Phillip Street has practiced law in the life sciences/health care field since 1986. His primary areas of practice include health care and life sciences transactions, including business formations, strategic alliances, venture financings, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and the commercialization of life sciences research. He serves as legal advisor to hospital systems and life sciences companies, medical research organizations (pre-clinical and clinical), physician research consortiums, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations, medical device companies, academic medical research universities, physician organizations, health care providers, and other health care and life sciences-related entities.

Mr. Street provides general counseling to health care organizations and life sciences companies. He has over fifteen years of experience in the commercialization of research and bio-informatic technologies – advising through all growth stages from startup to mature public or private companies, including venture capital funding, licensing, joint ventures, development arrangements and strategic alliances. He regularly counsels organizations (non-profit and for profit) in connection with ongoing compliance matters, regulatory matters, tax exemption issues and commercialization issues. He also counsels companies on product development issues, regulatory analysis, and marketing/sales practices including matters involving health information privacy and matters arising under the Federal health care program’s anti-kickback statute, and Federal civil false claims act. Mr. Street has extensive experience in structuring joint ventures and integrations between physicians and hospitals; the formation and structuring of large single and multi-specialty physician groups, practice management companies, and physician affiliation opportunities; development and licensure of provider-sponsored health care/research corporations and HMOs; provider network development and integration; and the acquisition, merger and sale of all types of health care facilities. He also counsels health care organizations regarding ongoing regulatory compliance and tax exemption issues.

Mr. Street has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for health care every year since 2005. Mr. Street was recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in Health Care in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and Business and Corporate Law in 2009 by SuperLawyers magazine as well as a "Georgia Super Lawyer" by Atlanta Magazine in 2008, 2009 and 2010, which recognizes the top five percent of attorneys in the state. He was also recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Health Care Law in 2012 and the four years immediately preceding. Mr. Street was recognized as a 2010 Atlanta Business Leader IMPACT honoree by Business to Business Magazine. He is listed in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Who’s Who in Health Care,” recognized by Tech Journal South as one of the "25 of the Most Influential People in the Southeast Technology Community," and AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

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