Winston & Strawn Advises Underwriters as Special Healthcare Regulatory Counsel on $4.35 billion IPO of HCA

Winston & Strawn represented the underwriters, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi and JP Morgan, as special healthcare regulatory counsel in connection with the initial public offering of hospital operator HCA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCA). The HCA IPO, valued at approximately $4.35 billion, has been widely reported to be the largest private equity backed IPO in U.S. history.

Winston & Strawn also served as special health care regulatory counsel to the underwriters in connection with the issuance of $5.7 billion senior secured notes as part of the 2006 $33 billion leveraged buyout of HCA, Inc.