• Illinois Super Lawyers, Mergers and Acquisitions, 2005 – 2006, 2008 – 2013

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Prior to joining the firm, Audrey served as general counsel for a single-family office, where she managed estate planning, governance, tax structuring, charitable planning, and succession planning. Her experience also includes more than a decade as a partner in large US law firms, where she served as practice head and co-chair of the family office group.

In addition to her law firm experience, Audrey worked at a registered investment advisory firm, focusing on the intersection of wealth planning and estate planning for high-net-worth clients. She also served on the board of a trust company, providing guidance on fiduciary matters and trust administration.

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Lauren handles a wide variety of deal structures, such as leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, distressed acquisitions, take privates, and joint ventures. She also advises clients on corporate and governance matters. She has extensive experience in several key industries, including technology and software, industrial services, consumer products, business services, and manufacturing.

As part of her commitment to pro bono work, Lauren has represented victims of prosecution in asylum proceedings and advised nonprofit organizations in corporate and governance matters.

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• Represented Soros Fund Management in a consortium’s $82.5M acquisition of BuzzFeed’s First We Feast, the production company behind the popular interview show “Hot Ones”*
• Represented Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of Seviroli Foods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products, and Vertullo Imports LLC, a leading specialty food importer*
• Represented Mill Point Capital and Seviroli Foods in their carve-out acquisition of the Italian food products portfolio of Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.*
• Represented Velocity Clearing, a technology-driven, self-clearing broker/dealer, and its investors in an acquisition of a 75% stake by Hanwha Life Co., Ltd.*
• Represented Mill Point Capital in its carve-out acquisition of CrashPlan Group, a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint data backup and recovery software, from Code42 Software*
• Represented Blue Torch Capital in acquisition of bedding manufacturer Corsicana Mattress Company*
• Represented Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of E&M Logistics, a national direct store delivery distributor of ice cream, frozen and fresh foods, and beverages*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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As part of his investment management practice, Ben works with investment advisers and investors on fund formation, structuring, managed accounts, compensation, and regulatory and compliance issues, including counseling on material non-public information considerations. Drawing on his experience in structuring, seeding arrangements, managed accounts, and funds-of-one, Ben also advises new managers seeking capital in the highly competitive startup market.

In addition to his private practice, Ben has experience serving as in-house counsel, including as general counsel at a credit-focused hedge fund and vice president and associate general counsel at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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• Represented Mill Point Capital in its partnership with Proficium, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative products for commercial artificial intelligence infrastructures, hyperscale data centers, and enterprise companies*
• Represented Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of Seviroli Foods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products, and Vertullo Imports LLC, a leading specialty food importer*
• Represented Mill Point Capital and Seviroli Foods in their carve-out acquisition of the Italian food products portfolio of Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.*
• Represented Mill Point Capital in its carve-out acquisition of CrashPlan Group, a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint data backup and recovery software, from Code42 Software*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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• Represented a large multispecialty physician practice group in California in its sale to a payor for approximately $200 million.*
• Represented Lehigh Valley Health Network in its merger with Jefferson Health to create a new $15 billion health system serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey.*
• Represented Mississippi Baptist Health Systems in its merger with Baptist Memorial Health Care, resulting in a combined system of 21 hospitals with more than $3 billion in revenue.*
• Represented a private equity firm with respect to the sale of its laboratory and device portfolio company to a Korean investor valued at approximately $100 million.*
• Represented one of the largest behavioral health providers in the United States with more than 20 joint ventures with hospitals and health systems.*
• Represented one of the largest public company ambulatory surgery center companies with more than 100 syndications of its ambulatory surgery center subsidiaries.*
• Represented a large publicly traded health system in connection with its acquisition of a statewide health plan.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health with the formation of its joint venture with Duke University Health System (becoming Duke LifePoint Healthcare) to develop, acquire, and operate health systems in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, including the acquisition of 12 hospitals and health systems.*
• Represented a Texas-based private equity firm in the acquisition of two healthcare technology companies providing secure healthcare data-archiving solutions, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance.*
• Represented one of the largest investor-owned health systems in connection with its joint venture with a preeminent academic medical center. The joint venture was formed to acquire, lease, and own hospitals in Georgia and contiguous states.*
• Represented an academic medical center in its $600 million combination with a regional nonprofit health system to develop a collaboration to expand access to quality healthcare in the region.*
• Represented an academic medical center with respect to its $100 million investment in a large regional not-for-profit health system.*
• Represented Pennsylvania-based Ellwood City Hospital in its acquisition by Florida-based Americore Health LLC, which included the hospital’s conversion from a nonprofit to for-profit hospital.*
• Represented Kindred Healthcare in its $195 million acquisition of Centerre Healthcare, an operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.*
• Represented Duke LifePoint Healthcare in its $500 million acquisition of Conemaugh Health System, West Central Pennsylvania’s largest health system, including three hospitals, outpatient facilities, and physician practices. The transaction required the review and approval of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Orphans Court of Cambria County, including hearings before the Judge of Cambria County, the transfer of approximately 80 properties and 150 licenses and permits, and defeasance of 10 series of Hospital Revenue Bonds.*
• Represented a publicly traded health system in the creation of a joint venture with one of the largest home health providers in the US to create an innovative and strategic partnership to provide home health and hospice services.*
• Represented a leading middle market private equity group in multiple stock and acquisitions of gastroenterology practices and ambulatory surgery centers.*
• Represented a post-acute provider in its acquisition of one of the largest and the premier home health provider in Florida and Louisiana with 47 locations, for a purchase price of $95 million.*

*Matter completed prior to joining the firm.

