teamhealthSard Verbinnen & Co. and Joele Frank are prescribing PR counsel for the scuttled $7.6B healthcare acquisition of TeamHealth Holdings by AmSurg Corp.

AmSurg, in the late afternoon Nov. 2, withdrew its unsolicited takeover offer a day before an ultimatum for TeamHealth to take-or-leave its $15.49-per-share offer.

Nashville-based AmSurg, which runs outpatient surgery centers, pulled the plug after Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth went public with its board's opposition to a revised Amsurg offer. TeamHealth handles physician outsourcing.

Joele Frank is supporting TeamHealth in the now abandoned deal, while Sard Verbinnen advises AmSurg.