Addison Hutcheson

Emerging and established companies navigating a broad range of transactional and regulatory matters turn to attorney Addison Hutcheson for practical, business-minded counsel.

Addison advises on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and entity formation, helping clients navigate regulatory requirements and draft essential organizational documents. Her practice includes guiding clients through real estate transactions, conducting due diligence, and reviewing leases. She also assists businesses in resolving disputes and managing corporate breakups with minimal disruption. For startups, Addison provides support from initial formation and capitalization to corporate financing, governance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Her clients span a wide range of industries—including health care, life sciences, professional services, manufacturing, and tech—as well as domestic businesses and international companies establishing U.S.-based subsidiaries.

Health care clients rely on Addison for their corporate and business needs. She guides them through entity formation, hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions, state agency consents, and the formation of independent physician associations. She also handles physician and services contracting for hospitals and behavioral health compliance matters.

Addison is active in her community and performs pro bono work for nonprofit companies and legal clinics.

What Addison Delivers for Clients

• Deal Efficiency with Compliance: Addison coordinates diligence and approvals to keep transactions moving while addressing health care regulatory requirements and state agency consents.
• Practical Governance and Formation: She designs governance and capitalization structures that support growth, investor expectations, and operational clarity from day one.
• Health Care Transaction Insight: Addison anticipates corporate practice of medicine, payor, and referral considerations that can complicate provider deals, reducing closing risk.
• Actionable Real Estate Support: She reviews and negotiates commercial leases and real estate agreements, prioritizing operational efficiency and risk mitigation.
• Scalable Startup Counsel: Addison builds foundational documentation and financing pathways that position startups for future capital, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions.

• Assisted a regional medical center in Ohio with its conversion from a county-owned hospital to a private health care provider. The transaction required obtaining bond financing for the acquisition and conversion of the hospital facilities, real property and assets, and resulted in the continuation of care for local residents.
• Advised a government-owned hospital, and worked with elected officials to convert a public hospital into a nonprofit business and large health care system affiliate. The transaction involved unique and negotiated features necessary to satisfy elected officials’ priorities, the community’s needs for local health care access, and the opportunities and efficiencies available through affiliation with a sophisticated tertiary care system.

Education

• The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2016)
• The Ohio State University (B.A., 2013)
  • with Honors Distinction in Political Science and Economics

Professional & Community Involvement

• American Health Law Association