Healthcare | Solutions for the healthcare sector

Social and demographic developments, constantly evolving medical progress and the resulting high cost pressure in the healthcare sector demand the utmost attention and flexibility from all market participants. Long-term success in the market will only be possible for those who know how to exploit future economic potential. The increasingly complex regulatory framework is constantly presenting service providers with new challenges and usually requires complex solutions.

For our clients in the fields of hospitals, rehabilitation centers, senior and nursing care facilities, outpatient care services, medical care center (MVZ) structures, physicians’ associations, practices, and health insurance companies of various types, sizes, and structures, we contribute with intelligent models and efficient structures to successfully overcome current and future challenges.

What can we do for you?

In order to develop the best solution for you, our specialists work together in multidisciplinary teams in order to consider all legal, tax and business aspects in a tailor-made structure.

Our key areas include:

Future management: successfully modernizing, restructuring, reorganizing
Advice on the structuring of sectoral networking of inpatient and outpatient healthcare
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in the healthcare market:
- Company sales and acquisitions
- Bidding procedures
- (Partial) privatizations
- Group and holding company solutions
- Practice takeovers and establishment of medical professional partnerships
- Due diligence
Structural advice: design of various forms of cooperation – from cooperation in secondary/tertiary areas to the implementation of holding and group structures or mergers, PPP models, financing
Corporate and healthcare law for inpatient and outpatient providers
Restructuring, turnaround, and insolvency advisory services for healthcare providers
Development of business controlling and reporting systems, preparation of business plans
Tax law and non-profit law for healthcare institutions
Company valuations
Establishment of compliance management systems / installation of anti-corruption systems / internal auditing / investigations of the internal control system
Process optimization in the administrative areas

Further services include:

Audits of annual/consolidated financial statements, special audits, audits of where-used lists, “fast-close” projects, preparation of annual financial statements, etc.
Preparation of all types of tax returns, individual tax advice, sponsoring, legal opinions on nonprofit status, use of funds, tax proceedings, etc.
Public law, public procurement law, state aid law, employment law, hospital law
Legal representation in arbitration, litigation, and settlement negotiations