Practice Areas
- Corporate
- Electronic Health Record Technology
- Health Care
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mezzanine Finance & Private Equity
- Private Equity & Mezzanine Finance
Education
- A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978, with honors; Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D., University of Michigan, 1981
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1982
Other Areas of Law
- Corporate and Business Law
- Information Technology
- Health Care
- Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships
Hal A. Levinson
Health Care Practice
Hal Levinson is the co-head of Moore & Van Allen's corporate practice. Advising business clients on strategic decisions and complex transactions is the focus of his practice. He has in depth experience leading numerous multi-faceted transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate finance projects in a variety of industries.
In addition, Mr. Levinson has advised a number of our high growth clients from their inception, handling multiple rounds of venture capital and private equity financing and guiding them through initial public offerings, debt offerings and strategic transactions. A number of these clients are in the health care and information technology sectors.
A particular focus of Mr. Levinson’s practice has been complex transactions for health care companies. His experience includes:
- Designing the legal structure for these clients and negotiating agreements with founders, initial investors and senior management.
- Numerous acquisitions and divestitures of hospitals around the U.S.
- Negotiating joint ventures between health care companies and physicians, including advising on all aspects of Stark and anti-kickback laws as they relate to those ventures.
- Electronic health records issues, including negotiation of EHR vendor agreements, compliance with meaningful use criteria and Stimulus Act incentives requirements.
- Representing health care clients in all aspects of their debt and equity transactions including private equity and venture capital financing, initial public offerings, debt offering and secured lending transactions.
Of Note
- Board of Advisors of Carolinas HealthCare System
- Board of Advisors of the Leon Levine Foundation
- Included in Best Lawyers in America for Business/Corporate Law, 2009 - 2010 and 2012
- Included in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite list, 2007- 2012
- Selected for inclusion to the North Carolina Super Lawyers list in 2006 - 2009 and 2011-2012; primary areas of practice are Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate, and Health Care
- Chairman of the Advisory Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Jewish Studies
- Past President of the Foundation for Shalom Park, a 50 acre campus which is home to Charlotte's major Jewish agencies, and chairman of its $35 million Endowment and Expansion campaign
- Board of Directors of Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
- Past president and board member of the Charlotte Jewish Community Center and Child Care Resources
- Law Clerk to Hon. James B. McMillan, United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 1981-1982
News
- MVA attorneys honored by NC Super Lawyers
- Nineteen Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Recognized as Legal Elite
- Thirty-two MVA Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
- Twenty-five MVA attorneys named NC Super Lawyers
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Mecklenburg County Bar: Executive Committee, Past Member