Alice Heywood is a partner at Waller Lansden and practices in the areas of healthcare, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, securities, venture capital, partnership/LLC law and general corporate law. Ms. Heywood represents healthcare providers in acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and securities offerings. Her healthcare industry experience includes hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, dialysis clinics and dental practice management companies.
Ms. Heywood represented a privately held company in the acquisition of a dental practice management company in a transaction valued at approximately $400 million financed through a combination of private equity, senior debt and mezzanine financing. She has also assisted a publicly traded healthcare services provider in the acquisition of six ambulatory surgery centers in a transaction valued in excess of $50 million. Ms. Heywood has represented ambulatory surgery center companies and a dialysis company in multiple private placement offerings.
In addition to her healthcare experience, Ms. Heywood has been involved in a series of LBO/management buy-out and disposition transactions for a private equity fund. These transactions have involved companies operating in the manufacturing, distribution and transportation industries. Ms. Heywood also assisted a privately held U.S. company in its $16 million acquisition of a U.K. consumer products manufacturer and its related subsidiaries.
Ms. Heywood speaks frequently at legal education seminars on corporate legal topics such as entity choice, general corporate, partnership and limited liability company matters and ethics.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Memphis, 2000
Humphrey's Fellowship
Dean's and Cali Award for Partnership Tax, Estate Planning and Land Use Planning
Notes Editor, University of Memphis Law Review
Treasurer, Association for Women Attorneys
Comment Author, "AKA v. Washington Hospital Center: The District of Columbia Seeks Middle Ground in the Pretext-only/Pretext-plus Debate," 29 University of Memphis Law Review 863 (1999)
Note Author, "The Constitutionality of an Income Tax in Tennessee," 30 University of Memphis Law Review 337 (2000)
