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A partner in our Healthcare practice, Adam represents healthcare clients in a variety of regulatory and transactional matters.\nAdam represents public and private hospital systems, academic medical centers, medical schools, children's hospitals, hospices, laboratories, physicians and suppliers in various regulatory and transactional matters.\nAdam counsels clients concerning False Claims Act and Civil Monetary Penalty investigations, fraud and abuse, along with anti-kickback and physician self-referral issues, including physician contracting. He has also worked with clients on Medicare and Medicaid administrative overpayment appeals; Medicare and Medicaid self-disclosures; and compliance with the 60-day overpayment rule; as well as on Medicaid supplemental payment and 1115 Waiver programs.\nIn addition, Adam advises clients on a variety of transactional matters, including hospital joint operating company agreements, merger and acquisition agreements, and academic affiliation agreements. Partner Top Ranked Lawyer, Healthcare Chambers USA, Texas (2019-2022) \"Adam Robison has a very deep understanding of the specificities of healthcare transactions.\" Chambers USA (2022) Healthcare Super Lawyer: Texas Super Lawyers, 2013–2016 Rising Star: Texas Super Lawyers, 2010–2012 Brigham Young University J. 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His expertise spans commercial, civil, and international law issues, as well as bilateral investment treaties, and represents clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under the ICC, ICSID and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. He has represented major players across diverse industries, including oil and gas, mining, aerospace, retail, construction, finance, pharmaceutical, automotive, aviation and insurance. \nHe earned his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and completed the Law and Global Economy dual degree LL.M program at the New York University School of Law and the National University of Singapore. 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I always enjoy working with her.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and always able to navigate the most complex matters\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"Kristin really understands our business well. She doesn't miss anything and is highly responsive.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"On the Rise Award\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Texas Lawyer, 2020\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"Top Ranked Lawyer, Healthcare\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA, Texas (2021-2025)\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"She's very wise with her advice, as well as being detail-oriented and organized.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}Kristin Roshelli is a partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Houston Healthcare practice. Kristin’s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory matters in the healthcare and life sciences industries.  She represents a broad range of prominent healthcare and life science clients on mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, general health law questions, and complex corporate governance and contracting matters. She has extensive experience structuring transactions, particularly as to complex arrangements involving health systems, physician practices, and academic medical centers.  Kristin has helped establish the legal and operational framework in connection with the startup of three new medical schools and multiple new health systems.  She is also a go-to lawyer for leading pharmaceutical, biotech, organ procurement and other large companies for assistance with complex collaboration arrangements with third parties and in establishing and negotiating their supply chain and other key contracts.  Her life sciences work often involves advising on product supply and manufacturing agreements, licensing arrangements, commercialization and distribution agreements, specialty pharmacy agreements, research agreements and other complex collaboration arrangements and key service and supply contracts. \nShe is Chambers-ranked for healthcare in Texas and has been recognized by Legal 500 as a “Recommended Key Lawyer,” by Texas Super Lawyers as a healthcare rising star, and by Texas Lawyers with an “On the Rise Award,” which recognizes lawyers under the age of 40 who have wielded influence in their practice areas in Texas and beyond.  Prior to entering the legal field, Kristin served as a nurse in the United States Air Force, worked in the general counsel’s office of a large academic medical center, and practiced as a registered nurse in a medical intensive care unit. \nPublications\n\n2016 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Top Ten List Reimbursement Advisor, Vol 32, No. 6, February 2017\n“The Plot Thickens for the Medicare Narrative Requirement,” Law360, February 2015\n“When is a Hospital a ‘New Hospital?,’” Reimbursement Advisor, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2014\n Kristin Roshelli lawyer Partner \"Kristin is very calm and intelligent, and extremely responsive. 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Negotiating power purchase agreements, derivatives and renewable energy credit purchases for a retail electric provider. Taking renewable energy collateral in securing an energy trading arrangement for an energy investor. Project and construction financings of over $6.0 billion. Representation of equity providers and developers in the hospitality industry. Formation of blind pool equity funds for real estate. Acquisition of construction industry-related businesses. Acquisition of a currency exchange business. Site acquisition and evaluation of mineral rights and entitlements for a master planned residential development for a national developer. Refinancings of over $3.1 billion in office properties for a national property owner. Greenfield development of three power plants in midwestern U.S. for a Fortune 500 company. Structuring incentive-based compensation arrangements for portfolio acquisitions for a national investment company. 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