Debevoise Advises Envision Healthcare in $620 Million Acquisition of Rural/Metro

30 July 2015

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVHC) (Envision) in its $620 million acquisition of Rural/Metro Corporation. This pending acquisition enhances Envision’s mobile integrated healthcare delivery capability, a key component of its care coordination model amongst its pre-hospital, acute care and post-acute care services.

The pending acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., and its more than 35,000 employees and affiliated clinicians, offers an array of healthcare related services to consumers, hospitals, healthcare systems, health plans and local, state and national government entities.

The Debevoise team is led by partner Kevin A. Rinker, and includes partners Meir D. Katz, Peter J. Loughran, Jeffrey E. Ross and David H. Schnabel, and associates Christine Shu Gilleland, Lauren M. Isaacson, Andrew G. Jamieson, Sue Meng, Ryan T. Rafferty, Y. Rupa Rao, Grant Rauscher and Daniel T. Rothberg.

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