Much of his practice is focused on working with private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in the healthcare services industry with respect to the corporate and regulatory aspects of complex transactions, with a particular focus on physician practice management platforms. On the sell-side, he has extensive experience representing physician practice groups in transactions with private equity sponsors and physician practice management companies. Joel also regularly counsels hospital and post-acute provider clients on transactional and regulatory matters, including strategic joint ventures and affiliations.

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• Represented Waypoint Capital in its acquisition of Allergy Partners Management, the largest business support services platform focused on providing allergy and asthma physician practices with a full range of non-clinical services.
• Represented Lindsay Goldberg, in its acquisition of PT Solutions, a leading multi-specialty provider of physical therapy, and the subsequent sale of the platform.
• Represented Prospect Hill Growth Partners in the acquisition of Urology Management Associates, LLC (UMA), an administrative support services organization providing administrative and back office services to New Jersey Urology, in subsequent add on acquisitions, and in the ultimate sale of UMA .
• Represented The Cranemere Group, a holding company focused on partnering with outstanding businesses for the long-term in its acquisition of Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, a scaled outpatient imaging platform. Represented Lindsay Goldberg, a New York-based private equity firm, in its partnership with Women’s Care Florida, in subsequent add on acquisitions for the Women’s Care Enterprises platform, and in the subsequent sale of the Women’s Care Enterprises platform.
• Represented Advent International, a global private equity firm, as healthcare transactional counsel in the acquisition of ATI Physical Therapy, a Chicago, Illinois-based physical therapy provider operating more than 500 clinics across the country
• Represented the University of Maryland Medical System and its affiliates in connection with structuring and negotiating multiple strategic joint ventures, including urgent care centers and imaging centers
• Represented Colony NorthStar, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), as healthcare regulatory counsel in various healthcare portfolio acquisitions, joint ventures and financings, including its $4.2 billion acquisition of the outstanding shares of NYSE-traded Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II and related financing

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