Robert A. Hamill

Attorney | Raleigh

Phone: (919) 447-4970
| Fax: (844) 801-5883

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Office Locations

Raleigh

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
4505 Emperor Boulevard
Suite 315
Durham, North Carolina 27703

About Robert

Bobby Hamill is a health care transactions attorney who represents nonprofit, for‑profit and governmental providers in mergers and acquisitions and other complex transactions nationwide.

He takes a practical and collaborative approach to advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, affiliations and joint ventures, and regularly serves as a strategic corporate advisor on large‑scale transactions, including multi‑billion‑dollar health system deals. Bobby regularly partners with hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, ambulatory surgery centers, physician groups, group purchasing organizations and other health care providers and businesses.

Bobby’s practice includes:

  • Representing buyers and sellers in large‑scale health care M&A transactions;
  • Structuring hospital, physician group and platform acquisitions and affiliations;
  • Advising on joint ventures and other complex strategic transactions;
  • Representing private equity funds and portfolio companies in acquisitions and divestitures; and
  • Representing sellers in private equity transactions involving anesthesia, orthopedics, nephrology and behavioral health services.

Bobby is active in the American Health Law Association and the American Bar Association, where he is a member of the Health Law and Business Law Sections.

Services

EDUCATION

University of South Carolina, B.A., with honors - 2007

Charleston School of Law, J.D., with honors - 2011

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • South Carolina - 2011
  • North Carolina - 2012

memberships

  • American Health Law Association
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys
  • American Bar Association

honors

  • Best Lawyers in America
  • Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars – 2023

Representative Transactions Experience

  • Lead counsel in hospital and health system mergers and acquisition transactions involving tax-exempt, for-profit and governmental hospitals.
  • Lead counsel in multiple hospital joint venture transactions.
  • Lead counsel for private equity-backed buyers in multiple stock and asset acquisitions.
  • Lead counsel representing a non-profit health system in the acquisition of a majority interest in a joint venture with an orthopedic and sports medicine provider, including an orthopedic medical practice, two ambulatory surgery centers, cardiac catheterization lab, recovery suites and an orthopedic home health agency.
  • Lead counsel for private equity-backed provider of health care staffing services in the acquisition of a provider of educational staffing services.
  • Lead counsel representing anesthesia practice and affiliated management company in sale to private-equity-backed buyer.
  • Lead counsel representing an orthopedic physician practice and affiliated ambulatory surgery centers in a sale of a majority interest to a private equity-backed health services organization.
  • Lead 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 a private equity-backed health care marketing and communications agency in the acquisition of another science-centered health communication company in a stock purchase transaction.
  • Lead counsel for a non-profit health system in the sale of a retail pharmacy business.
  • Lead counsel for a private equity-backed health care marketing and communications agency in the acquisition of another science-centered health communication company in a stock purchase transaction.
  • Lead for a non-profit health system in the sale of a retail pharmacy business.
  • Representation of sellers in $5 billion sale of a health system.
  • Representation of health systems in multiple member substitution transactions.
  • Representation of a large behavioral health provider in a merger transaction.
  • Representation of private-equity-backed radiation oncology provider in multiple acquisitions and joint venture transactions.
  • Representation of a health system in the sale of a group purchasing organization.
  • Representation of a health system in the sale of its retail pharmacy business.
  • Representation of a health system in the acquisition of an air ambulance provider from a private equity seller in an auction transaction.
  • Representation of sellers of dialysis facilities to a private-equity-backed buyer.
  • Representation of hospitals in ambulatory surgery center syndication transactions.
  • Representation of a hospital system in the sale of membership interest in a clinical laboratory services joint venture.

Press Releases

94 Hall Render Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®
[08/20/26 ] SEE MORE

Publications

Congress Introduces Federal Corporate Practice of Medicine Legislation
[10/16/26] SEE MORE

Presentations

Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Health Care Transactions
Hall Render's Practical Counsel Virtual Institute [10/10/2024] SEE MORE