Paul Gomez represents health care and behavioral health care providers and investors in some of their most significant acquisitions, joint ventures and affiliations, as well as with respect to their day-to-day operations. He combines his understanding of the major developments driving health care and behavioral health care transactions and affiliations with his knowledge of key legal requirements to help clients reach their respective patient care and business goals in a practical and efficient manner.
Paul's health care/behavioral health care M&A and regulatory practice is centered around:
- Behavioral health treatment centers
- Complex hospital/physician integration models, acquisitions, joint ventures and affiliations
- Physician practice acquisitions (Led and completed over 250 physician practice acquisitions/sales)
- Private equity health care M&A
- Friendly PC/MSO Arrangements and related regulatory matters
- Formation and expansion of license-exempt medical foundation clinics
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)
- Urgent Care Clinics
- Direct-to-employer ACOs
Paul has been a member of the American Health Law Association for over 20 years.
Education
- Albany Law School (J.D., 2001)
- Matthew Bender Prize for "Highest Achievement in Trusts and Estates," Albany Law Review, Veterans Legal Aid
- Claremont McKenna College (B.A., 1995)
- Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
Bar Admission
- California, 2005
- New York, 2002
Court Admissions
- State of California, 2005
- State of New York, 2002
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2002
Professional Affiliations
- American Health Law Association, 2002-present
- Hospitals and Health Systems member
- Business Law and Governance member
- California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, 2004-present
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2004-present
- Healthcare Law Section
- Executive Committee
- Former Chair
- Healthcare Law Section
Recognition
- 14th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards, Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year ($50MM to $100MM), Restructuring of Elements Behavioral Health
- 11th Annual Americas M&A Atlas Awards, USA Restructuring Deal of the Year, Middle Markets, Nominee Winner: Elements Behavioral Health Restructuring and Sale of Assets
- Recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a Leader in Healthcare and Trusted Advisor, 2018
- Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Healthcare, California, 2015-2025
- Selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers Healthcare and Business, 2017-2021
- The Legal 500 United States - M&A (Middle Market category), 2015-2016
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Health Care Law, 2021-2026
Publications
Top Issues in Behavioral Health 2026 Newsletter
Behavioral health is surging into 2026 with powerful growth, accelerating innovation and intensifying regulatory oversight. Investment activity remains strong, digital tools are expanding and new care models are scaling, even as enforcement agencies and payors heighten scrutiny.
In this edition of our Top Issues in Behavioral Health 2026 newsletter, we unpack the legal and business trends shaping the year ahead and what they mean for providers, investors and industry leaders navigating growth in an increasingly regulated environment.
Read MoreGovernor Newsom Embraces Tighter Requirements on Private Equity and Hedge Fund Investments in California Health Care By Signing AB 1415 and SB 351
This month, Governor Newsom signed AB 1415 and SB 351 into law, two bills that will enhance the requirements on investments by private equity groups and hedge funds in California health care. As detailed below, AB 1415 will significantly expand the reach of the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), and SB 351 further codifies restrictions on the role that private equity groups and hedge funds can play in the management of medical and dental practices. Both bills will go into effect on January 1, 2026.
Collectively, these measures add to the burdens and scrutiny faced by private equity and hedge funds that invest in the health care sector, although other health care stakeholders may feel the ripple effects as well. Many
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