Alec Sauchik

Alec represents medical and pharmacy providers, healthcare organizations, regulated entities, import-export operators, companies, and individuals in transactional, administrative, regulatory, national security, and litigation matters. His work includes mergers and acquisitions, business arrangements in heavily regulated environments, reimbursement issues, compliance, audit defense, governmental investigations, administrative proceedings, and complex commercial disputes.

Healthcare Transactions and Regulatory Guidance

Alec serves as lead counsel in business and financial transactions involving medical, pharmacy, and other healthcare providers. Drawing on his industry knowledge and years of experience advising healthcare clients, he delivers sophisticated, cost-efficient, and practical guidance on provider operations, growth, compliance, risk management, and reimbursement strategy.

His counsel has enabled many clients to successfully navigate and prevail in healthcare audits, investigations, and payment disputes.

Administrative, National Security, and Regulated-Industry Matters

Alec represents regulated businesses, import-export operators, companies, and individuals in administrative, compliance, enforcement, and national security-related matters. He advises clients facing governmental scrutiny, licensing and regulatory issues, agency inquiries, and matters involving complex statutory and regulatory frameworks.

Food, Drug, Device, Cosmetic, and FDA Matters

Alec advises manufacturers, importers, distributors, pharmacies, and medical and aesthetic practices on the full range of FDA and state regulation. He helps clients with product classification, labeling, and marketing claims, facility registration and listing, and compliance programs for food, dietary supplements, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics. He represents clients in FDA inspections, warning letters, recalls, import detentions, and agency investigations, and in related state inquiries, including pharmacy compounding and the overlap between FDA and state board of pharmacy oversight. He also defends food and beverage companies against consumer class actions and demand letters over label claims, and negotiates the manufacturing, supply, and distribution agreements and acquisition diligence that regulated businesses depend on.

Commercial Litigation and Complex Dispute Resolution

Alec is a highly accomplished litigator who has represented clients in hundreds of cases throughout the United States. His litigation experience includes commercial disputes, healthcare and pharmacy matters, partnership and shareholder disputes, reimbursement conflicts, intellectual property claims, business torts, contract disputes, fraud claims, and administrative litigation.

In disputes involving healthcare providers, regulated entities, and other business clients, he combines deep knowledge of the relevant business environment with strong litigation judgment to resolve complex matters efficiently and effectively.

Notable Litigation and Arbitration Victories

Alec’s notable victories include securing dismissal of a Civil RICO case against an international bank in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where more than 3,000 plaintiffs sought approximately $250 million in damages.

In 2024, he led the effort to achieve a major arbitration victory on behalf of a New Jersey pharmacy group, recovering more than $7 million in withheld payments, plus interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs exceeding $1.7 million from a major Pharmacy Benefit Manager.

He has also achieved favorable outcomes in complex pharmacy partnership disputes, reimbursement disputes, payor conflicts, business breakups, and other high-stakes commercial matters. His broader litigation experience includes representing international movie studios in copyright infringement cases in the Eastern District of New York and before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as well as countless other matters in courts and agencies throughout the United States.

Industry Leadership and Recognition

Alec is a member of the Health Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association and belongs to several professional organizations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the New York State Bar Association.

He is a frequent lecturer and author on issues affecting healthcare industry clients. Mr. Sauchik has been consistently named to the Super Lawyers list for over a decade and recognized by Avvo as a Top Lawyer.