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William A. Knowlton
Partner
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Bill represents a wide variety of health care and life science clients on state and federal regulatory and corporate matters. Bill's clients include academic medical centers and faculty practice plans, hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, managed care organizations, and health care investment firms. Bill advises his clients with regard to complex health regulatory issues, in particular with respect to corporate transactions such as acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings.
Bill is a member of the firm's Policy Committee and prior to that was chair of the firm's Health Care Group.
- Pfizer Legal Alliance. Bill leads the firm's relationship with Pfizer in the Pfizer Legal Alliance – a cutting edge outside counsel partnering program that covers almost all of the legal work performed across Pfizer's Legal Division under a fixed fee alternative fee arrangement.
- Academic Medical Center Restructurings. Bill has worked with several academic medical centers in restructuring their relationships with their affiliated medical schools and universities.
- Private Equity. Bill works regularly with the firm's private equity group and their clients in their acquisitions of health care companies analyzing the regulatory and reimbursement models of those companies.
Honors & Awards
The Best Lawyers in America (1997-2012) Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2004-2011) Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004-2010)
Professional & Civic Activities
- Director and Clerk, The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center
- Director and Capital Campaign Chair, Community Music Center of Boston, Inc.
- Trustee and Clerk, Sea Education Association, Inc. (1990-2000)
- Trustee, Trinity Hospice, Inc. (1995-2000)
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Education
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JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 1982
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BA (History), cum laude, Yale University, 1977
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1998
- Massachusetts, 1982
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Health Lawyers Association
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