Megan Italiano
Partner
Megan Italiano advises healthcare and corporate clients on a broad range of transactional, regulatory, compliance and corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, private equity deals, entity reorganizations, financings, strategic investments, and physician practice management. In connection with representing healthcare providers, Megan has worked with physician and dental practices, hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, medical and dental services organizations, telehealth providers, and other services providers. Megan also advises life sciences companies on regulatory and compliance matters and on the commercial contracts that support their research, development, manufacturing and distribution activities.
Background
Prior to joining Kaleo Legal, Megan practiced at an Am Law 100 law firm and an Am Law 200 law firm, both headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Prior to law school, Megan worked in various health care and biomedical sciences roles. Megan received her Juris Doctor from William & Mary Law School, where she graduated summa cum laude and founded the Health Law and Policy Society. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology degree from the University of San Diego.
Past Work Experience: McGuireWoods LLP, Williams Mullen
Bar Admissions: Virginia
Awards & Honors: Best Lawyers 2025 Ones to Watch, Virginia Super Lawyers – “Rising Star” (2023–present), Best Lawyers® – “Ones to Watch” (2023–present), Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite – Health Law (2025-present), CoVa Biz Magazine’s Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia (2022, 2024, 2025).
Representative experience
- Represented an orthopedic physician practice in its sale to a large multistate nonprofit health system.
- Represented an anesthesiology practice in negotiations with a large multistate health system.
- Represented a private equity-backed medical services organization in the acquisition of multiple cardiology practices, physician practice management and capital raises.
- Represented dental services organizations in connection with initial formation and structuring and subsequent acquisitions of dental practices.
- Negotiated de novo surgery center joint venture between large hospital system and large orthopedic physician practice.
- Represented large orthopedic practice in sale of physician practice and three ambulatory surgery centers to a private equity-backed medical services organization.
- Represented a buyer in its cross-border acquisition of a global healthcare company’s medical products business.
- Represented a private equity-backed primary care provider in a transaction involving the acquisition of Chapter 11 liquidation assets.
- Advise clients on regulatory compliance matters, including Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, state fraud and abuse, corporate practice of medicine and HIPAA matters.
- Advise life sciences clients on regulatory and compliance matters and commercial agreements.
Publications
- An Implied Defense: Self Disclosure Offers a Defense to the Expanded False Claims Liability After Universal Health Services v. Escobar, 60 William & Mary Law Review (2019)
- Does VA Medicaid Expansion Change the Landscape for COPN?, Virginia State Bar Health Law Writing Competition, Second Place (2019)
Practice areas
- Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance
- Healthcare Transactions
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Compliance