Robert A. Hamill

Attorney | Raleigh

Phone: (919) 447-4970

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About Robert

Bobby Hamill is a shareholder in Hall Render’s Raleigh office. His practice is primarily focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, joint operating arrangements, other complex transactions, general corporate law, and corporate governance. Additionally, he advises clients on equity and debt offerings, corporate practice of medicine, the development of roll-up networks, physician employment arrangements, certificate of need, and fraud and abuse compliance. Bobby’s clients include hospitals, health systems, behavioral health providers, dialysis facilities and providers, home health providers, physician groups, management service organizations, public companies, private equity, and other providers and investors.

Bobby is active in the legal community, participating in the American Health Law Association and the American Bar Association, where he is a member of both the Health Law and Business Law Sections. He is also a member of the North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys, the North Carolina Bar and the South Carolina Bar.

EDUCATION

University of South Carolina, B.A., with honors - 2007

Charleston School of Law, J.D., with honors - 2011

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • South Carolina - 2011
  • North Carolina - 2012

memberships

  • American Health Law Association
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys
  • American Bar Association

Experience

  • Bobby has served as lead counsel in several merger, acquisition, and joint venture transactions around the country, including:
    • Representation of sellers in $5 billion sale of a health system;
    • Representation of buyers and sellers in multiple hospital and health system mergers and acquisition transactions including transactions involving tax-exempt, for-profit, and governmental hospitals;
    • Representation of health systems in multiple member substitution transactions;
    • Representation of a large behavioral health provider in a merger transaction; 
    • Representation of private-equity-backed radiation oncology provider in multiple acquisitions and joint venture transactions; 
    • Representation of health system in sale of group purchasing organization;
    • Representation of health system in sale of its retail pharmacy business;
    • Representation of health system in the acquisition of an air ambulance provider from a private equity seller in an auction transaction;
    • Representation of sellers of dialysis facilities to a private-equity-backed buyer; 
    • Representation of hospitals in ambulatory surgery center syndication transactions; and
    • Representation of hospital system in sale of membership interest in clinical laboratory services joint venture. 
  • Served as lead counsel representing public company in formation of management services organization.
  • Served as outside general counsel for several hospital and provider entities.
  • Served as general counsel for a South Carolina hospital.