Allison Davis, Partner at our Phoenix, and Salt Lake City law offices
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Allison Davis

Partner
Biography

Allison Davis focuses her practice in corporate and securities with an emphasis on healthcare regulatory and transactional law.

Allison represents healthcare clients in all stages of the business entity lifecycle including formation, compliance, acquisitions, sales, and dissolution. Allison also represents clients in the negotiation and drafting of provider agreements, state and federal licensing, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance, HIPAA compliance, and insurance regulatory law. Allison counsels companies and physician groups to address their regulatory compliance and liability risk challenges arising from the use of digital health, telehealth, and direct primary care/concierge medicine.

Allison also advises healthcare and non-healthcare clients on corporate governance issues, mergers and acquisitions, and SEC reporting and securities law compliance. Allison works closely with our commercial finance team on healthcare transactions involving loan components and lending relationships.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • Utah


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona


Education

  • The University of Iowa, College of Law (J.D., with distinction)
    • Boyd Service Award, Highest Honors
    • ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award Program for Excellence in Health Law
    • University of Iowa College of Law Merit Scholarship
  • The University of Iowa, College of Public Health (Master of Health Administration)
  • College of St. Benedict & St. John’s University (B.A., Philosophy)
  • Greco-Roman Study Abroad Program: Greece & Italy (Humanities and Ancient Civilizations)
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • Snell & Wilmer COACH Award (2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Corporate Law (2021-2025); Health Care Law (2024-2025)

Representative Transactions

  • Advised lender with respect to health facility state licensing and governmental payor enrollments and potential default risks regarding facility loss of licensure and payor exclusion
  • Assisted commercial finance team in preparation of loan documents to contain Medicare compliant accounts receivable lending structures
  • Represented a national grocery, pharmacy and retail company in its acquisition of a large regional-based grocery and pharmacy chain
  • Conducted annual director reviews for multiple public companies based in global technology, homebuilding, and technology products to assess board and committee performance and to formulate board of directors’ performance benchmarking standards suited for each company
  • Represented well-known healthcare facility management company in its acquisition of 50+ healthcare and healthcare-related entities across eight states
  • Represented state licensee of a large, national health insurance provider in connection with its corporate restructuring process and its acquisition of a managed care organization with an enterprise value purchase price of approximately $650 million
  • Assisted large, Arizona-based physician group with its commercial contracting needs including advising on compliance issues and provider contracting across 15+ Arizona and Southern California office and surgery center locations
  • Advised Arizona-based pediatric practice in its sale to national private equity buyer
  • Represented large, privately owned cardiovascular practice in connection with regulatory and compliance advice as well as the sale of the practice to a private equity buyer

Previous Professional Experience

  • Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel, Graduate Research Assistant (2015-2016)
  • Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate (2015)
  • National Health Law and Policy Resource Center, Research Assistant (2013-2015)
  • Lane & Waterman, Summer Associate (2014)
  • Association of American Medical Colleges, Office of General Counsel, Law Clerk (2013)
  • Western Michigan University, College of Education and Human Development, Project Manager (2011-2012)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers
  • Snell & Wilmer Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (2018-2023)
  • Snell & Wilmer Ethics Committee
  • Snell & Wilmer Hiring Committee
  • Snell & Wilmer Attorney Development Committee

Community Involvement

  • Fresh Start Women’s Foundation,
    • Executive Board (2024-Present)
    • Auxiliary Board of Directors (2018-2023)
  • Human Services Campus, Inc., Board of Directors (2018-2021)
  • Volunteer Lawyers Program
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix, McNight Committee (2017)
  • Rape Victim Advocacy Program, Volunteer Advocate (2013-2016)

Representative Presentations and Publications

Client News
Client News
May 06, 2022

Snell & Wilmer Represents Software Development Company Flywheel Software in Growth Equity Investment from The Jordan Company, L.P.