Les serves as Chair of the Firm's Healthcare Practice Group. During his more than 30 years representing public and private companies, Les has completed more than 300 M&A and financing transactions. While he represents a wide range of companies in various industries, Les concentrates his practice on transactions for clients within the healthcare and communications industries. He provides representation on acquisitions and dispositions, public and private equity and debt offerings, securities compliance matters, restructurings and reorganizations as well as counseling on many other types of business and financial transactions.
Les brings a hands-on practical based approach to assisting clients in anticipating issues and implementing creative and cost-effective strategies and solutions.
Notable Experience
· Les has helped healthcare providers acquire and dispose of and finance business units both domestically and overseas
· Les lead a team in the multi-jurisdictional sale of NASDAQ listed Allied Healthcare International Inc. to Saga Group Limited.
· Businesses in numerous industries have turned to Les to assist them in restructuring and workout transactions
· Les led a team in a complicated multi-jurisdiction public company recapitalization transaction
· Les has represented numerous cable television operators in the acquisition, disposition and financing of hundreds of cable television properties
· Les has represented international wireless carriers in license acquisitions, system deployment and financing transactions
· He represented a wireless telephone operator in the sale of its principal systems to America Movil, one of the world's leading cellular telephone companies
· Les represented one of the leading paging companies in one of the largest concurrent public debt and equity offerings
· Les often represents early-stage companies in acquisitions and private equity and venture capital transactions
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
Les is the author of numerous publications on corporate and health law topics and is an active lecturer before various groups in the healthcare and communications industries. His publications include:
· Les is the co-author of the Firm's Healthcare Update, a series of alerts regarding the ongoing healthcare reform debate in Washington, D.C. These Healthcare Updates can be found on the Firm's Newsstand or at healthcare.edwardswildman.com.
· Speaker, "Due Diligence: IT and Legal Prep," Decision Health's Home Health M&A 2012 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 23-24, 2012.
· "Healthcare Law Q&A," Bloomberg Law Reports, March 5, 2012.
· Moderator and Panelist, "M&A Forecast for Home and Hospice Care," Home Care 100 Executive Management Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 4-7, 2012.
· 2012 Financial Market Forecast, moderator, HCAP Conference, "Understanding the Big Picture in Healthcare," Washington, D.C., December 7-9, 2011.
· "CMS releases 2012 Medicare physician fee schedule; physicians face 27.4% cut," co-author, Association of Corporate Counsel's Lexology, November 7, 2011.
· Moderator and Panelist, "Homecare & Hospice M&A 2011 Mid-Year Outlook, VCPI Conference," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 24, 2011.
· "CMS to begin bundled payments," co-author, Lexology, July 25, 2011.
· "Reviving a Widely Criticized Health Care Proposal," co-author, New York Law Journal, July 25, 2011.
· "FTC and Texas Align to Challenge Physician Network for Price Fixing," co-author, Becker's Hospital Review, May 27, 2011.
· "Consolidation, Diversification and Integration: The M&A Scene in Home and Hospice Care Program," moderator, 9th Anuual Home Care 100 Executive Management Conference, Laguna Nigel, California, February 13 - 15, 2011.
· "Capital Markets & Deal Flow Update," speaker, HCap Conference - Post Reform: Identifying Emerging Opportunities in Healthcare, Washington, D.C., December 6 - 8, 2010.
· "Think Tank: Ten Big Ideas for the Next Decade," speaker, Home Care 100 Executive Management Conference, Key Biscayne, Florida, February 14-16, 2010.
· "Ownership Successor Liability," co-author, Provider Magazine, January 2010.
· "It's 2010: Do You Know Where Your D&O Policy Is?," SEC Trends and Developments, published by Eisner LLP, January 2010.
· "Private Equity Investing: It's a New Ballgame Now," moderator and panelist, HCap Conference, Washington, D.C., November 17, 2009.
· "Mid-Market Deals in a Down Market," presenter, NJCCA's 7th Annual Full Day Conference, Whippany, New Jersey, September 24, 2009.
· "A Conversation with Les Levinson: Managing Liability in Healthcare M&A," quoted, The Healthcare M&A Monthly, August 2009.
· "Successor Liability for Acquirers of Healthcare Facilities," Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, June 2009.
· "Financing Strategies in Turbulent Times," panelist, Home Care 100 Conference, San Diego, California, February 1, 2009.
