About
Carol K. Lucas represents public and private healthcare companies in mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. She handles private placements, securities, and entity formation for those companies. She represents ambulatory surgery centers, med spas, and imaging centers. She counsels independent practice associations and other physician organizations on legal and business issues. She advises Federally Qualified Health Centers on governance, hospital sponsorship, and applications. She chairs Buchalter's Health Care Practice Group, co-chairs its Telehealth and Health Care and Life Sciences industry groups, and formerly co-chaired its Corporate Practice Group. She earned a J.D. from NYU School of Law. She also advises Federally Qualified Health Centers on their establishment and on health care reform, and she guides clients through the state and federal regulations that shape a health care merger or acquisition.
Who is a good fit for Carol K. Lucas
- Public companies pursuing a merger or an acquisition in health care.
- Private companies forming a joint venture in health care.
- Companies completing a private placement for a healthcare business.
Education and admissions
- Education
- NYU School of Law, J.D.
- University of Rochester, B.A. in History and Film Studies
- Bar admissions
- California, New York
Recognition
- Chambers & Partners, Healthcare (2013-2026)
- Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law (2023-2027)
- Southern California Super Lawyer (2011 – 2026)
- Los Angeles Business Journal’s “ Women of Influence: Health Care” (2023)
- Corporate Counsel, Top Rated Lawyer in Health Care Law (2012)
- Super Lawyer Magazine, “Top 50 Women in Law”
- Martindale Hubbell, AV Preeminent
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Sale of a hospitalist and intensivist practice to a public hospital-based medicine provider
- Sale of an emergency medicine group to a public hospital-based medicine provider
- Acquisition of a multi-site anesthesia practice based in Southern California
- Sale of a majority interest in a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center to a national surgery center operator
- A closely held teleradiology company in its merger with a public teleradiology company.
- An IPA acquired by a large regional IPA.
- A laser surgery practice in its expansion through acquisition of additional practices.
- An orthopedic group in the buyout of a hospital partner in a joint ambulatory surgery center.
- A major regional insurance brokerage in its sale to a significant financial institution.
- A national surgery center and surgical hospital developer in acquisition and syndication of facilities in California, Kansas, and Texas.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional