Establishing a High-Performing Legal Function for a Private Equity-Backed Healthcare Organization
New York-based private equity-backed healthcare company
During a period of accelerated growth, acquisition activity, and increasing operational complexity, a private equity-backed healthcare organization required senior legal leadership capable of supporting immediate business needs and building the internal legal infrastructure required for continued expansion.
The company sought to strengthen its internal legal capabilities through the appointment of a senior legal executive while simultaneously building the broader legal infrastructure required to support future growth. The mandate required a leader capable of operating across acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory matters, and organizational complexity without the support of an established team.
Hunton Blake partnered closely with the firm's Managing Partner to understand both the immediate legal requirements and its longer-term growth objectives. Rather than focusing solely on a single executive appointment, the search was approached as a broader legal function.
Leveraging our network across the legal market, we conducted a targeted search concentrated on experienced legal leaders from both in-house and private practice backgrounds, with an emphasis on individuals who had successfully supported growing organizations through periods of expansion, acquisition activity, and organizational change.
Hunton Blake successfully completed the search and appointed a Chief Legal Officer. Simultaneously and through continued collaboration, we have supported several additional in-house counsel hires, establishing a legal function capable of supporting acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory matters, and continued organizational expansion.
The legal function established through this engagement provided the organization with the internal infrastructure and leadership capacity required to support its continued acquisition strategy and operational growth.
