Benjamin A. Korte
Biography
Ben is an Associate in the firm’s Norfolk office where he helps healthcare, technology, and government contracting businesses with corporate, transactional, and regulatory work. In addition, as a member of the USPTO bar, he helps healthcare technology and digital technology companies draft, file, and prosecute patents.
A substantial portion of Ben’s practice involves working with medical groups by advising on and assisting with the implementation of strategic integration opportunities, whether by physician lease
arrangements, network integrations, ancillary joint ventures, or M&A. With healthcare regulatory issues often being intertwined with such opportunities, he also helps medical groups navigate compliance issues presented by healthcare regulatory matters involving the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Medicare, and the multitude of other applicable healthcare regulatory laws.
Representative Matters
- Represented the seller parties as part of a team of six attorneys in a private equity platform rollup transaction wherein a physician-led organization backed by multiple private equity sponsors purchased the equity of a large cardiology practice, taking the lead on due diligence matters and assisting with the revising of the principal and ancillary transaction documents and the structuring and drafting of documents related to an F reorganization that occurred as part of the transaction prior to closing
- Represented the seller parties as part of a team of six attorneys in a private equity platform rollup transaction wherein a private-equity sponsored organization purchased the equity of a medium-sized cardiology practice, taking the lead on due diligence matters and assisting with the structuring and drafting of documents related to an F reorganization that occurred as part of the transaction prior to closing
- Represented the seller parties as part of a team of four attorneys in a private equity rollup transaction wherein a private-equity backed organization acquired a neurology practice, assisting with the revising of management services organization affiliation documents and the structuring and drafting of documents related to an F reorganization that occurred as part of the transaction prior to closing
- Represented as a part of a team of three attorneys a group of service-disabled veterans in an acquisition of a service-disabled veteran-owned small business providing support to the Department of Defense wherein the acquisition was predominantly financed by a loan from the Small Business Administration, assisting with the drafting and revising of principal and ancillary transaction documents
Recognition & Honors
- University of Richmond Law Review; Manuscripts Editor
- Portsmouth Circuit Court; Law Clerk, 2020-2022
Associations
- Virginia Bar Association; Health Law Section Council, Young Lawyer Representative
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- Association for Corporate Growth, Richmond Chapter
Admissions
- Virginia, 2022
- United States Trademark and Patent Office
Education
- University of Richmond School of Law; J.D., cum laude, 2020
- University of Richmond; MBA, 2020
- University of Virginia; B.A., 2013