Biography
KRISTA KAY LEWIS represents private equity sponsors and privately held companies in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, restructurings, and other transactions. She also provides general corporate counseling to portfolio companies and other clients on matters such as corporate governance, financing, and executive compensation. Krista represents clients primarily in the healthcare and technology industries, as well as financial services, food and beverage, sports and entertainment, distribution, and manufacturing. Krista was an integral member of the legal team that represented Steward Health Care System in connection with its acquisition of IASIS Healthcare from TPG Capital, which was recognized as “Healthcare and Life Sciences Deal of the Year (Over $1B)” by The M&A Advisor.
Krista earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law where she also served on the Indiana Law Journal. Krista is also a graduate of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business where she earned her MBA with a major in Accounting and a minor in Finance. Prior to her postgraduate studies, Krista graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan with a double major in French and Political Science. During her undergraduate studies, Krista studied abroad at the Université de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Prior to joining Sidley, Krista was an associate at another major international law firm.
Prior to joining Sidley, Krista was an associate at another major international law firm.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented Steward Health Care System in the following matters:
- sale of substantially all of Steward’s health care sites in Utah.
- acquisition of five hospitals in Florida from Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
- sale of Health Choice Utah and related entities.
- management buyout and the spinoff of its international operations into a joint venture.
- acquisition of Scenic Mountain Medical Center and certain related businesses.
- sale of Easton Hospital.
- sale of Steward Health Choice Arizona and related entities.
- sale of freestanding emergency room facilities in Texas.
- sale of Pikes Peak Regional Hospital and Surgery Center.
- sale of Steward Home Care.
- acquisition of IASIS Healthcare.
- acquisition of eight hospitals from Community Health Systems.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital and/or its portfolio companies in the following matters:
- sale of Eruptr.
- investment in Parachute Home.
- acquisition of Tastes on the Fly.
- acquisition of PeopleConnect (f/k/a Intelius).
- acquisition of Classmates.
- acquisition and sale of Boostability.
- acquisition of Grow Team.
- acquisition of Manta Media.
- sale of Infogix.
- Represented Cohere Capital and/or its portfolio companies in the following matters:
- acquisition of Phaedon (previously a division of ICF Next and ICF International [NASDAQ: ICFI]).
- acquisition of Promevo.
- acquisition of CCS.
- Represented Northlane Capital Partners and/or its portfolio companies in the following matters:
- acquisition of Choice Financial Group.
- acquisition and sale of Discovery Data.
- acquisition of Choice Financial Group.
- Represented Great Point Partners and/or its portfolio companies in the following matters:
- acquisition of Family Resource Home Care.
- acquisition of Chesapeake Medical Staffing.
- acquisition of US Teleradiology.
*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- 美国华府哥伦比亚特区
Education
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 法学博士, 2014
- Indiana University Kelley School of Business, 工商管理硕士, 2014
- 美国密歇根大学, 文学学士, 2009, with distinction
Languages
- French