Hal Katz

Career

Hal is a strategic advisor and creative problem-solver, guiding providers, healthcare organizations, investors, and innovators through business-building, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, and long-term planning.

Hal represents healthcare and life sciences clients when organizational structure, capital, and regulation converge and the next decision will shape a practice or business for years. He advises on M&A, joint ventures, managed care, and digital health, focusing on structures that work in practice and hold up under regulatory scrutiny.

He has spent his career focused on the healthcare and life sciences industry, advising for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental organizations on transactions and related regulatory and policy matters. His work spans medical groups, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, behavioral health organizations, healthcare technology companies, health plans, and private equity-backed platforms. He is often brought in at inflection points, when structure, risk, and long-term implications need to be assessed clearly and decisions need to hold up over time.

Hal advises healthcare organizations on complex corporate and transactional matters, with a focus on transactions and operating structures shaped by regulatory and capital considerations. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and affiliation structures, management services arrangements, managed care and care delivery models, and related regulatory issues.

Hal has held senior leadership roles in the American Bar Association Health Law Section and the Texas State Bar Health Law Section, serving as Chair of both organizations. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Integral Care and on the Board of the Texas e-Health Alliance, where his work focuses on governance, policy, and the responsible use of technology in healthcare.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Chair, 2020-2021

American Health Law Association

Board Certified in Health Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

College of the State Bar of Texas

State Bar of Texas, Health Law Section, Chair, 2018-2019

Texas Bar Association