Following the addition of 11 health care attorneys in 2018, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Denver office continues the strategic expansion of its Health Care & FDA Practice with the addition of Shareholder Michi Tsuda and Of Counsel Mimi Hu Brouillette. They join the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.
“Michi and Mimi’s depth of experience in the health care sector make them outstanding additions for our clients,” Denver Managing Shareholders David G. Palmer and Michael R. McGinnis said in a joint statement. “We are proud to welcome them to Greenberg Traurig and to continue to grow our Denver office.”
Greenberg Traurig launched its Health Care & FDA Practice in Denver last year with the addition of Shareholders Jim Miles, Lawson Parker, and Julie A. Sullivan; Of Counsel Fred Miles; and Associates Renae M. Nanna, Charles S. Gass, Kyle R. Montour, Annie M. Tooley, and Loreli Wright.
“This is an exciting time for our practice in terms of growth and the industry-setting transactions we continue to take on. We are very excited to welcome Michi and Mimi to our Denver office. Their deep experience and knowledge in the health care sector will further strengthen our practice in Colorado and firm-wide,” said Nancy E. Taylor, who co-chairs Greenberg Traurig’s Health Care & FDA Practice.
Tsuda focuses his health care practice on a broad range of corporate, governance, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, data privacy and security, and other regulatory compliance matters. His clients include hospitals, physician groups, accountable care organizations, management services organizations, private-equity funds, sovereign governments, and health-related joint ventures. He regularly represents private equity funds in the acquisition of health care facilities, and advises physician practice groups on their organization and mergers and acquisitions.
Tsuda also counsels clients on regulatory and compliance matters, including corporate governance, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and data privacy and security. In 2016, he was recognized as one of the Denver Business Journal’s 40 under 40. He also serves as a contributing author to the Practising Law Institute’s treatise on Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions, the Colorado Bar Association’s Guide for Colorado Nonprofit Organizations, and the National Law Review.
“I am excited to join a health care team of this caliber and play a role in the growth of the Denver office,” Tsuda said. “I am confident that my clients will benefit from Greenberg Traurig’s global platform of resources.”
Brouillette focuses her practice on health care reimbursement, regulatory, and transactional matters. She advises clients in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement compliance and represents providers in appeals before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and in federal courts, as well as in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Brouillette also handles health care regulatory and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions and financings; state regulatory issues including licensing, change of ownership, and CoN/DoN; survey/certification appeals; fraud & abuse/Stark law analyses; and general corporate and business planning in health care.
A native Mandarin speaker, Brouillette assists with negotiations and development of projects with Chinese and other international clients, with a focus on health care. She also has experience counseling providers and national health agencies in China, the Middle East, and North Africa Region.
“Greenberg Traurig not only has a stellar reputation with regard to its health care practice, but it is also a special place that values its attorneys,” Brouillette said. “The firm’s expansive resources and broad platform will allow me to better serve my clients in the health care sector.”