· "Asset Protection Techniques for Physicians," speaker, New Jersey Society of CPAs, January 15, 2009.
· "The Troubled Company," moderator and panelist, HCap Conference, Washington, D.C., November 20, 2008.
· "Financial Strategies," panelist, HCap Conference, Washington, D.C., November 20, 2008.
· "Legal Lowdown: Spot the Powder Kegs Before They Blow," speaker, Art of the Deal Conference, Dallas, Texas, May, 2008.
· "Asset Protection Techniques," panelist, National CPA Health Care Advisors Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 8, 2008.
· "Transactional Health Care: A Bird's Eye View," a chapter in the book Inside the Minds: Structuring Health Care Partnerships, Agreements and M&A Transactions, published by Aspatore Books in 2007.
· "Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Impact on Life Science Companies," 22 New Jersey Life Sciences Technology Quarterly, 2003.
· "Outsourcing Non Clinical Services in Health Care," 38 The Garden State Focus, June/July 2003.
· "Health Care Financing Transactions: Recent Developments," 6 Health Law Journal 26, 2001.
· "A Guide to the SEC's Small Business Initiative," 17 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 75, 1993.
· "Tapping Equity Markets for Small Businesses: The SCOR Alternative," 25 Securities & Commodities Regulation 159, 1992.
· "A Secured Lender's Duty to Unsecured Creditors in an LBO: Crowthers McCall Pattern, Inc.," Lender Liability News, November 29, 1991.
· "Loan Participation Agreements: Back to Basics," Lender Liability News, November 28, 1990.
· "The Application of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to Two-Tiered Partnerships: Is It Really Necessary?," 5 University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce 233, 1984.
· "General Partnership Interests and the Securities Act of 1933: Recent Judicial Developments," 10 Ohio Northern University Law Review 463, 1983.
· "Real Estate Investments, Public Offerings and the New York Real Estate Syndicate Act," 53 St. John's University Law Review 662, 1983.
News & Publications
May 15, 2012, Healthcare Update: CMS Delays Data Collection Under Sunshine Act; New Rules to Ease Burdens on Providers; MA Bills Target Healthcare Costs; CMS Proposes Medicaid Payment Increase; New Bill Proposes Repeal of SGR
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
April 30, 2012, Healthcare Update: CMS Issues Proposed IPPS Rule; PPACA Expected to Save $200 Billion Through 2016
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
April 17, 2012, Healthcare Update: CMS Announces First ACO Participants; HHS Proposes Delaying ICD-10 Compliance Deadline, Adopts Unique Health Plan Identifier; New York Governor Issues Executive Order for Health Exchange
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
April 2, 2012, Healthcare Update: Supreme Court Apparently Divided on Individual Mandate and Whether to Scrap PPACA Entirely; House Passes Ryan Budget Plan; AMA Asks CMS for a Break
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
March 2012, Client Advisory - The JOBS Act Makes Significant Changes in the Regulation of Capital Formation and the Compliance Landscape for Many Companies
March 19, 2012, Healthcare Update: HHS Issues Final Rules for Insurance Exchanges, Medicaid Eligibility, Insurance Plan Coverage and Student Health Insurance Plans
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
March 5, 2012, Healthcare Update: Senate Rejects Anti-Contraception Amendment; State Budget Shortfalls Put Medicaid and Other Programs at Risk; NJ Postpones Long-Term Care Overhaul
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
March 5, 2012, In Bloomberg, Les Levinson Looks at the Impact of Federal Health-Care Legislation on His Practice
February 22, 2012, Healthcare Update: Congress Passes "Doc Fix"; North Carolina Granted MLR Waiver; Wisconsin's Request Denied
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
February 6, 2012, Healthcare Update: White House Brief Says PPACA Can Survive Without Individual Mandate; Texas Denied MLR Waiver
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
January 23, 2012, Healthcare Update: White House Issues Health Reform Progress Report; New York Limits Provider Spending for Executive Compensation and Administrative Costs; HHS and Contractor Lag in Development of PPACA Quality Measures
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
January 9, 2012, Healthcare Update: CMS Issues Additional Health Plan Waivers; HHS Rejects Two More States' MLR Waiver Requests; Connecticut Abandons Medicaid Managed Care Model
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
December 19, 2011, Healthcare Update: Senate Passes Temporary "Doc Fix"; MedPAC Issues Draft Recommendations for 2013; CMS Issues "Essential Health Benefits" Bulletin; Home Care Worker Wage Protection Proposed
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
December 5, 2011, Healthcare Update: CMS Issues Medical Loss Ratio Regulations; HHS Rejects Two State MLR Waiver Requests
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
November 30, 2011, ACO Update: Fraud and Abuse Waivers Can Assist ACO Development
November 21, 2011, Healthcare Update: Supreme Court Review of PPACA; Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Data Breaches
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
November 7, 2011, Healthcare Update: 2012 Medicare Fee Schedules Released
