Sidley is representing LifePoint Health® (LifePoint) in its acquisition of a controlling stake of Springstone, a leading behavioral health provider. LifePoint is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities, and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. Springstone represents an important transaction for the growth and development of LifePoint’s behavioral health offering. Following the completion of the transaction, LifePoint’s healthcare delivery network will include 62 community hospital campuses, 31 rehabilitation hospitals, 21 behavioral health hospitals, and more than 200 additional sites of care.
The Sidley team was led by Private Equity partner Tony Feuerstein, M&A partner Ryan Scofield, and Healthcare partner Jon Zucker. The team also included: Adam Weinstein, Jessica Pisani, Jack Zeringue, Adrian Zhang, Adeeb Baiou, Sarah Kang, Jessica Li, and John Torabi (Corporate); Meenakshi Datta, Catherine Stewart, Francesca Ozinal, and Sama Kahook (Healthcare); E. Kyle Barnett (Technology and Life Sciences Transactions); Marina Lyonsberg (Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance and Enforcement); Robert Golub, Michael David Williams, S. Joey Lam, Katherine Medianik, Joy Kerr, Will Otter, and Matt Wholey (Real Estate); Lauren Gallagher, Mary Niehaus, Tom Topping, and Ryan McLeod (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Eric Hoffman and Vera Iwankiw (Labor, Employment and Immigration); Scott Goldstein (Insurance); and Alex Kaplan and Deborah Sands (Securities and Shareholder Litigation).