Akerman Senterfitt announced today it has represented Winter Park Urology Associates P.A. and Urological Ambulatory Surgery Center Inc. in the sale of their combined assets to Florida Hospital Medical Group and Adventist Health System Sunbelt Inc., doing business as Florida Hospital.
Ownership in the property was retained by a majority of the shareholder doctors in Winter Park Urology Associates, prompting Akerman to negotiate a long-term lease with Florida Hospital, with an option for the tenant to buy the building within the next three years.
The Akerman team, led by Robert Slavkin, of counsel in the Healthcare Practice Group, consisted of lawyers from across various of the firm’s practice groups, including shareholder Beppy Owen in the Corporate Practice Group, shareholders Russell Hale and Beth Alcalde in the Taxation Practice Group, of counsel Scott Price in the Real Estate Practice Group and associate Alia Luria, also in the Corporate Practice Group.
“We are pleased to have represented our client in this important transaction,” said Slavkin. “Considering the changing atmosphere of healthcare services delivery, we expect further deal activity in this industry in the near term.”
“We were glad to meet the client need in this particular deal for a multi-practice approach,” said Kirk Davis, chair of the Akerman National Healthcare Practice Group. “We look forward to counseling our clients on other complex and challenging transactions in the months ahead.”
Akerman is recognized as a leading healthcare law firm in Florida by Chambers USA with Board Certified lawyers and a team of multi-disciplinary professionals. The practice represents many of the leading hospitals, health systems, and physician groups in Florida and nationally. Akerman lawyers also represent practitioners, pharmacies, managed care organizations, health insurers, and medical device manufacturers on a wide range of complex regulatory, risk management, and business matters.
