Alé Dalton advises healthcare providers, health systems, physician organizations, investors, and operators on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions. Alé’s practice combines transactional experience with a deep understanding of the regulatory and operational challenges facing healthcare organizations, allowing her to guide clients through complex business initiatives from planning and structuring through closing and implementation.
Her practice includes:
- Healthcare Transactions – Representing clients in acquisitions, divestitures, affiliations, joint ventures, restructurings, and other strategic transactions involving provider organizations, health systems, physician groups, and healthcare services businesses; advising on transaction strategy, deal execution, governance, and stakeholder alignment throughout the transaction lifecycle.
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers & Outpatient Services – Counseling surgery center owners, management companies, physicians, investors, and health systems on ownership transactions, de novo developments, physician alignment arrangements, HOPD conversions, recapitalizations, facility closures, and operational matters involving outpatient care platforms.
- Healthcare Regulatory & Operational Compliance – Advising on licensure, Medicare enrollment and certification, accreditation, change-of-ownership matters, provider contracting, corporate structure considerations, and other regulatory matters that arise in connection with transactions and day-to-day operations.
- Clinical Research & Provider Operations – Assisting healthcare organizations with clinical research arrangements, trial-related contracting, compliance frameworks, professional services agreements, and operational matters affecting hospitals, physician practices, and other provider organizations.
Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Alé was a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. She earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she served as Executive Editor of the Tennessee Law Review and Senior Editor of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. She received her B.A. from Lipscomb University. Alé is a native Spanish speaker.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA) — Board of Directors, Early Career Professionals Delegate (2026-2028); Early Career Professionals Council, Chair (2024-2026), Vice Chair-Education (2023-2024)
Leadership Health Care
Nashville Hispanic Bar Association — Founding Board Member, Vice President (2019)
Hispanic National Bar Association — Latina Leadership Academy (2020); Latina Commission (2016-2018)
Tennessee Bar Association — Health Law Section
Nashville Bar Association
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity — Pathfinder (Class of 2021); 1L Scholar (Class of 2014)
University of Tennessee Knoxville — Young Alumni Council (2016-2019)
University of Tennessee Alumni Legislative Council (2018-2019)
University of Tennessee College of Law — Alumni Council (2019-2025)
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA) — Board of Directors, Early Career Professionals Delegate (2026-2028); Early Career Professionals Council, Chair (2024-2026), Vice Chair-Education (2023-2024)
Leadership Health Care
Nashville Hispanic Bar Association — Founding Board Member, Vice President (2019)
Hispanic National Bar Association — Latina Leadership Academy (2020); Latina Commission (2016-2018)
Tennessee Bar Association — Health Law Section
Nashville Bar Association
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity — Pathfinder (Class of 2021); 1L Scholar (Class of 2014)
University of Tennessee Knoxville — Young Alumni Council (2016-2019)
University of Tennessee Alumni Legislative Council (2018-2019)
University of Tennessee College of Law — Alumni Council (2019-2025)
Additional Experience
Representative Transactions
- Divestiture of surgical hospital and urgent care facility – South Dakota: Represented a national surgical hospital company in the sale of a surgical hospital and urgent care facility.
- Formation of practice management company and national expansion of physician practice management platform: Represented five plastic surgery practices in the formation of a physician-led plastic surgery practice management company. The transaction involved the combination of several plastic surgery practices and two medspas across multiple states. As part of the transactions, the physicians retained a meaningful ownership stake alongside investment from a healthcare private equity firm.
- Sale of pharmaceutical reverse distributor: Represented a national pharmaceutical reverse distributor in the sale of its business, including advising on licensure and regulatory implications.
- Acquisition of surgery center – Maryland: Represented a national surgery center company in the acquisition of an ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Maryland, including managing the licensing and regulatory process required for the expansion of the ambulatory surgery center’s spine and orthopedic program.
- Integrated healthcare system formation: Represented a regional health system in its strategic integration with one of the region’s largest multi-specialty physician groups to create an integrated healthcare system.
- Divestiture of surgery center and physician practices – Indiana: Represented a national company in the sale of a surgery center and related physician practices located in Indiana.
