Richard D. Faulkner, Jr. concentrates his practice in the area of seniors housing and care, including finance, acquisitions, sales, real estate, leasing, certificates of need and general corporate law. He is the leader of the Transactions Group for the Firm's Long Term Care Industry Service Team.
Mr. Faulkner has been involved in billions of dollars of acquisition, finance, development and sales transactions. His experience spans many areas of long term care, including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, home health, physical therapy and pharmacy businesses.
His finance experience includes commercial loans, HUD-insured financing, accounts receivable, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, sale-lease back, equipment financing, and other financing. His acquisition and real estate experience includes assisting with feasibility and strategic planning; comprehensive facility due diligence, including title, survey, environmental, land use and health care issues; negotiating acquisition contracts and closing documentation; construction; operations transfer agreements; commercial leasing; and project sales.
Mr. Faulkner has helped develop loan programs for long term care and seniors housing lenders. He also has developed comprehensive acquisition and development templates and strategies for our owner and operator clients.
Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mr. Faulkner served as legal counsel and Vice President of Strategic Growth for Life Care Centers of America, a national privately-owned long term care provider, where he was responsible for legal matters relating to finance, acquisition, development and construction transactions and corporate matters. In his roles at Life Care and its affiliate, Century Park Associates, he supported skilled nursing, assisted living, retirement, home health, therapy and pharmacy operations.
Mr. Faulkner's experience includes representation of owners and lenders, landlords and tenants, small operators and national companies, and single site and large multi-state transactions.