Matthew M. Brohm

Partner

Direct: 404.873.8740
Fax: 404.873.8741
Atlanta
171 17th Street NW
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363

Biography

Matt is a partner in the Healthcare and Corporate practice groups and also serves as co-chair of the Healthcare Private Equity team.

His legal practice focuses on corporate transactions in the healthcare industry, where he has advised on hundreds of transactions involving private equity firms, health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, behavioral health companies, physician practice management platforms, laboratories, pharmacies, and a wide variety of other providers. Clients rely on Matt for level-headed legal advice when undertaking such important business transitions. They also call on Matt’s legal and business skills to act as outside general counsel, advising on everything from major transactions to day-to-day legal matters.

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Experience

  • Represented a private equity-backed home care business in the acquisition of over 5 Midwestern home-based care agencies.
  • Represented a private equity-backed medical spa company in the acquisition of 3 medical spas.
  • Represented a private equity-backed primary care management services organization in the acquisition of over 15 Southeastern primary care practices.
  • Represented a non-profit hospice agency in a single-member substitution transaction with another non-profit hospice agency.
  • Represented a national private equity-backed in-home palliative care and hospice provider in the acquisition of another hospice agency for over $50M.
  • Represented a house call medical practice in its sale to a private equity-backed at-home care provider.
  • Represented a large regional hospital system in the development of a system-wide, multi-specialty physician practice acquisition strategy and process; including all documentation and negotiation.
  • Represented a private equity client in its acquisition of a leading national provider of business support services to 350 dental offices in 17 states. AGG’s team worked to deliver regulatory diligence and transaction regulatory support, as well as credit facility-driven post-transaction regulatory work.
  • Represented a private equity client in its acquisition of three (3) physical therapy clinics.
  • Represented a private equity client in its acquisition of three (3) ophthalmology medical practices and their associated ambulatory surgical centers.
  • Represented Keplr Vision Services, an optometry practice management company backed by Imperial Capital Group, Ltd., on transactions since its launch in September 2017.
  • Represented Gwinnett Health System, Inc. in its merger transaction with Northside Hospital, Inc.
  • Advised Visionary Eye Partners, an eye care practice management company backed by Imperial Capital Group, Ltd. on numerous acquisitions of eye care practices throughout the U.S. in 2018.
  • Advised a private equity client on its acquisition of a national operator of more than 100 outpatient physical therapy clinics with a strong presence in the Southeast. AGG’s role included healthcare regulatory diligence, regulatory input for the transaction documents, and interfacing with lender counsel and reps and warranties underwriters.
  • Represented three private home care businesses in a simultaneous sale to a national private home care business.
  • Served as regulatory counsel on the sale of a large for-profit hospice provider to a private equity investment fund.
  • Advised a urology practice regarding a professional services agreement with a large integrated health system.
  • Advised a Georgia Hospital Authority regarding its restructuring under the Georgia Hospital Authorities Law.
  • Represented a Georgia healthcare system during a comprehensive on-site due diligence review for purposes of bond financing, including review of provider and vendor contracts for determining regulatory compliance, review of permits and licenses, and review of joint ventures. Assisted in the preparation of statements disclosing regulatory risk factors.
  • Represented a cardiovascular surgery practice with its integration into a large health system in Arkansas.
  • Represented a faith-based hospital in Georgia with its acquisition of numerous specialty practice groups.
  • Represented a hospital system in investigation of potential Stark and anti-kickback law violations and subsequently in the preparation and submission of a voluntary self-disclosure to the Office of Inspector General.
  • Represented a large hospital system in the negotiation and drafting of a specialty co-management arrangement including all corporate transactional agreements and development of applicable co-management measurement metrics in compliance with federal fraud and abuse requirements.
  • Represented a large integrated healthcare system in Georgia in the acquisition of three large cardiology practices as part of the establishment of a fully-integrated hospital-physician delivery system.
  • Represented the largest pulmonary practice in Georgia in its acquisition by a large integrated healthcare system.
  • Represented two large cardiology practices in Jacksonville, Florida with their integration into a large healthcare system.
  • Represented various ambulatory surgery centers and physician practice groups in the preparation of requests for Letters of non-Reviewability for the establishment of physician-owned ambulatory surgery centers and acquisition of diagnostic or therapeutic equipment.
  • Worked with a faith-based hospital system in a major southwestern U.S. metropolitan area and one of the country’s premier neurology groups, in designing and implementing a “co-management integration model” for the hospital’s neurology, neurosurgery, and neurosciences service line.
    Client Successes

    Credentials

    Education
    • Syracuse University College of Law, Juris Doctor,
      cum laude
    • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting,
      cum laude
    Admissions
    • State of Georgia – 2007
    Associations
      • Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, Board Member (2016-Present)
      • American Health Lawyers Association
      • State Bar of Georgia, Health Law Section
      • American College of Healthcare Executives
      • American Bar Association, Health Law Section

    Recognition

    • Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Health Care Law, 2020-25
    • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers, Healthcare, 2021-24
    • “Rising Star,” Georgia Super Lawyers, 2018-21

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