Chad Leiper is an associate in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice.

Chad advises on regulatory and transactional matters for healthcare industry clients, including major hospital systems, provider practices, biotechnology companies, and healthcare startups. He also advises on regulatory compliance risks for private equity firms and venture capital groups in healthcare capital markets and M&A transactions.

He advises clients on various regulatory and compliance matters, including fraud and abuse laws, physician self-referral, corporate practice of medicine restrictions, and development of care management networks and value-based enterprises.

Chad earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and holds an MS in Business and a BS in Biomedical Sciences from Texas A&M University.

During law school, he interned for Judge Gray Miller and Chief Judge Lee Rosenthal in the Southern District of Texas and served as an articles editor on the Houston Law Review.

Chad is a member of the American Health Law Association.

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • JD, University of Houston Law Center, 2020
  • MS in Business, Texas A&M University, 2017
  • BS in Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2016

Languages Spoken

  • English