Nashville, in the health care industry world, is pretty much the epicenter of for-profit health care, where investors come to own health care. I don’t really see that changing, in terms of health care being of great interest to investors.

— John Tishler, a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on this year’s strong merger activity within the Southeast, and the fact that firms are “hungry for growth” opportunities in Nashville’s specialized (and profitable) health care market. Tishler left health care firm Waller Lansden in November, and that firm recently announced a merger with Holland & Knight.

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