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Douglas B Swill

Douglas B Swill

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Doug Swill is a nationally recognized healthcare lawyer who advises on strategic transactions for health systems and other large provider organizations, with a focus on transactions involving not-for-profit healthcare entities. He also provides counsel to provider organizations on existing and emerging regulatory, corporate governance and joint venture matters including complex vendor agreements.

Recognized with a Band 1 ranking in Healthcare law by Chambers USA, Doug has advised on more than 150 mergers and acquisitions in the not-for-profit healthcare space, including two of the larger health system combinations in the country as well as scores of other health system and provider entity strategic transactions. He is a leader in both innovative and traditional joint ventures including lab services, AI/virtual clinical care services and management service organizations.

Assisting health systems to establish, manage, restructure and dissolve academic medical and other health affiliations is also at the center of Doug’s practice. Notably, he advised a major public university in its affiliation with a large not-for-profit health system in establishing the world’s first engineering-based college of medicine.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Healthcare - Illinois

Band 1
Band 1

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Douglas Swill regularly acts for non-profit healthcare entities as well as for-profit organizations, advising on big ticket transactions and regulatory matters such as Anti-Kickback Statute compliance and issues arising from clinical integrations.

Strengths

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  • Doug is knowledgeable, approachable and resourceful.

    HealthcareChambers Guide to the USA
  • Doug is one of the best healthcare attorneys in the country and provides exceptional guidance. He is creative and solution-oriented.

    HealthcareChambers Guide to the USA
  • Doug is a great attorney and has always done a remarkable job guiding his clients to achieve the best possible outcomes.

    HealthcareChambers Guide to the USA

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