Ari J. Markenson

Representative Matters

• Represented a healthcare consulting firm in its multi-million-dollar sale to a middle-market healthcare-focused private equity fund. The transaction involved cash, rollover equity, and contingent consideration for the seller
• Represented a private equity fund in an investment in a senior housing development business
• Represented a private equity fund as New York local counsel in the acquisition of a home health services business
• Represented a private equity-backed home healthcare company in an add-on acquisition of a personal care services provider
• Represented a Staten Island group practice with 13 physicians in its acquisition by a large integrated healthcare system
• Provided healthcare regulatory counsel to a private equity firm on its sale of a large regional hospice provider for approximately $230 million
• Provided healthcare regulatory counsel to a private equity firm on its acquisition of a large national provider of specialized wheelchairs for approximately $110 million
• Provided healthcare regulatory counsel to a private equity firm on its acquisition of a large regional home health and hospice company for approximately $185 million
• Provided healthcare regulatory counsel to a private equity firm on its acquisition of a large national home care and hospice chain and then on its subsequent large and small tuck-in acquisitions for approximately $100 million and $215 million, respectively
• Provided healthcare regulatory counsel to the seller of a diagnostic testing, health screening, and employee wellness services company sold to a publicly traded strategic investor
• Represented a healthcare system in its merger with a community hospital
• Assisted owner in the sale of a skilled nursing facility for a purchase price of over $21 million
• Assisted purchaser in the sale of a skilled nursing facility for a purchase price of over $23 million
• Represented a self-administered real estate investment trust serving the healthcare industry in the U.S. in its approximately $1.7 billion acquisition of certain assisted living and skilled nursing properties
• Assisted a nursing facility in the development of a plan of correction for multiple citations, including immediate jeopardy and substandard care

Education

• M.P.H. Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health 1998
• J.D. Brooklyn Law School 1996
• B.A. Syracuse University 1993

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Member, Association for Corporate Growth NY
  • Past member, Westchester/Hudson Valley Committee
• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
  • Adjunct assistant professor, 2016 – present
  • Member, Alumni Board and Executive Committee, Chair, Governance Committee
  • Member, Alumni Advisory Board, Department of Health Policy and Management
• Adjunct associate professor, Department of Health Science, College of Health Professions, Pace University, 2023 to present
• Adjunct assistant professor, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College, 2007 – present
• Adjunct professor, The University of Maryland – Global Campus, The Graduate School, 2005 – 2022
• Adjunct associate professor of law, Brooklyn Law School, Fall 2010 – Spring 2012
• Former member, Board of Trustees, Foundation for Quality Care, 2011 – 2019
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• American Health Law Association
  
  • Board Member, June 2020 – Present
  • Member, 2000-Present
  • Member - Development and Advancement Council, 2021-2022
  • Former Vice Chair, Long Term Care, Senior Housing, In-home Care and Rehabilitation Practice Group, 2007-2013
  • Member - Quality Council, 2013-2014
  • Member - LTC and the Law Program Planning Committee, 2014-2020
• American Bar Association
  
  • Member - Health Law Section and Business Law Section
  • Vice Chair, The Health Lawyer Editorial Board, 2014-2016
  • Past Chair - Private Equity Subcommittee, Healthcare and Life Sciences Committee of the Business Law Section
    District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
• New York State Bar Association
  
  • Health Law Section, Past Chair, 2010-2011
  • Executive Committee Member, 2010 – present
  • Past Chair, Committee on Long-Term Care, 2003-2006
  • Member, Committee on Fraud, Abuse and Compliance

• Chambers USA, Healthcare, New York, 2021 – 2023
• Legal 500 US, Healthcare: Life Sciences and Healthcare: Service Providers, 2021
• The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law, 2012 – 2024
• Super Lawyers, New York, 2011, 2013 – 2023
• Lawyers Alliance for New York, Cornerstone Award, 2018
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated
• Nightingale's Healthcare News, Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyer, 2004
• New York State Bar Association, Empire State Counsel Honoree for Pro Bono Service, 2018