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• Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year: Health Care Law, Nashville, 2023
• Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law (2019-2027), Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2026-2027
• Nashville Post, named to “In Charge 2024: Legal” list

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• Advised a cloud-based operations management software platform for dental practices in connection with its growth equity financing transactions and multiple outbound corporate strategic investments.*
• Advised a private equity-backed gastroenterology group in its acquisitions of gastroenterology practices in Florida, Alabama, and Washington.*
• Advised a facilitator of inpatient hospital-level care in the home in connection with its Series C preferred equity financing.*
• Advised a private equity fund in connection with its sale of an independent pathology laboratory.*
• Advised an intravenous infusion provider on structuring matters and growth equity financing transactions.*
• Advised a healthcare-focused venture capital fund as the lead investor in a preferred equity financing of a patient identity verification platform and in connection with a convertible note investment in a mobile healthcare delivery platform.*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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• Represented Lifepoint Health, a leading healthcare provider serving patients, clinicians, communities, and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum, in the formation of a joint venture with Ascension Saint Thomas to expand access to high-quality care and services in Northern Middle Tennessee. As part of the joint venture, the organizations will jointly own Highpoint Health System, a regional health system owned by Lifepoint Health that includes Sumner Regional Medical Center and Sumner Station in Gallatin, Tennessee; Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, Tennessee; Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage, Tennessee; and more than 15 affiliated clinics and sites of care.*
• Represented Mississippi Baptist Health Systems in its merger with Baptist Memorial Health Care, resulting in a combined system of 21 hospitals with $2.5 billion in revenue, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the region.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in the sale of its majority interest in The Regional Health Network of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, which is composed of two Indiana hospitals (Clark Memorial Health in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Memorial Health in Scottsburg, Indiana) and numerous ancillary facilities and physician practices.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in its acquisition by a large alternative asset management company by providing transaction, healthcare regulatory, tax, employee benefits, and real estate advice to the company. The company subsequently merged Lifepoint with RCCH HealthCare Partners, a 16-hospital system. The combined company now operates under the name Lifepoint Health. At the time of the closing, the combined hospital system operated 84 hospitals in largely rural areas across 30 states, with a portfolio including physician practices and outpatient clinics and pro forma 2017 revenues of more than $8 billion.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in its divestiture of Teche Regional Medical Center in Louisiana.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in its sale of a 138-bed acute care hospital in Conyers, Georgia, to Piedmont Healthcare, an Atlanta-based healthcare delivery system.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in the creation of a joint venture with LHC Group, whereby all of Lifepoint Health’s and certain of LHC’s home health and hospice assets were contributed to the newly formed joint venture that included 40 home health agencies and hospices in total.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in the add-on of multiple home health agencies and hospices to its joint venture with LHC Group.*
• Represented Pennsylvania-based Ellwood City Hospital in its acquisition by Florida-based Americore Health LLC, which included the hospital’s conversion from a nonprofit to for-profit hospital.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in its joint venture with Emory Healthcare. The joint venture was formed to enhance access to and delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care; improve the health of residents in Columbus, Georgia, and surrounding communities; and strengthen the regional benefits of Emory’s healthcare expertise close to home. St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia, was the initial facility owned by the joint venture.*
• Represented Lifepoint Health in its acquisition of St. Francis Hospital, a 376-bed acute care hospital in Columbus, Georgia.*
• Represented Duke LifePoint Healthcare in its $500 million acquisition of Conemaugh Health System, West Central Pennsylvania’s largest health system, including three hospitals, outpatient facilities, and physician practices. The transaction required the review and approval of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Orphans Court of Cambria County, including hearings before the Judge of Cambria County, the transfer of approximately 80 properties and 150 licenses and permits, and defeasance of 10 series of Hospital Revenue Bonds.*
• Represented Kindred in its acquisition of Senior Home Care, one of the largest and the premier home health provider in Florida and Louisiana with 47 locations, for a purchase price of $95 million. This transaction was one of the top five largest acquisitions in the home health space at the time of closing.*
• Represented a national health system in multiple in-market acquisitions and divestitures, including home health, hospice, pharmacy, urgent care, cancer centers, and sleep centers.*
• Represented a private equity-sponsored urgent care company in its acquisition of seven urgent care clinics in South Carolina.*
• Represented Forward Health Ventures in its investment in Specialist Telemed.*
• Represented Nira Medical in its investment in Central Texas Neurology Associates.*
• Represented a multistate podiatry practice with locations across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina in the formation of a physician-owned management services organization.*
• Represented a national manager of ambulatory surgery centers in its investment in an Oregon-based multi-use surgery center specializing in ear, nose, and throat and facial plastic surgery.*
• Represented a national health system in a joint venture with a regional health system for the de novo development of a mental health and wellness hospital.*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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