Lauri is an experienced healthcare regulatory and transactional attorney, with a special focus on all legal matters related to clinical research, including representation of pharmaceutical companies and clinical sites.
Lauri joined Benesch in 2019 and has been involved in numerous health care transactions and acquisitions, including hospital acquisitions by non-profit health systems, corporate life sciences and private equity, nephrology dialysis joint ventures, and physician practice acquisitions, paying particular attention to the corporate practice of medicine and fee splitting prohibitions. As a result of her broad expertise, Lauri has developed a nationwide practice involving regulatory matters and compliance/HIPAA, health care fraud and abuse, medical staff bylaws and credentialing issues, hospital system contracts including material electronic medical record agreements, and physician practice group matters. Lauri has advised clients and written extensively on telehealth/telemedicine under the regulatory environment, in particular during the COVID pandemic, and is part of the nationally recognized Benesch Cannabis Industry Group.
Prior to joining Benesch, for over 20 years, Lauri served as vice president and general counsel for a state academic medical center and also in-house for a large integrated health care system that was involved in acquiring numerous hospitals. For the state institution, as also serving as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio, Lauri advised on public law matters such as sunshine laws and state immunity, providing confidential health care advice to state boards and executive teams. In addition to being instrumental in the merging of two large state institutions, Lauri was involved in the creation of a state funded institutional self-insurance captive.
Representative Experience
- Represented Petauri, a portfolio company of Oak Hill Capital, in its acquisition of Formulary Insights, a market access services provider in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
- Represented a private equity sponsored buyer in its acquisition of a provider of medical communications, marketing and education services.
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Represented IntegriChain, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, in its acquisition of BridgeView Data Solutions, a commercial data warehouse and data aggregation business.
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Represented State University faculty practice plan in this development of an ASC.
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Represented private equity in life science service acquisitions.
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Represents pharmaceutical institutional sites and consultants in all areas of clinical research.
- Represented Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions in its recapitalization by Amulet Capital Partners, a private equity firm.
- Represented multiple health care providers in nephrology and dialysis facility joint ventures.
- Represent management support organization supplying management services to physician practices in New York, New Jersey and other states with a focus on physician extenders, physiatry, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring so as to enhance EBITDA for future capital event. Handled all aspects of structuring, diligence and execution of all arrangements. Advised on post-closing integration and provide ongoing regulatory support.
- 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.