- Acquisition of surgery center – Connecticut: Represented a national surgery center company in the acquisition of a controlling ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Connecticut.
- Joint Ventures of IVF Laboratories – Michigan and Vermont: Represented a national IVF laboratory company in establishing joint ventures with fertility providers.
- Acquisition of surgery centers – Connecticut: Represented a national surgery center company in the acquisition of two surgery centers located in Connecticut.
- Acquisition of surgery center – New Jersey: Represented a national surgery center company in the acquisition of a surgery center located in New Jersey.
- Joint venture of surgery center – Ohio: Represented a national surgery center company in forming a joint venture with a regional health system in Ohio.
- Joint venture of surgery center – New Jersey: Represented a national surgery center company in forming a joint venture with a regional health system in New Jersey.
- Acquisition of surgery center – California: Represented a national surgery center company in the acquisition of a surgery center located in California, from a private-equity-backed company.
- Sale of Physician Practice – Virginia: Represented a physician group in the sale of its practice located in Virginia.
- Divestiture of Behavioral Health Facility – Georgia: Represented seller in the divestiture of a behavioral health facility located in Georgia.
- Closure of Surgery Center – Oklahoma: Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the closure of a surgery center in Oklahoma.
- Joint venture of surgery center – Florida: Represented a national surgery center company in forming a joint venture with a regional health system in Florida.
- Divestiture of hospital – Georgia: Represented national health system in the sale of a hospital and its related businesses in Georgia.
- Divestiture of hospital – Kentucky: Represented national health system in the sale of a hospital and its related businesses in Kentucky.
Representative Operations Matters
- Corporate Transparency Act: Advised clients on compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act, including analyzing organizational and ownership structures, identifying beneficial owners, and evaluating potential exemptions to reporting requirements under federal regulations.
- Professional services agreements: Negotiated professional services agreements on behalf of national and regional health systems, as well as individual providers.
- Clinical research matters: Negotiated clinical trial agreements and advised on compliance matters related to clinical trials for provider clients; advised health systems in developing policies and frameworks that ensure their involvement in clinical research as non-research institutions comply with applicable regulations; advised providers on Emergency Use Authorization and COVID-19-related research.
- Licensing and provider enrollment issues: Advised clients on state healthcare facility licensing and provider enrollment issues in connection with corporate restructuring transactions, multi-facility transactions, and day-to-day operations.
Media Mentions & Firm News
Media Mentions & Firm News
Accolades
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America — Health Care Law (2023-2027)
Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2023-2025)
Southeastern Legal Awards — On the Rise in Tennessee, Honoree (2025)
Nashville Post “In Charge” — Legal (2024), Legal: The Risers (2023)
HNBA/VIA — Top Lawyers Under 40 (2023)
Nashville Emerging Leader Awards — Legal Services Winner (2022); Finalist (2019-2020)
University of Tennessee Knoxville — Alumni Promise Award (2021)
ATHENA — Young Professional Leadership Award, Nominee (2020)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation — Nashville Top 30 Under 30 (2019)
Tennessee Bar Association — Diversity Leadership Institute (Class of 2016)
Tennessee Law Review — Executive Editor (2015-2016)
Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law — Senior Editor (2015-2016)
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards — Law & Medicine, Mergers & Acquisitions, Advanced Legal Research, Law & Literature, and Torts
Accolades
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America — Health Care Law (2023-2027)
Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2023-2025)
Southeastern Legal Awards — On the Rise in Tennessee, Honoree (2025)
Nashville Post “In Charge” — Legal (2024), Legal: The Risers (2023)
HNBA/VIA — Top Lawyers Under 40 (2023)
Nashville Emerging Leader Awards — Legal Services Winner (2022); Finalist (2019-2020)
University of Tennessee Knoxville — Alumni Promise Award (2021)
ATHENA — Young Professional Leadership Award, Nominee (2020)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation — Nashville Top 30 Under 30 (2019)
Tennessee Bar Association — Diversity Leadership Institute (Class of 2016)
Tennessee Law Review — Executive Editor (2015-2016)
Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law — Senior Editor (2015-2016)
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards — Law & Medicine, Mergers & Acquisitions, Advanced Legal Research, Law & Literature, and Torts