Nioura Ghazni is an accomplished corporate and M&A attorney who advises hospitals, health systems, healthcare technology companies and other successful companies nationwide on high-stakes, complex strategic transactions.
With more than a decade of experience, Nioura counsels a wide spectrum of clients—from emerging startups and profitable enterprises to multibillion-dollar health systems—with particular depth in matters involving financial distress and transformative acquisitions. She is nationally recognized for guiding hospitals and health systems through reorganizations, restructurings, bankruptcies and operational wind-downs, consistently developing creative solutions to preserve value and safeguard patient care in challenging environments.
Nioura’s practice covers venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, with significant experience advising successful companies and distressed entities alike. She has led numerous transformative deals, including acting as lead transaction counsel for a national, multibillion-dollar hospital operator through bankruptcy proceedings and liquidation. She also has substantial experience representing academic medical centers and health systems in the acquisition and sale of hospitals from both public and private operators, as well as advising on the restructuring of health systems to separate physician groups and health plans, facilitating their sale to public companies. She offers particular expertise for clients with California operations and is well versed in the unique challenges facing hospitals and healthcare organizations in the state.
Nioura’s background as in-house counsel at a Silicon Valley digital health startup gives her practical insight into the needs of growth-stage and distressed organizations. Clients value her calm and strategic approach, business-minded advice and ability to structure innovative, practical transactions under pressure. Whether leading complex M&A transactions or helping distressed hospitals achieve stability, Nioura is dedicated to advancing her clients’ goals and supporting high-quality patient care.