Cockrell, Walsh and Grant Discuss Healthcare Deal Trends in Law360

February 24, 2017

In a Feb. 21 article they wrote for Law360, private equity co-chair Geoff Cockrell, healthcare chair Amber Walsh and Los Angeles – Century City office managing partner Richard Grant share insights from the 2017 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and discuss emerging healthcare deal trends.

In the article, the authors discuss industry observers’ insights on how healthcare companies, investors and lenders should view the impending changes to the Affordable Care Act. They also cite recent deal activity, underscoring which healthcare and life sciences sectors are likely to see merger and acquisition and private equity activity in 2017. They note an anticipated wave of physician practice management consolidation, expanded investment interest in the telemedicine and technologies sector, growth within veterinary medicine, continued interest in the pharmaceutical market, and a recent uptick in compounding pharmacy deals.

The article, “Health Care Deal Predictions From ’17 JP Morgan Conference,” is available online to subscribers. Additional insights by the authors are available on The Healthcare Investor, a McGuireWoods blog covering legal issues and trends impacting investments in healthcare and life sciences businesses.