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BENESCH: A Powerful Player in Private Equity and Regulated Health Care The factors that make investing in We evaluate investment opportunities and regulated health care companies more identify and suggest strategies to resolve complex are the same ones that make potential regulatory issues. We structure choosing the right legal representation so and execute the deal and provide ongoing critical. representation of the portfolio companies. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP offers the vital combination of Benesch’s Broad Private private equity deal experience and Equity Experience regulated health care industry knowledge Benesch has been instrumental in you need when investing completing hundreds of transactions for in health care providers, payors and private equity funds involving mergers and intermediary organizations within the acquisitions, recapitalizations, sales and heavily-regulated health care industry. dispositions, and more, and in providing By integrating the industry knowledge, legal ongoing representation to the portfolio acumen, contact networks and know-how companies. Our experience in securities of our Private Equity and Regulated Health law, business taxation, ERISA, intellectual Care Practice Groups, we offer our private property laws and laws impacting businesses equity fund clients key advantages in every generally enables us to provide thoughtful stage of the investing process. analysis and wise counsel at every turn. BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP 1

and abuse and self-referral laws, licensing Benesch’s Extensive Health and certification requirements and more. Care Experience Our in-depth knowledge of this sector can Health care is among the most heavily help you avoid risks such as: regulated industries. When investing in the health care arena, it is not enough that your • Significant fines and civil monetary legal advisor knows how to do private equity penalties imposed by Medicare, deals; it’s essential that he or she also Medicaid, and other state and federal understands the comprehensive regulations regulators impacting health care company acquisitions • Termination or suspension of relevant and ongoing business operations. operating licenses or reimbursement With Benesch on your team, you get more certifications than legal knowledge—you get decades of • Criminal indictments and investigations health care industry experience. We know the issues to look for when evaluating a Capitalize on health care opportunities target company, including those involving with confidence—talk to Benesch first. Medicare/ Medicaid/third-party Call us today. reimbursement, federal and state fraud PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS WITH WHOM WE WORK: AIG HSBC Capital (USA) Inc. The Riverside Company Alpha Capital Key Capital Partners T riangle Capital Corporation Altus Capital Partners Kirtland Capital Partners River City Capital American Capital Max Capital Strategies Thoma Cressey Equity MC Venture Partners Partners Bank One National City Capital William Blair Equity Blue Point Capital Oak Hill Capital Partners Partners Partners Oak Investments Wind Point Partners Brantley Partners Ohio Innovation Castle Harlan Pinnacle Partners SUBORDINATED Caxton-Iseman Pittsburgh National DEBT FUNDS Centre Partners Capital Bank One Mezzanine CID Equity Partners PNC Equity Brown Brothers Harriman Columbia Capital Prairie Capital & Co. Cortec Group Primus Venture Partners Huntington Capital Crimson Capital Partners Prudential Capital Edgewater Capital Key Principal Partners Red Diamond Capital Partners Reservoir Partners National City Equity Equitek Capital Partners South Franklin Street General Atlantic Partners Partners Roynat Capital GSC Partners T alisman Capital Partners BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP 2

PRIVATE EQUITY/REGULATED HEALTH CARE Representative Health Care T ransactions Benesch served as health care transactional and regulatory counsel for the following transactions: 1818 MEZZANINE FUNDS Private securities Acquisition of offering in the amount Multi-Plan, Inc. Investment in of $2.2 million from BCE-Emergis All Metro Home Health Investment in Behavioral Centers Debt financing in the Acquisition of of America amount of $7.7 million Duane Reade, Inc. 1818 MEZZANINE FUNDS Acquisition of Contribution of the Investment in North American assets of two companies Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. Health Plans Benesch served as general outside counsel for the following transactions: Investment by Acquisition of Fluke Partners and eleven long-term Disposition to Benaroya Capital care facilities Omnicare, Inc. BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP 3