Hunter Rost is a partner and a former head of Waller Lansden’s Corporate and Commercial Transactions practice group. He has more than 20 years of experience in the area of corporate law, with particular emphasis on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and recapitalizations, public and private securities offerings and private equity financings.
Mr. Rost works primarily with clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, device, healthcare and healthcare IT. His work with these clients includes mergers and acquisitions, licensing and acquisition of intellectual property portfolios, IP development agreements, clinical research agreements and financing transactions. His clients include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the U.S., U.K., Europe, Canada and Asia, and he routinely serves as U.S. counsel to international clients in connection with their acquisitions of U.S. companies.
Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward White) in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mr. Rost regularly advises corporate management and directors on strategic transactions, fiduciary duties and corporate governance matters.
Education
J.D., Washington and Lee University, 1989
B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1985
Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations
International Law, Business Law and Health Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the Corporate Governance and Legal Opinions Committees of the ABA Business Law Section
American Health Lawyers Association, Life Sciences Practice Group
Tennessee Biotechnology Association
World Services Group, an international association of leading legal and accounting professionals
Waller Lansden Legal Opinions Committee
Civic and Other Activities
Advisory Board Member and Past-Chair of the Sexual Assault Center, Nashville, Tennessee
