Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that New York partner Amanda Zablocki has been appointed co-leader of the firm’s Healthcare industry team.
With more than 230 attorneys nationwide, Sheppard Mullin’s healthcare law practice is one of the largest and fastest growing in the country. In just the last year, the firm has continued its strategic growth, adding 15 healthcare partners around the country, providing additional, highly specialized experience and knowledge for clients. With the firm’s depth and expertise, Sheppard Mullin has advised on the healthcare industry’s most innovative and transformative deals, regulatory solutions and precedent-setting litigation.
Under Eric Klein’s stewardship, Sheppard Mullin has established a full service Healthcare practice that spans all 12 of the firm’s U.S. offices from California, Texas and Chicago to Washington, D.C. and New York and covers all sectors of the industry. “As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, so does our practice, and I am proud to have Amanda lead our team with me,” said Eric Klein, Sheppard Mullin’s Healthcare Team Co-Leader. “Amanda is widely respected by clients for her keen industry insights, broad expertise and her ability to solve complex problems. We have worked together for many years, and we share the same vision for the future of the firm’s healthcare practice.”
A trusted legal and strategic advisor, Zablocki represents a broad variety of healthcare organizations, including hospital systems, health plans, physician groups, private equity and healthcare technology companies. Zablocki leads complex deals, with a focus on strategic and transformative transactions ranging from mergers and acquisitions to joint ventures to value-based enterprises, and she advises clients how to navigate the dynamic legal and regulatory landscape to achieve their objectives. Zablocki began her career as a litigator and frequently leverages such experience to provide strategic advice in connection with governmental investigations and pre-litigation disputes.
“As we continue to see demand for our services in the healthcare industry, Amanda is the right partner to lead the team with Eric and continue to serve our clients with innovative solutions for their business needs,” said Luca Salvi, Chair of Sheppard Mullin. “Amanda’s broad and diverse skill set uniquely positions her to help lead our multi-disciplinary, multi-sector healthcare team.”
“I am honored to work alongside Eric in this new role,” Zablocki said. “Our team’s healthcare clients collectively form both the bedrock and each new frontier of the healthcare industry. We take great pride in guiding them through an ever-changing legal landscape to achieve their strategic goals. I am excited to help lead the team into the future as we continue to assist our clients in navigating challenges and seizing new opportunities.”
Zablocki has long been recognized as a leader in healthcare and in the community. She co-founded Sheppard Mullin’s Women in Healthcare Leadership Collaborative, an exclusive initiative that provides support to women professionals in the healthcare and life sciences industries and has long been a champion of women’s healthcare and for women in the legal industry, having served as Co-Chair of the New York Women Lawyers’ Group (WLG) for several years before joining the firm’s WLG National Leadership Council. Amanda has also served as the Recruiting Chair for the New York Office and has devoted substantial efforts to cultivating the next generation of lawyers of the firm.
About Sheppard Mullin’s Healthcare Team
Sheppard Mullin’s 230-attorney national Healthcare industry team has been named a Health Care Practice Group of the Year by Law360 four times in seven years. Working in all sectors of healthcare with industry-leading and growing companies, disruptive start-up clients and healthcare-focused investors, Sheppard Mullin is a go-to firm for innovative transactions and joint ventures, regulatory solutions, population health management, global risk and value-based contracting, technology transactions and privacy matters. The team offers significant experience in cybersecurity, tax, non-profit, employment and labor, real estate, artificial intelligence, antitrust, litigation and finance.