Phil Kim > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Phil Kim
Work Department
Corporate and Securities
Position
Phil Kim is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group in the firm’s Dallas office.
Phil advises various types of healthcare providers in connection with transactional and regulatory matters. He counsels healthcare systems, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physician groups (including non-profit health organizations, or NPHOs), home health providers, and other healthcare companies on the buy- and sell-side of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and operational matters, which include regulatory, licensure, contractual, and administrative issues.
Phil has a particular interest in digital health. He has assisted a number of multinational technology companies entering the digital health space with various service and collaboration agreements for their wearable technology. He also assists public medical device, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as the investment banks that serve as underwriters involved in the public securities offerings for such healthcare companies.
Phil’s client relationships are characterized by an authenticity – he communicates honestly and directly so that clients can understand issues from all perspectives and make decisions that will serve their best interests. He maintains a positive rapport with all parties to his transactions, which include:
- Healthcare arrangements and provider agreements of all types, including the transition of hundreds of physicians from a prior physician group to a new NPHO with a restructured employment model
- Professional services agreements, clinical and educational affiliation agreements, lease agreements, business associate agreements, and other services agreements between healthcare companies and various other entities in both the private and public sectors.
- Securities filings on behalf of public healthcare companies.
On the regulatory side, clients value Phil’s ability to attend to details while also staying focused on the big picture. He regularly advises on healthcare compliance issues including:
- Liability exposure, the Stark law, anti-kickback statutes, and HIPAA/HITECH privacy issues
- State and federal healthcare laws
- Complex business structuring and formation issues
- Employment issues
- Matters involving various government agencies, including different state Medicaid agencies, the Texas Medical Board, and Medicare Administrative Contractors.
Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, cum laude; Executive Editor, SMU Science and Technology Law Review
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, with honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Healthcare > Service providers
The ‘outstanding’ Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP exhibits ‘broad experience and provides exceptional support‘ to physician organizations, digital health companies, and hospital systems. The team is experienced handling shifts to risk and value-based reimbursement systems, in addition to advising on provider sponsored health plans. California-based practice head Eric Klein often acts for Chinese healthcare companies and private equity funds in healthcare M&A matters, supported by Lynsey Mitchel, who primarily represents managed care and risk bearing organizations in HMO regulatory matters. Michael Paddock heads the Washington DC practice, and focuses on healthcare fraud and abuse matters and federal healthcare program compliance issues. Also based in Washington, Erica Kraus – who was promoted to partner in February 2022 – draws on her broad knowledge of FCA litigation and government investigations. In Dallas, Phil Kim utilizes his expertise in corporate matters to advise private equity companies and ambulatory surgery centers on healthcare M&A and operational issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > International tax
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)