of work product was second-to-none.

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Notable Practitioners

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Michael W Peregrine
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Michael W Peregrine
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Senior Statespeople
Michael Peregrine is a preeminent industry expert with a leading corporate governance practice. He also advises providers and payors, as well as their boards of directors, on complex regulatory mandates.

Michael is just pre-eminent in the field. The best attorney for governance in the country.

I have worked with Michael for 30 years and there is no one better in the world of corporate governance.

The best nonprofit tax-exempt governance attorney in the nation.

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John M Callahan
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John M Callahan
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John Callahan frequently represents major health systems in transactions such as affiliation agreements and M&A, offering particular experience in cross-border mandates.

John is great to work with. He has a down-to-earth presence and is great at answering all types of questions raised by board members.

I have only great things to say about John, he is a great strategist and highly experienced. He's become a truly trusted adviser in the boardroom.

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Kerrin Slattery
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Kerrin Slattery
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Kerrin Slattery acts for an array of prominent hospitals and health systems looking to acquire, combine or restructure, as well as advising those investing in the industry.

Kerrin is an extremely smart, experienced and responsive healthcare attorney. She quickly appreciates the business and legal issues present in any matter and has a clear commitment to client service.

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Ashley Fischer
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Ashley Fischer
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Ashley Fischer has an impressive practice that deals with the antitrust issues of collaborations and joint ventures involving providers, including hospitals and health systems.

Ashley has done a terrific job of helping educate the client regarding antitrust concerns.

Ashley is a nationally renowned antitrust expert. She's very good at being practical in her advice and has fantastic leadership skills.

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Lisa Mazur
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Lisa Mazur
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Lisa Mazur is highly regarded for her telehealth expertise, with a particular focus on regulatory and compliance matters. She acts for both technology companies and a broad range of providers, advising on cutting-edge digital health mandates.

Lisa is one of the best healthcare attorneys have had the opportunity to work with. She is very knowledgeable and goes above and beyond in being helpful and finding practical solutions to problems.

I highly recommend Lisa to my network of GCs. She is practical, responsive and enjoyable to work with.

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Sandra DiVarco
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Sandra DiVarco
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Sandra DiVarco's impressive practice includes both transactional and regulatory matters. She is a strong choice of counsel for major providers seeking guidance in navigating high-stakes compliance concerns, with particular focus on the legal aspects of clinical regulatory, licensing and accreditation issues.

Sandra is our go-to attorney. She is utterly fantastic.

Sandra is a regulatory genius. She really understands the healthcare space and has great relationships with key players.

Sandra is an incredibly skilled and versatile attorney. She is our go-to attorney for almost all our needs.

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Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel Gottlieb is a regulatory expert with a growing reputation in the data privacy space. He regularly advises organizations on HIPAA compliance and Stark Law issues.

Daniel is the very best in all key attributes of external counsel for in-house counsel. He has depth of knowledge, responsiveness, sophistication and practicality.

He has top of top class healthcare law acumen and it's evident in our representation. He handles complex high stakes matters, yet makes them easy for decisionmakers to understand.

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Monica Wallace
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Monica Wallace
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Monica Wallace focuses her practice on assisting healthcare sector clients with an array of regulatory matters including Medicare enrollment and compliance audits.

Monica has been a very reliable, go-to attorney for lots of our urgent regulatory issues. She has a real depth of knowledge.

One of the best healthcare regulatory attorneys in the country and very well known in the industry. She always provides accurate and consistent advice, understanding both business and legal needs.

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Ryan Higgins
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Ryan Higgins
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Ryan Higgins is developing a strong reputation for his transactional and regulatory work in the healthcare sector. He has notable experience in data privacy issues.

Ryan is excellent, top notch. He's very thoughtful and took the time to understand our issues and create customized solutions.

Ryan has been instrumental in a recent transaction for our company. His business awareness of both the industry and our company has been key in helping our team.

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Michael W Peregrine
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Michael W Peregrine
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John M Callahan
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John M Callahan
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Kerrin Slattery
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Kerrin Slattery
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Ashley Fischer
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Ashley Fischer
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Lisa Mazur
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Lisa Mazur
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Sandra DiVarco
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Sandra DiVarco
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Monica Wallace
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Monica Wallace
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Ryan Higgins
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Ryan Higgins
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