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.
Representative Experience
- Represented provider practice in sale to larger management platform.
- Prepared various cannabis license renewal applications within the state of Illinois.
- 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.
- Assisted national cannabis-focused corporation in navigating 10-K annual report filings.
- Represented a cannabis software company in vendor dispute arbitration.
- Advised cannabis company on state and county specific regulations concerning dispensary applications and licenses.
- Represented physician group in an asset sale to a private equity backed management company.
- Represented private equity backed portfolio company in its acquisition of a Georgia based Hospice.