As a leading U.S. health care law firm with one of the largest health care departments in the nation, Polsinelli has created a unique, cross-disciplinary group that concentrates exclusively on distressed health care situations. Our experience spans throughout the health care industry, including senior housing, rural and safety net hospitals, health care services, life sciences and technology.

Polsinelli’s Distressed Health Care team focuses on helping struggling health care companies identify and implement strategies to maximize value and preserve operations and help buyers acquire distressed health care assets or companies. Speed and experience are key when it comes to fast-moving distress scenarios, and each member of the team has deep experience at the intersection of health care and insolvency. Our team includes lawyers focusing full-time in distressed health care mergers and acquisitions, workouts, restructurings, recapitalization and financing.

Recognizing the nature of health care as a fully regulated business, our team works closely with our regulatory lawyers to develop solutions that fit within the complex U.S. regulatory scheme. Team members also collaborate with attorneys across the firm’s practice areas, such as tax, employee benefits, real estate and litigation, to provide the specific knowledge and resources necessary to efficiently address a health care institution’s challenges.

Our attorneys counsel health care providers, funds, landlords and purchasers in the distressed health care arena. Whether it is a workout, Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding, recapitalization or distressed sale transaction, team members assist clients in making informed decisions and crafting effective approaches regarding their financial situations and business goals.

Polsinelli’s experienced team includes the authors and editors of three books related to health care and/or insolvency, the developers of a financial research index comparing distress in the health care services sector to distress in the overall U.S. economy, a certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law and members of industry organizations such as the American Health Lawyers Association, the Association for Corporate Growth, the Turnaround Management Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.