Brian Browder is a healthcare attorney with a reputation within the industry for getting difficult deals done. Clients praise his understanding of their businesses and management philosophies, and value the instrumental role he plays in helping them achieve their objectives.

Over the past 30 years, Brian has served as lead counsel in complex healthcare mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and private equity investments with an aggregate value of more than $4.5 billion. His experience spans the spectrum of healthcare service providers, including medical/surgical hospitals, behavioral healthcare services providers (including eating and substance use disorders), gastroenterologists, providers of healthcare services to women, imaging centers, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), renal care providers, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), management services organizations (MSOs) and dental support organizations (DSOs). He enjoys creating joint ventures between tax-exempt and investor-owned companies as they bring together the best of both worlds to help deliver better care to patients.

Brian has been recognized by his peers and clients for his healthcare experience in leading professional and industry publications, including Chambers USA. He has led numerous in-house training sessions on general corporate matters, as well as healthcare transactions, and speaks extensively at a wide range of healthcare industry conferences on transactional issues.

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1994

Education

• Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1994
• Georgetown University, B.S.B.A., Accounting, 1991