Charles R. Buck | People | McDermott

Overview


Charles (Charlie) R. Buck advises healthcare enterprises on complex transactions and regulatory compliance. He represents a wide range of clients, including proprietary and tax-exempt hospital systems, academic medical centers and faculty practice groups, accountable care organizations, and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other health insurers. Charlie is partner-in-charge of the Firm’s Boston Health Industry Advisory Practice Group and Co-Leader of its Hospitals and Health Systems practice.

Charlie provides legal counsel and solutions in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic affiliations, conversions to tax-exempt status, and other transactional matters. His practice focuses on provide strategic and transactional advice to hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, and other organizations in the healthcare sector. Charlie has extensive experience with federal fraud and abuse laws (including the Stark Law) and certain state regulatory matters.

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Results


  • Advised Lahey Health System on its consolidation with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New England Baptist Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, and Anna Jaques Hospital to form Beth Israel Lahey Health, the most significant healthcare transaction in the Massachusetts market since the formation of Partners HealthCare in 1994
  • Advised Reliant Medical Group in the sale of its assets and operations to OptumCare, a division of UnitedHealth Group
  • Advised RWJBarnabas Health in the negotiation of a long-term academic and clinical affiliation with Rutgers University

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Recognitions


  • Chambers USA, Band 1 in Healthcare, 2006-2024
  • Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year in Boston: Healthcare Law, 2015, 2018, 2022 and 2025
  • Best Lawyers in America, Healthcare Law, 2008-2025
  • Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2015-2019 and 2024
  • Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers, 2024-2025

Credentials


Education
Stanford Law School – Stanford University, JD, Order of the Coif, 2001
Middlebury College, BA, magna cum laude, 1992

Admissions
Massachusetts