Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Healthcare partner Todd Rosenberg has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. Rosenberg was most recently a partner at Crowell & Moring.Rosenberg is the 16th partner over the last year to join Sheppard Mullin’s rapidly growing Healthcare team and follows most recent lateral partners Gene Besen, Margia Corner, Elisha Kobre, Scarlett Singleton Nokes, Hoyt Sze and Ashley Wheelock.
Rosenberg represents some of the country’s largest health plans in structuring and negotiating arrangements with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). He also advises PBMs in joint ventures and other strategic transactions with industry partners. For more than two decades, Rosenberg has advised health plans, providers and other healthcare entities on innovative mergers, joint ventures and other strategic collaborations. Beyond healthcare, he has also worked with public and private companies in industries including government contracts, transportation, media, technology and telecommunications. Rosenberg has also represented private equity funds in connection with their investments in healthcare and other industries.“We are excited to welcome Todd to the firm,” said Luca Salvi, Chair of Sheppard Mullin. “He is a widely respected healthcare attorney with a long track record of helping health plans grow and innovate through complex mergers and alliances, which will be a value-add to our firm and to our clients."
“Health plans turn to us for their most important matters, be it strategic M&A, innovative joint ventures, high stakes litigation, navigating complex regulatory matters or value-based care and risk-based arrangements,” said Amanda Zablocki, Co-Leader of Sheppard Mullin’s Healthcare industry team. “Todd’s extensive experience working with health plans and PBMs complements our existing practice while adding critical depth in each of these areas. We are seeing a lot of legislative and industry focus on PBMs and drug pricing these days, and our firm is helping to navigate the upcoming changes and create innovative and practical solutions to rising drug costs. We are delighted to have Todd on our team.”
“I’m very happy to be a part of the Healthcare team’s continued growth on the East Coast,” Rosenberg said. “Sheppard Mullin’s world-class Healthcare team has a reputation for excellence, and its full-service, coast-to-coast practice will help my clients continue to grow strategically.”
Rosenberg received his B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Emory University and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He active in public service in Washington, D.C. and serves on multiple community and other nonprofit boards.
Sheppard Mullin has one of the most active and diversified Healthcare teams in the country, representing all segments of the industry. The firm is a leader in helping health insurers and health plans considering convergence transactions that result in successful plan/provider alignment, navigating evolving regulatory changes and compliance, and defending in high-stakes litigation. Recent successes include representing private equity firm client Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in launching Mosaic Health; helping SCAN Health Plan secure a major victory that will allow it to recoup more than $250 million in Medicare Advantage payments, after challenging CMS’s revised calculation of “STAR Ratings” for 2024; and guiding Molina Healthcare, Inc. through the healthcare regulatory aspects of Molina’s acquisition of Brand New Day and Central Health Plan of California, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Bright Health Company of California, Inc.
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