Alan E. Schabes

Represented Wellspring Capital Management, LLC and National Seating & Mobility, Inc. as health care regulatory counsel in an agreement with Court Square Capital Partners. Under the transaction, Wellspring Capital Management, LLC has exited National Seating & Mobility, Inc. and Court Square Capital Partners has become Great Lakes’ new equity partner. National Seating & Mobility is one of the largest providers of complex rehab technology in the U.S.

Represented the Unsecured Creditors Committee of Lenox Health in connection with Lenox’s Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings. Lenox was the third largest privately-held nursing home chain at the commencement of the Chapter 11 proceedings.

Represented NCS Healthcare, Inc., a publicly-owned institutional pharmacy as outside general counsel.

Represented General Atlantic Partners in health care transaction and regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of Multiplan, Inc. from BCE-Emergis.

Represented Great Lakes Caring Home Health and Hospice as health care regulatory counsel in an agreement with Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Under the transaction, Wellspring Capital Management, LLC has exited Great Lakes Caring and Blue Wolf Capital has become Great Lakes’ new equity partner.

Represented PharmScript, a leading pharmacy provider to long-term care and post-acute care facilities, in its acquisition of Arxcare. 

Represented pharmacy providers in connection with numerous regulatory and reimbursement matters.

Represented Bellwether Behavioral Health (Advoserv) in a regulatory action by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, successfully negotiating the dismissal of the notice and resolution of the circumstances.

Served as health care regulatory counsel for a New York-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a nationally recognized behavioral health provider specializing in clinical, educational and residential services for children and adults.

Represented publicly-held company in connection with the federal and state regulatory investigations of DEA record keeping violations.

Represented numerous primary care and specialist physician groups in connection with a wide range of corporate and health care related matters.

Represented numerous long-term care and assisted living facilities in mergers, acquisitions and leases, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement matters, licensure and certification matters, financings, and survey and enforcement matters.

Represented HCP Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the transition of 14 assisted living facilities from NNN leases to RIDEA management structure, and negotiation of OTA with exiting operators and management agreement with new managers.

Represented Caxton-Iseman in health care transactional and regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of North American Health Plans.

Provided regulatory and technical advice to numerous long-term care providers in connection with licensure and certification surveys.

Represented public and privately-held physician management companies, including Caremark and Telesis, in the acquisition of numerous physician groups.

Represented private equity firm Kohlberg & Co., as health care regulatory counsel, in its acquisition of the Meadows, which has treatment centers in Arizona that offer inpatient, outpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care.

Represented Oak Hill Capital in connection with health care transactional and regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of Duane Reade, a large retail pharmacy chain.

We represented Carespring Health Care Management in connection with the acquisition of 286 nursing home beds from the defunct Lakeview Terrace Nursing Home in northern Kentucky. Benesch also represented Carespring in connection with the relocation of the beds into two 143-bed facilities in northern Kentucky.

Represented Genoa Healthcare Holdings, LLC, a regional specialty pharmacy chain, in connection with its recent equity investment by Fluke Partners and Benaroya Capital.

Represented numerous private equity and mezzanine funds, including General Atlantic Partners, Oak Hill Partners, Caxton-Iseman and 1818 Mezzanine Fund in health care transactional and regulatory matters.

Represented Kohlberg & Co. in the acquisition of Bournewood Hospital and its associated outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities. Handled all health care regulatory and transactional matters related to this acquisition.

Served as special counsel to a purchaser of one of the largest pharmacy benefits administrators in the U.S.

Representation of Wellspring Capital Management LLC in connection with the acquisition of Advoserv, a nationwide provider of residential group homes and services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Represented Minnesota-based Lifesprk as co-counsel during a strategic investment from Ucare, Minnesota’s largest Medicare Advantage provider. The investment is part of a broader $20 million series B round, co-led by UCare and a Virgo-managed fund.

Represented U.S. Healthvest, an innovative behavioral healthcare organization, in connection with obtaining regulatory approval (CON) to establish modernized replacement AMI hospital in Lake County, IL and assisting with licensing and certification.

Represented AccentCare Inc., a nationwide leader in post-acute healthcare, as healthcare regulatory counsel in its merger with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, one of the largest hospice providers in the U.S.

Represented Asana Hospice & Palliative Care as healthcare corporate and regulatory counsel for ongoing acquisitions, numerous regulatory considerations and as regulatory counsel for the sale of Asana Hospice to Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care.

Represented Providence Group in connection with its acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities located in northern California, including the drafting and negotiation efforts related to the management and operations transfer agreements, master lease, and purchase option agreement on Providence Group’s behalf.

Representation of LifeSprk, whole person senior care, in connection with an innovative risk-sharing arrangement with a large regional hospital chain. 

Represented U.S. Healthvest in connection with the acquisitions of Lake Behavioral, Smokey Point and Silver Oaks, all psychiatric hospitals.

Representation of Bellwether Behavioral Health, a large national provider of services to developmentally disabled individuals, in connection with the appointment of a receiver and the winddown of the company.

Represented AccentCare Inc. as healthcare regulatory counsel as it entered into definitive agreement to be purchased by Advent International from Oak Hill Partners.

Represented AccentCare, Inc., a nationwide leader in post-acute healthcare, in its acquisition of Steward Home Care and Hospice.