Wyatt S. Beazley, IV
Partner, Attorney at Williams Mullen
About
Wyatt S. Beazley, IV negotiates and structures health care transactions as a partner in Williams Mullen's Health Care Section. He represents hospitals, nursing homes, and physician group practices. He also represents assisted living facilities, home health agencies, and ambulatory surgery centers. He handles mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and entity formation. He advises clients on governance and on federal and state health care laws in those deals. In 1992 he completed his J.D., cum laude, at the University of Richmond School of Law. The University of Virginia granted him a B.A. in 1989. He is Chief Operating Officer of Williams Mullen, sits on the firm's board of directors, and earlier served as its general counsel. He also advises management services organizations and technology companies that serve providers.
Who is a good fit for Wyatt S. Beazley, IV
- Hospitals and physician group practices negotiating a merger or an acquisition.
- Nursing homes and assisted living facilities structuring a joint venture.
- Management services organizations and technology companies entering a transaction with a provider.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., 1992
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1989
- Bar admissions
- Virginia
Recognition
- Virginia Business - "Legal Elite" (2009-present)
- The Best Lawyers in America® - Corporate Law, Health Care Law (2010-present), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2025-present)
- Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers magazine (2012-present)
- Best Lawyers® - Richmond "Lawyer of the Year" for Health Care Law (2021)
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Joint ventures among hospitals and other health care providers, including radiation oncology joint ventures, diagnostic imaging joint ventures, endoscopy joint ventures and ambulatory surgery centers.
- Management agreements involving health care providers, including long-term management agreements for dialysis centers, cancer care centers and physician practices.
- The acquisition of numerous nursing home and/or assisted living facilities.
- Sales of pools of nursing home facilities to nationally known REITs and the subsequent lease-back of such facilities to the operator.
- Sales of the operations of numerous nursing homes and assisted living facilities
- Accounts receivable financing and other asset-based credit facilities for nursing home facilities, anatomic pathology labs and other health care providers.
- Exclusive coverage agreements between hospitals and hospital-based physicians.
- The combination/merger of various physician group practices.
- Advising numerous health care providers and ancillary service providers on compliance issues involving physician self-referral laws, anti-kickback laws and other fraud and abuse laws.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional