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Michael D. Beauvais
Partner
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Michael Beauvais has over 12 years of experience representing clients in the healthcare services, health information technology (HIT), medical device, biotechnology, specialty pharmaceutical and laboratory testing industries. His transactional experience spans a broad range of securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, affiliations and collaborations. In addition, he has extensive experience negotiating large commercial agreements that arise in the healthcare field, including specific expertise in the area of licensing and implementing interoperable HIT and electronic health records (EHR) systems. Michael regularly counsels investment banks, private equity firms, financial sponsors and investors on assessing and remediating a target company’s compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements, including matters related to licensing, fraud and abuse, self-referrals, billing, security, privacy and corporate governance.
Transactional Experience
- Lead counsel to the underwriters in connection with initial public offerings by Medidata, athenahealth, MedAssets and Synta Pharmaceuticals.
- Representation of a public healthcare services company in the acquisition of a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company.
- Representation of a public biotechnology company in the divestiture of multiple divisions, including genetic testing, laboratory, and diagnostics.
- Representation of a public biopharmaceutical company in connection with shelf financings and subsequent reverse merger.
- Representation of a public biotechnology company in connection with multiple PIPE transactions.
- Representation of a private medical device company in connection with several rounds of venture financing and the refinancing of debt facilities.
- Representation of a private disease management company in connection with strategic acquisitions.
- Representation of a leading children’s hospital in connection with strategic affiliations.
- Representation of an urban hospital system in connection with the negotiation of a strategic affiliation with a larger health system.
- Representation of a regional health system in connection with the sale of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and skilled nursing facility (SNF).
HIT Licensing Experience
- Advised a leading academic medical center in connection with the negotiation and implementation of system-wide electronic medical record (EMR) system and subsequent sublicensing to multiple physician groups.
- Advised an academic medical center in connection with the implementation of EHR software and steps to become a “meaningful user” of EHR technology.
- Advised a leading children’s hospital in connection with the licensing of an enterprise-wide care management software system.
- Advised a long-term residential provider in connection with the licensing and implementation of a multi-tiered, multi-vendor clinical and billing software upgrade.
Regulatory Experience
- Led a due diligence investigation for a healthcare services company of a specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer, including an assessment of risk areas related to fraud and abuse, self-referrals and off-label promotion.
- Led a due diligence investigation for a private equity client of a leading provider of diagnostic information technology, including an assessment of risk areas related to data privacy and security.
- Led a due diligence investigation for a private equity client of multiple substance abuse and treatment centers, including compliance risks related to licensure, false claims and HIPAA compliance.
Professional & Civic Activities
Michael regularly contributes to a variety of publications and conferences on securities, HIT, general corporate and healthcare regulatory matters, and has also been a faculty member of CLE programs on these topics. Michael is also a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Health Law section, where he currently serves as the Co-chair of the Social Action Committee and is a member of the Steering Committee.
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Education
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JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999; Student Editor-in-Chief of The Tax Lawyer, the American Bar Association's official journal on taxation
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BA, cum laude, College of the Holy Cross, 1996
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Boston Bar Association
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