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
October 24, 2011, Healthcare Update: Final ACO Rule Released; Long-Term Care Program Scrapped
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
October 11, 2011, Healthcare Update: HHS Announces Community Health Center Awards; CMS Report Addresses Recovery Audit Contractors; Super Committee Hears from Healthcare Providers
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
September 26, 2011, Healthcare Update: MedPAC Proposes Medicare Physician Payment Overhaul; CMS Releases Notice for Using Identifiable Data in Accountable Care Organizations; President Proposes Medicare Changes in Deficit Reduction Package
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
September 12, 2011, Healthcare Update: CMS Unveils Final Rule on E-Prescribing; Appeals Court Throws Out Two Challenges to Healthcare Law; Ways and Means Committee Democrats Begin to Discuss Medicare Cuts
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
August 22, 2011, Healthcare Update: Community Health Center Grants Announced; PPACA Individual Mandate Ruled Unconstitutional; Skilled Nursing Facilities Will See Rate Cuts
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
August 8, 2011, Healthcare Update: Debt Ceiling Legislation's Impact on Medicare; CMS Releases Final Inpatient Hospital Rule
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
August 1, 2011, In Law360, Les Levinson and Gene McDermott Noted as Allied Counsel in Sale
July 25, 2011, In New York Law Journal, Les Levinson and Eric Fader Discuss Health Care Proposal
July 25, 2011, Healthcare Update: Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue; CMS to Begin Bundled Payments; Medical Device Industry Fights Excise Tax
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
July 11, 2011, Healthcare Update: CMS Releases Proposed Rules for Outpatient Hospital Payments and Physician Payments; CMS Proposes Home Health Cuts; Debt Ceiling Agreement Could Include Healthcare Cuts
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
June 20, 2011, Healthcare Update: Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Medicare Bill; CMS Releases Mental Health Center Proposed Rule; HHS Unveils National Prevention Strategy
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
June 6, 2011, ACO Update
May 27, 2011, FTC and Texas Align to Challenge Physician Network for Price Fixing
Becker's Hospital Review
May 25, 2011, Healthcare Update: ACO Update; Senators Express Face-To-Face Concerns
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
May 16, 2011, Healthcare Update: CMS Releases FY 2012 Proposed Rule for Hospice Payments, Including Face-To-Face Language; CMS Releases Final Value-Based Purchasing Rule; Legislation Introduced Regarding Treatment of Hospice Patients; ACO News
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
May 2, 2011, Healthcare Update: CMS Releases FY 2012 Proposed Rules for Hospitals and Rehab Facilities; Supreme Court Decides Not To Fast-Track Healthcare Lawsuit
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
April 19, 2011, Healthcare Update: FY 2012 Budget Details; New HHS Initiative Launches; President Signs 1099 Repeal; Providers Express Tepid Reactions to ACO Rule
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
April 7, 2011, ACO Update: IRS Issues Guidance on the Participation of Tax-Exempt Organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program Through Accountable Care Organizations
April 5, 2011, ACO Update: Unprecedented Federal Agency Cooperation Yields Proposal to Exempt Accountable Care Organizations from Per Se Antitrust Scrutiny
April 4, 2011, ACO Update: CMS Releases Proposed ACO Rule
March 21, 2011, Healthcare Update: Medical Liability Reform Legislation; Community Health Center Cuts; HHS Hospice Cap Rulings
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
March 7, 2011, Healthcare Update: DME Concerns; Combating Hospital-Acquired Infections; PPACA Revisions; Meaningful Use Concerns
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
February 22, 2011, Healthcare Update: ACO Developments; Budge and Appropriations Update
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
February 7, 2011, Healthcare Update: Legislation Introduced to Alter PPCA; New NCQA Medical Home Standards Released; Judge Declares PPACA Unconstitutional
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
January 24, 2011, Healthcare Update: Value-Based Purchasing Guidelines Proposed; MedPAC Home Health Recommendation; House Action on Healthcare Reform; and State Medicaid News
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
January 10, 2011, Healthcare Update: Announcements from CMS and news from the 112th Congress
Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
December 20, 2010, Healthcare Update: Year-Long "Doc Fix"/Legal Challenges Mount for Healthcare Reform Law
Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
December 6, 2010, Healthcare Update: Short Term "Doc Fix"/Fiscal Commission Proposed Health Cuts
Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
November 22, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
November 8, 2010, Healthcare Update: Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
October 25, 2010, Healthcare Update: Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
October 12, 2010, Healthcare Update: Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
