Overview
Joseph (Joe) M. Parise advises healthcare clients on a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters across the United States. He serves as counsel to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, physician practices, practice management companies, behavioral health providers, hospitals and health systems.
Joe has experience executing a variety of transactions within the healthcare industry, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations and divestitures. He also works with clients to navigate the complex strategic and regulatory issues associated with those transactions.
He also provides guidance to clients on sector-specific regulatory issues including with respect to the practice of medicine, dentistry and physical therapy, state licensure and certificate of need, behavioral health and behavior analysis, and pharmacy and clinical laboratory matters.
Results
- Assisted multiple private equity firms in connection with acquisitions of physician practice management organizations and affiliated professional practices, including within the specialties of ophthalmology, dermatology and urology
- Assisted a private equity firm in acquisitions of behavioral health organizations, including providers of substance use disorder treatment and eating disorder treatment services
- Assisted in the acquisition of a specialty pharmacy with operations in 49 states on behalf of a private equity-backed platform company
- Assisted in the sale of several physician practices, including divestitures to private equity sponsors, strategic buyers, and to hospitals and health systems
- Assisted multiple private equity firms in connection with acquisitions of veterinary medicine practices and specialty veterinary hospitals
- Assisted in the acquisition of a provider of behavior analysis and autism services
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Healthcare Law, Boston, 2023 to 2024
Community
- American Health Lawyers Association
Credentials
Education
Duke University School of Law, JD, 2013
George Washington University, BA, cum laude, 2010
Admissions
Massachusetts
New York
