Healthcare Transactional Attorney

About the company:

This leading law firm operates across New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Texas, and Florida, delivering comprehensive legal services in more than 35 practice areas, including construction, employment, health care, and intellectual property. With a strong commitment to client-centered representation, the firm champions creativity, bold thinking, and passion—often characterizing the practice of law as an art. Over its 90-plus-year history, it has earned a distinguished reputation for exceptional client service and forward-thinking legal solutions.

Requirements:

Candidate will have the following: Minimum 6 years of experience handling business and financial transactions within the healthcare industry ; Experience within a large law firm setting (experience will be current or very recent) ; Keen knowledge of complex healthcare regulations like HIPAA and anti-kickback laws ; Experience negotiating contracts for everything from physician practices to technology companies.

Stellar academic credentials (Law Review and/or Moot Court accolades desired); Strong research, verbal & written communication skills, and analytic skills required ; DC Bar.

Excellent work environment, compensation commensurate to experience.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Representing a diverse clientele including hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and long-term care facilities, as well as pharmaceutical companies, medical device -manufacturers, and health information technology firms.
• Guiding clients through the purchase or sale of healthcare entities like hospitals, physician practices, and software companies.
• Assisting with loans, private equity investments, and other capital markets transactions in the healthcare sector.
• Conducting thorough legal reviews of a target company's operations, finances, and legal standing before a transaction is finalized.
• Structuring and drafting agreements for strategic partnerships between healthcare organizations.
• Negotiating and drafting a wide range of agreements, including physician employment contracts, vendor agreements, and managed care contracts.
• Ensuring transactions comply with healthcare-specific laws and regulations, which can include HIPAA, anti-kickback statutes, and Stark Law.
• Providing general advice on corporate governance, risk assessment, and succession planning for healthcare clients.