Growth in Physician M&A: Trends, Key Considerations and How You can Help

Rajesh "Raj" Kothari, CFA Related Seminars and Products

Raj is the founder and Managing Director of Cascade Partners, a private investment and investment banking firm where he assists private, public and non-profit organizations with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other corporate finance activities.

A significant portion of his activity has been dedicated to the healthcare sector, including a variety of physician practices in specialties such as emergency medicine, electrophysiology, ophthalmology, dentistry and gastroenterology.

Complementing the transaction expertise includes private equity experience managing two different healthcare private equity funds, Seneca Health Partners and Investcare Partners. Raj also has a range of corporate and not-for-profit Board experience including Priority Health, Micro Machine Company, LLC, MedBio, Inc., and Amicas, Inc.

Raj, a Chartered Financial Analyst, earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He currently holds the Series 7, 79, 24, and 28 licenses from FINRA.

Richard "Rick" S. Cooper, Esq. Related Seminars and Products

Rick is the co-chair of the firm’s National Healthcare Practice Group and is co-chair of its Healthcare Restructuring Practice Group. Rick served on the firm's Board of Directors from 1992-2012. 

He focuses his national practice in healthcare law, representing clients in transactional, restructuring, corporate compliance, regulatory, licensure, strategic planning, and venture matters.  Practice group clients include private practice and academic physician groups, hospitals and health systems (including tax-exempt, physician and investor owned hospitals, critical access to large systems and academic medical centers), physician networks, laboratories (anatomic, clinical, molecular, toxicology, and specialty), healthcare associations and societies, hospitalists and hospitalist companies, multi-specialty clinics, medical staffs, imaging centers, surgery centers, outpatient medical facilities, home health providers, drug and alcohol treatment facilities, occupational medicine companies, healthcare technology companies, and healthcare billing and management companies.

Rick earned a J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981. He received a B.A., cum laude, from Syracuse University in 1978.