Stephen M. Greenberg
- Cherry Hill
- T: 856.661.2261
- F: 856.661.1919
Stephen M. Greenberg concentrates his practice in healthcare law, tax and corporate legal services, including all types of business transactions, mergers and acquisitions. He has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions of healthcare providers and physician practice groups; tax structuring of business transactions and corporate reorganizations; and tax planning for individuals, estates and trusts. His special understanding of the healthcare industry encompasses regulatory law and managed care issues, formation of practice entities, antitrust issues surrounding physician groups, structuring compensation arrangements and buy-ins and buy-outs, and designing qualified retirement plans for medical practices.
Mr. Greenberg has lectured before many professional organizations including the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Camden County Bar Association and Tenet Health System’s and Drexel College of Medicine’s Clinical Care Conferences. His seminars have included “Compliance: What Every Physician Should Know,” “Individual Tax Planning and Tax Planning for Estates and Trusts,” “HIPAA Privacy Compliance“ and “Estate Planning for Qualified Retirement Plan Benefits.”
He has also authored articles on such topics as “Corporate Compliance Programs Provide Best Defense Against Federal False Claims Actions,” “Personal Goodwill is Intangible Asset of Shareholder, Not Corporation,” “Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices,” “Estate Planning Should Focus on Qualified Retirement Plan Benefits” and “Multi-Practice Physician Organizations.”
Representative Matters
- Sale of durable medical equipment distributor to private equity firm
- Sale of a multinational technology company to an international conglomerate
- Asset sale of a direct mail company to a Fortune 100 buyer in a tax-free exchange
- Creating and serving as general counsel to the second largest single specialty physician’s group in the country through a series of mergers and acquisitions
- Serving as special tax counsel to an estate containing multi-national assets, including real estate and priceless artifacts in Ireland
- Acquiring, licensing and then selling two free-standing ambulatory radiation oncology facilities
- Establishing Pennsylvania’s first outpatient cardiac catheterization laboratory
- Representation of a pathology laboratory in the sale of assets to a national pathology company, providing an exit strategy for the owner while maintaining position with the buyer
- Representation of one of southern New Jersey's largest marinas in acquisition, development and sale, dealing with riparian rights in the process
- Representation of multiple-site radiation therapy centers in the sale of assets to a national provider in a tax-minimizing transaction while keeping all physicians and the entire staff intact
Honors & Awards
- Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell
- Named a New Jersey "Super Lawyer," 2005 – 2012, Healthcare Law, by Thomson Reuters, publishers of New Jersey Super Lawyers
- Top Attorney List, SJ Magazine, 2003 – 2011
- Awesome Attorney List, South Jersey Magazine, 2009 and 2011
Professional Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, Taxation and Health and Hospital Law Section
- Camden County Bar Association
- Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, 2002 - 2010
News
- Press Release(April 11, 2012)
- Press Release(December 5, 2011)
- Press Release(November 30, 2011)
- Press Release(August 3, 2011)
- Photo Caption(April 26, 2011)
- Press Release(April 5, 2011)
- Press Release(April 4, 2011)
- Press Release(March 28, 2011)
- Press Release(March 22, 2010)
- Press Release(March 18, 2010)
- Press Release(December 28, 2009)
- Press Release(March 24, 2009)
- Press Release(December 12, 2006)
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
- Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce(December 6, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(May 4, 2011)
- Rutgers School of Business–Camden, Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey, Flaster/Greenberg(April 26, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(April 14, 2011)
- Medical Society of New Jersey, 2010 Annual Meeting(May 14, 2010)
- Flaster/Greenberg(April 27, 2010)
- Drexel University College of Medicine(February 3, 2009)
- Flaster/Greenberg(September 10, 2008)
- Flaster/Greenberg(September 10, 2008)
- Flaster/Greenberg(January 10, 2008)
Articles & Alerts
- Legal Alert(April 13, 2011)
- Legal Alert(November 30, 2010)
- Legal Alert(November 11, 2010)
- Legal Alert(May 16, 2010)
- Legal Alert(April 27, 2010)
- Legal Alert(April 12, 2010)
- Legal Alert(March 1, 2010)
- The Barrister(September 2009)
- New Jersey Law Journal, vol. CLXXIV, no. 11, index 962(December 15, 2003)
Practice Areas
- Healthcare
- Business and Corporate Law
- Taxation
- Trusts and Estates
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Industry Groups
News, Events & Articles
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. Tax Court
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1976
- Rutgers University, B.S. and B.A., summa cum laude, 1973
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
- Alpha Pi Mu (National Industrial Engineering Honor Society)