September 27, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
September 13, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
August 30, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
August 9, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
August 9, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
July 26, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
July 12, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
June 28, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
June 14, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
May 17, 2010, Healthcare Update - News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
May 11, 2010, Provider Reimbursement Changes in Healthcare Reform Law
May 3, 2010, Healthcare Update - Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services
April 19, 2010, Healthcare Update - Last Week in D.C.: News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services
April 6, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
March 29, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
March 2010, Client Advisory - Not Charitable Enough: Provena Covenant Medical Center v. Department of Revenue
March 22, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
March 15, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healtchare Reform Debate
March 8, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
March 1, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
February 22, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
February 16, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
February 8, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
February 1, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
January 2010, Ownership Successor Liability
Provider Magazine
January 2010, From the Bar... It's 2010: Do You Know Where Your D&O Policy Is?
SEC Trends & Developments
January 25, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
January 19, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
January 11, 2010, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
December 29, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
December 21, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
December 14, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
December 9, 2009, Leslie J. Levinson Joins Prestigious National Bioethics Advisory Board
December 7, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
November 23, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
November 16, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC: The Healthcare Reform Debate
November 9, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
October 26, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
October 19, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in D.C.: The Healthcare Reform Debate
October 13, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC: The Healthcare Reform Debate
October 5, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC: The Healthcare Reform Debate
September 28, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC: The Healthcare Reform Debate
September 14, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC: The Healthcare Reform Debate
August 24, 2009, Healthcare Update: Mid-Recess Healthcare Reform Update
Bipartisan Agreement on Healthcare Reform Remains Elusive; Democrats Considering Splitting Bill into Two Pieces
August 10, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC: The Healthcare Reform Debate
August 2009, A Conversation With Les Levinson: Managing Liability In Health Care M&A
July 27, 2009, Healthcare Update: Last Week in DC - The Healthcare Reform Debate
June 2009, Client Advisory - Successor Liability for Acquirers of Healthcare Facilities
April 14, 2009, Two From WolfBlock Join Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in New York
Leslie J. Levinson joins firm as Partner and Chair of EAPD's Healthcare Practice
Events
April 25, 2012, Chicago, IL, Best Practices for Getting Reimbursed: Navigating Private Insurer Requirements
April 23-24, 2012, Chicago, IL, Home Health & Hospice M&A Conference
March 19-20, 2012, Orlando, FL, The World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Mergers & Acquisitions in Health Care
February 4-7, 2012, Grande Lakes, FL, Home Care 100 Conference
October 4, 2011, Florham Park, NJ, Mock Licensing Negotiations
New Jersey Law Journal In-House Counsel CLE Seminar
February 13 - 15, 2011, Laguna Niguel, CA, 9th Annual Home Care 100 Executive Management Conference
A Confluence of Risk, Responsibility & Relationships
December 6 - 8, 2010, Washington, DC, HCap '10 - Post-Reform: Identifying Emerging Opportunities in Healthcare
February 14-16, 2010, Key Biscayne, FL, Home Care 100 Executive Management Conference
Leading in a Changing World
November 16-18, 2009, Washington, DC, HCap 2009 Healthcare & Capital Conference
Seismic Change: Healthcare Reform & Capital Markets Regeneration
September 24, 2009, Whippany, NJ, NJCCA's 7th Annual Full Day Conference
Industries
· Healthcare
· Life Sciences
· Telecommunications
· Technology
· Cable
· Broadcasting
· Wireless & Satellite
Memberships
· American Bar Association - Federal Regulation of Securities Section
· New York State Bar Association - Health Law Section
· Berman Institute on Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University - Advisory Board member
· Law360 Corporate Finance Editorial Advisory Board member