John F. Bowen

Attorney | St. Louis

Phone: (317) 429-3629
| Fax: (317) 633-4878

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About John

John Bowen is a corporate health care attorney who advises health care organizations across the continuum of care on strategic transactions and affiliations, including mergers and acquisitions, hospital/physician transactions, corporate organization and reorganization matters, and joint ventures.

With experience as both a general counsel and lead transaction counsel across a broad range of buy and sell-side representations, John brings a deep knowledge of the strategic, regulatory and governance considerations that define complex health care deals to find practical solutions for his clients.

John’s practice includes:

  • Representing hospitals, health systems, behavioral health providers, large physician groups and private equity backed enterprises in strategic transactions and affiliations nationwide;
  • Advising on corporate formation and governance, strategic matters, representations and warranties insurance, corporate practice of medicine and regulatory compliance in connection with M&A transactions;
  • Counseling hospitals, health systems, and large physician groups on complex antitrust matters, including obtaining FTC and DOJ clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, representing providers in government antitrust investigations, and advising on day-to-day competitive considerations under federal antitrust laws; and
  • As general counsel, handling day-to-day legal issues for hospitals and physician groups ranging from complex agreements to ensuring compliance with health care fraud and abuse laws.

John is based in St. Louis, Missouri, where he lives with his wife and daughter and their two dogs, Scout and Burki, and their cat Ollie.

EDUCATION

  • University of Missouri, B.S. - 2011
  • Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice, M.H.A. - 2015

  • Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., Health Law Certificate - 2014

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • Missouri - 2025
  • Indiana - 2015
  • Texas - 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana - 2015

Relevant Experience

  • Adjunct Professor, Indiana University Indianapolis, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, January 2024-Present

honors

  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch – 2021-2026
  • Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2026-2027

Leadership/Community Involvement

  • St. Louis Area Health Lawyers Association
  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • American Health Law Association, Leadership Development Program Antitrust Practice Group, 2018-2020
  • Indiana State Bar Association – Leadership Development Academy Class of 2020
  • Medical Mutts Service Dogs, Inc., Board Member, 2021-2025

Representative Transactions Experience

  • Served as lead transaction and antitrust counsel for a regional non-profit health system that merged with another non-profit health system in a transaction where our client was the “surviving” entity.
  • Lead counsel for the sale of a multi-physician-owned ophthalmology practice, ambulatory surgery center and optical retail shop to a private equity-backed platform.
  • Lead counsel for a regional health system in the purchase of a minority interest in a physician-owned integrated health system in Puerto Rico.