Shareef Ghanem is a managing director with Manatt Health in the Firm’s San Francisco office. He brings more than a decade of experience in M&A due diligence, business operations and corporate strategy, as well as a deep understanding of the health care ecosystem.

Shareef provides due diligence and advisory support to financial sponsors investing in the health care sector and supports their portfolio companies on ongoing corporate strategy initiatives. His work focuses on assessing the regulatory, policy, reimbursement and/or commercial considerations that may impact investment opportunities across health care services, life sciences, managed care and digital health.

Prior to joining Manatt, Shareef was managing director with a prominent health care advisory firm, where he helped grow and lead their M&A advisory function. He has also held a variety of corporate strategy and go-to-market leadership roles within growth-stage digital health organizations, with a particular focus on value-based care enablement, health plan administration and cost containment, and employer-sponsored benefits.