Holly Buckley

And it's not that funds are not making those investments, but we're seeing a big trend toward diversification to invest in things in the healthcare orbit, because it's still just a very dynamic with a lot of potential and a lot of room for improvement. But one of the areas that I think is super interesting is funds investing in healthcare consulting companies.

And I was poking around this weekend and found a fair amount of these. And we've seen VMG, the kind of valuation, other healthcare consultant services business has PE investment. Coca Group took investment from Trinity Hunt. Chartus from Blackstone and Chartus is the parent company of Gerard, which is the healthcare PR firm.

And I was poking around this weekend and found a fair amount of these. And we've seen VMG, the kind of valuation, other healthcare consultant services business has PE investment. Coca Group took investment from Trinity Hunt. Chartus from Blackstone and Chartus is the parent company of Gerard, which is the healthcare PR firm.

And we're also seeing investment in consulting companies in the pharma services sector. And so just an area that is interesting as a professional services professional myself to see private equity kind of moving into these other areas. professional service spheres and kind of looking at how they can grow and combine and elevate. So I think super interesting.

And we're also seeing investment in consulting companies in the pharma services sector. And so just an area that is interesting as a professional services professional myself to see private equity kind of moving into these other areas. professional service spheres and kind of looking at how they can grow and combine and elevate. So I think super interesting.

We'll be talking about that at our conference in May as well. But just yet another area that we're going to see a fair amount of developments.

We'll be talking about that at our conference in May as well. But just yet another area that we're going to see a fair amount of developments.

No, I mean, I think it's a lot of the same stuff we've been talking about. We're seeing a fair amount of exits, um, both kind of getting started and also underway and having just closed. So the exit market seems to be relatively strong, also seeing some good new deals come to market.

No, I mean, I think it's a lot of the same stuff we've been talking about. We're seeing a fair amount of exits, um, both kind of getting started and also underway and having just closed. So the exit market seems to be relatively strong, also seeing some good new deals come to market.

And so I think we're still optimistic this is going to be a good year, probably not a great year, but a really solid year. But the three we've talked about are the ones that are really top of mind for me.

And so I think we're still optimistic this is going to be a good year, probably not a great year, but a really solid year. But the three we've talked about are the ones that are really top of mind for me.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks, Scott. Thanks very much for having me here today. Holly Buckley, I chair the healthcare practice at McGuire Woods. My personal practice is around healthcare M&A, healthcare regulatory work, for both private equity funds, private equity-backed portfolio companies, as well as traditional healthcare participants.

Thanks, Scott. Thanks very much for having me here today. Holly Buckley, I chair the healthcare practice at McGuire Woods. My personal practice is around healthcare M&A, healthcare regulatory work, for both private equity funds, private equity-backed portfolio companies, as well as traditional healthcare participants.

As a firm, we have one of the top healthcare groups in the country, as well as healthcare private equity, kind of lower market, middle market. And we also have the top independent sponsor and emerging manager legal practices. And just a very quick plug for our 21st Healthcare Private Equity Conference in May, the 14th and 15th at the RITC. in Chicago. It's going to be a great event.

As a firm, we have one of the top healthcare groups in the country, as well as healthcare private equity, kind of lower market, middle market. And we also have the top independent sponsor and emerging manager legal practices. And just a very quick plug for our 21st Healthcare Private Equity Conference in May, the 14th and 15th at the RITC. in Chicago. It's going to be a great event.

We have Lance Armstrong as our keynote speaker, and you can find details at healthcareprivateequity.com.

We have Lance Armstrong as our keynote speaker, and you can find details at healthcareprivateequity.com.

Great. So a couple of things that jump out, and this year and last year were very different than prior years in that we had this quick emergence of state-level pre-transaction filing requirements.