Jonian Rafti is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Health Care Group. He regularly represents private equity investors, health systems, management companies, physician groups, and lenders in complex transactional and health care regulatory matters.
Since the start of his career, Jonian's practice has exclusively focused on representing a variety of clients in the health care sector. He leverages this industry experience to provide practical and market-driven insight to clients undertaking mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, financings and other business transactions. In addition to his transactional practice, Jonian provides counsel on a range of regulatory requirements governing the practice of medicine and the health care industry, including the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, Health Care Fraud Statute, Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and their state counterparts. He also advises clients on corporate practice of medicine restrictions, HIPAA and health data privacy, and health care technology matters.
Jonian is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Certified Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP). As a law student, he worked at the Charities Bureau of the NY Attorney General’s Office on governance and regulatory disputes affecting state not-for-profit corporations.
He has previously served as member of the Board of Directors and Vice-Chair of The Andrew Goodman Foundation, and member of the Bard College Center for Civic Engagement's Young Alumni Advisory Council.
Business & Articles Editor, Fordham International Law Journal
John Bard Prize, 2015
American Health Law Association
International Association of Privacy Professionals
New York State Bar Association