Bobby Guy believes that the uncertainty surrounding the US healthcare market presents the greatest investment opportunity in healthcare for the last half-century. He is a healthcare deal lawyer, and he spends his time focused on growing, buying and selling healthcare companies. In 2016 and 2017, he led the two largest skilled nursing spinoffs in the country each year, involving more than 30 buyers in 25 states in those deals. In the post-acute and behavioral space, his team has bought and sold more than 1,000 healthcare facilities in the last several years. He represents clients across the healthcare sector, including:

  • Senior living and skilled nursing owners and operators
  • Acute care, post-acute care, and behavioral providers
  • Life science companies 
  • Private equity fund investors

One of his favorite recent engagements was handling the sale of the last antibiotics manufacturer in the western hemisphere during the COVID pandemic, keeping it under US ownership and preserving its critical infrastructure designation.

With the firm belief that proprietary market intelligence is one of the most important services that a lawyer can provide to clients, in 2014 Bobby co-developed a financial research index comparing distress in the healthcare services sector to distress in the overall U.S. economy. For more information on our distress index findings, please visit Polsinelli/TrBK Distress Indices or go to www.distressindex.com.  

Bobby is the host of The 10 Minute HealthBizCast, and he chairs the national Healthcare Dealmaker’s Conference in Dallas each May. He is also a frequent speaker and author on healthcare investing and healthcare transformation. He has appeared on Cable News, and has been published or quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, The Deal, McKnight’s Senior Living, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Senior Housing News, and HealthLeaders, among others.

Education

  • Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1994)
    • Order of the Coif; Elliot E. Cheatham Scholar; Vanderbilt Law Review, Associate Editor
  • Whittier College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991)
    • Economics
    • Presidential Scholar

Bar Admission

  • Tennessee, 1994

Court Admissions

  • State of Tennessee, 1994
  • United States Supreme Court, 2000
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1996
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1998

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Health Law Association
  • Nashville Bar Association, Fellow
  • Turnaround Management Association

Recognition

  • Corporate INTL Global Awards Winner - Healthcare Law Firm of the Year in Tennessee, 2025
  • The Healthcare Lawyers exclusive Tennessee recommended counsel 
  • Premier Healthcare Lawyers exclusive recommended Tennessee counsel 
  • IAE Award Winner
    • Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions - Tennessee, 2022
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for:
    • Health Care Law, 2024-2026
    • Corporate Law, 2013-2026
  • Selected for inclusion in Corporate LiveWire Global Awards as Securities Lawyer of the Year, 2020 
  • Selected for inclusions in Super Lawyers, 2007-2025
  • AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell
  • M&A Award
    • Acquisition International, 2014
    • Corporate LiveWire, 2015
  • Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Law
  • Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in America
  • Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in International Business
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