Chair of the firm's Health Care Transactions Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Health Law Practice, Robert is a seasoned corporate and health law attorney who helps clients throughout the United States close industry-leading health care transactions.

Robert represents large medical practices, publicly traded companies and their subsidiaries, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, private investors, and health care services entities nationwide in a variety of transactions. That includes leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, strategic transactions, joint ventures and other corporate matters. He also advises founders, management teams and executives on sale transactions.

Board-Certified as a specialist in Health Law by the Florida Bar, Robert leads a knowledgeable team with the skills and experience it takes to complete the health care due diligence and regulatory compliance aspects of transactions, as well as provide advice on their acquisition and financing components.

Robert has spent 20 years focusing on acquisitions and sales of medical practices. He has helped clients successfully complete health care services transactions in a broad range of physician specialties including anesthesia, primary care, dermatology, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, dental, orthopedics, urology, radiology, emergency department, concierge medicine and multi-specialty. He also handles structuring and development of provider-affiliated group practices. 

Robert provides legal and strategic advice to the following types of entities:

• Physician practice management companies
• Large multi-specialty and single-specialty medical group practices
• Value based care and risk bearing medical practices and MSOs
• Telemedicine and digital health care organizations
• PACE organizations
• Hospices
• Home health agencies
• Pharmacies
• Medical suppliers
• Surgery center companies and developers
• Senior housing, skilled nursing, and long-term care operators
• Accountable care organizations
• Independent practice associations
• Third-party payors, HMOs and TPAs
• Integrated provider networks
• Health care technology verticals

Additionally, Robert advises clients on commercial real estate transactions and financing involving the sale, purchase and lease of multifamily residential, retail, office and health care properties.

He is Managing Partner of the Sarasota office and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.