Bobby Guy believes that the uncertainty surrounding the US health care market presents the greatest investment opportunity in health care for the last half-century. He is a health care deal lawyer, and he spends his time focused on growing, buying and selling health care companies. His team led the largest PBM deal in the US in 2025, the largest skilled nursing deal in the US in 2025 and the largest behavioral deal in the US in 2026 (as of May 2026). His team has bought and sold more than 1,500 health care businesses in the last several years, including M&A, real estate and regulatory work in all 50 states. He represents clients across the health care 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 and family offices

Bobby’s passion for health care led him to start The 10 Minute HealthBizCast (“Exploring Ways to Make Healthcare Better”), which he hosts each year, interviewing health care C-suite members and thought leaders. He chairs the national Healthcare Dealmaker’s Conference in Dallas each May. He is also a frequent speaker and author on health care investing and health care transformation. He has appeared on Cable News, and has been published or quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN MoneyThe Deal, McKnight’s Senior Living, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Senior Housing News and HealthLeaders, among others.

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 health care services sector to distress in the overall U.S. economy. For more information on our distress index findings, please visit Polsinelli/TrBK Distress Indices.  

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 and 2026
  • 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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