Blank Rome LLP hired Eric S. Tower as a partner in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities practice group in Chicago. Tower handles transactions for health systems, physicians and value-based care companies. He joins from Thompson Coburn LLP.Tower’s experience includes negotiating joint ventures in ambulatory healthcare as well as handling regulatory and reimbursement matters. He also represents rapidly growing private equity companies, having completed numerous acquisitions in multiple states for a …