Sponsors
The Nashville Health Care Council is an association of health care industry leaders working together to further establish Nashville's position as the nation's health care industry capital. The Council promotes the continued growth of Nashville's health care industry by fostering a supportive operating environment for existing, start-up and relocating health care businesses. Through educational programs, the Council provides executives with timely information on key operational and policy challenges facing health care companies, as well as networking and mentoring activities.
For more information, visit www.healthcarecouncil.com.
Waller Lansden's healthcare experience dates back to the start of the Medicare program in the 1960s, and today Waller Lansden is recognized as one of the largest and most experienced healthcare law firms in the United States. Waller Lansden's lawyers advise healthcare clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, syndications, divestitures, commercial finance, securities offerings, corporate restructuring, distressed asset transactions, real estate, tax, and the expansion or relocation of business operations. Our clients include numerous successful hospital companies; outpatient providers; hospice, home health and senior living companies; life sciences; and healthcare technology companies operating throughout the United States and overseas, as well as private equity funds, venture capital companies, healthcare finance companies and investor groups that are frequent participants in healthcare transactions.
For more information, visit www.wallerlaw.com/.
Platinum Sponsors
DELOITTE’S M&A practice provides, comprehensive and strategically focused tax, accounting and advisory services to both financial and corporate buyers. With a global network of over 4,000 M&A specialists, clients have access to experienced professionals in all forms of acquisitions, investment and financing structures, disposition alternatives, and post transaction and integration activities. Our multi-disciplinary approach teams top-flight M&A professionals, industry specialists and technical experts to provide fact-based answers and independent advice geared to helping clients minimize risk and maximize returns.
For more information, visit www.deloitte.com.
Gold Sponsors
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC provides an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to promote the success of our clients in the healthcare industry. Our firm has participated in the evolution of the healthcare industry in Nashville, the capital of entrepreneurial healthcare. We represent many of the largest providers of acute care, ambulatory surgery, diagnostic imaging, disease management and long-term care services in the United States. We have structured our healthcare practice as an integrated group of more than 100 attorneys in virtually all practice areas of the firm who blend their substantive expertise to meet the unique demands of the healthcare industry. We not only consider ourselves legal counsel to our clients, but business partners as well. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.
For more information, visit www.bassberry.com/Home.aspx.
Silver Sponsors
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. We seek to be the advisor of choice for our clients and a leading participant in global financial markets. Our strategy is to grow our three core businesses – Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments and Asset Management and Securities Services – in markets throughout the world
For more information, visit www2.goldmansachs.com/.
Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s leading investment banking, capital markets and wealth management companies, with market capitalization of approximately $45 billion. Merrill Lynch’s Global Investment Banking Energy and Power Group deliver strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture and capital raising advisory services. As a leader in natural gas, crude oil, electricity and weather-related trading, Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (“MLCI”) can provide a variety of risk management and structured products designed for the oil and gas industry. For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com.
For more information, visit www.ml.com/index.asp?id=7695_15125.
Bronze Sponsors
FTI Consulting helps organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex operational, regulatory, and legal environment. Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals includes numerous CPAs, RNs, MDs, PhDs, CIRAs, CFEs and JDs who are committed to delivering the highest level of service to clients. FTI Consulting’s Healthcare Transaction Advisory Services encompasses financial diligence, as well as clinical, compliance, and operational assessments. At FTI Consulting, we have broad and deep expertise covering all aspects of healthcare deal cycle, and can provide all of your due diligence needs under one roof. With our large geographic presence and flexible team approach, we deliver customized services efficiently and effectively.
For more information, visit www.ftihealthcare.com.

