Nicholas E. Adamson

Nicholas E. Adamson

Associate

Chicago

T 312.506.3425

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Overview

Nick’s practice focuses on transactional and regulatory healthcare matters, including advising on Anti-Kickback and Stark issues, transactional drafting, diligence review and licensing. Additionally, Nick has experience guiding clients in the cannabis industry through complex issues such as corporate transactions, company formation, dispute handling, and compliance with state and federal regulations.

Nick also has experience as a judicial extern in the Eastern District of Michigan and a legal extern in the United States Attorney’s Office of Northeast Ohio, Civil Division. Prior to law school, Nick worked for several years as a paralegal at a large firm assisting primarily in MDL litigations and antitrust litigation.

What I Do

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cannabis
Dialysis, Nephrology & Vascular Access
Healthcare

Experience

Represented a regional dialysis provider in a $5 million joint-venture transaction with a national dialysis company. Advised the client on all stages of the deal, including structuring, regulatory review, negotiation of joint-venture and operating documents, and closing coordination. The engagement involved complex healthcare regulatory considerations, including joint-venture compliance, state facility-licensure strategy, and alignment with federal fraud and abuse frameworks.

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Prepared various cannabis license renewal applications within the state of Illinois.

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Represented provider practice in sale to larger management platform.

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Represented nursing home portfolio in its $450 million dollar acquisition of nineteen skilled nursing facilities along with a pharmacy lab, nurse practitioner business, and independent living facility featuring a capital stack with five different lenders including mezzanine debt, assumption of existing HUD loans, and sale-leasebacks.

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Advised cannabis company on state and county specific regulations concerning dispensary applications and licenses.

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Assisted national cannabis-focused corporation in navigating 10-K annual report filings.

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Represented physician group in an asset sale to a private equity backed management company.

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Represented a cannabis software company in vendor dispute arbitration.

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Represented private equity backed portfolio company in its acquisition of a Georgia based Hospice.

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Credentials

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2022, J.D.
  • Operations Editor, Law Review
  • President and Founding Member, Student Legislative Initiative of Cleveland (SLIC)
  • Received numerous CALI Excellence for the Future Awards as distinction for highest grade
  • Legal Writing Honor’s Fellow and tutor in Mergers and Acquisitions and Constitutional Law
  • magna cum laude
The Ohio State University, 2017, B.A. in Philosophy
  • political sciences
  • OSU Rugby team member 

magna cum laude

More

  • Volunteer Children’s Hospital Magician with Open Heart Magic (OHM)
  • Member, Chicago Bar Association
  • Member, IL Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Bar Association