Rob Kirsch has spent nearly two decades working directly with boards, senior leadership and diverse groups of stakeholders in the areas of finance, operations and affiliation advisory. He is an accomplished leader in navigating clients through complex and challenging issues experienced through periods of change or distress.

Having advised on over 50 hospital transactions nationally, Rob is recognized as an industry leader in both the structuring and fairness of partnerships and affiliations throughout the country. He has provided testimony on process, valuation and fairness in dozens of transactions before regulatory bodies or states’ attorney general.

Sub-Specialties:

• Strategic planning and plan implementation
• Strategic options analysis and affiliation advisory
• Operational performance improvement
• Post transaction advisory services
• Community foundation advisory services
• Distressed turnaround and work-out advisory
• Fairness opinion and valuation advisory
• Financial advisory and capital planning

Professional Experience:

Prior to joining Warbird, Rob helped establish and introduce services and capabilities in the Mergers, Affiliations, and Partnerships practice, Performance Improvement practice and Valuation practice at Stroudwater Associates. He served in leadership roles in those practices from their founding. Rob also lead his prior firm through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) conversion while serving as its Chief Executive Officer and board member for the last several years.

Professional Accomplishments:

Affiliation Advisory – Partnered with and represented clients in 25 states on over 50 affiliation transactions resulting in tens of billions of dollars in enforceable consideration and community benefit. Each partnership was tailored to meet the needs of the client and the community thus forging durable and lasting partnerships ranging from full asset purchase, sole member substitutions, joint ventures, leases and clinical service line collaborations.

Hospital Bankruptcy and Distress Hospital Improvement – Collaborated with the investor community, bond counsel, local boards and leadership on performance improvement initiatives and covenant cures to protect access to healthcare in communities nationwide. Performed extensive analyses, plan development and led execution for turnarounds while bringing together the interests and efforts from disparate, at times conflicting, stakeholder groups.

Valuation Advisory and Testimony – Authored and provided testimony on fairness of consideration and process across dozens of transactions nationally – and the state of Georgia, specifically. In the state of Georgia, helped set the standard and definition of community benefit received between two not-for-profit partnering organizations.