Healthcare Regulatory Attorney

Basic Details:

Practice Area: Transactional – Life Sciences & Hospital Operations
Location: Essex County, NJ
Schedule: Full-time, Partner-Track or Senior Attorney Role (onsite presence required at least 3 days a week for this role as it is client-facing)
Billing Requirement: Standard for senior-level practice group leadership (2,000+ expected)
Salary: $200,000 – $250,000 base, plus origination credit/bonus potential based on book of business (25% of originations credit, no legacy)

Long Form Description:

About the Firm:
Our client is a premier private practice law firm in New Jersey with a strong foothold in healthcare, life sciences, and hospital operations. The firm is recognized for delivering sophisticated transactional and regulatory guidance to some of the region’s most prominent hospitals, physician groups, and healthcare investors. The Rosedale office serves as a strategic hub for expanding the firm’s healthcare transactional practice, providing attorneys with an opportunity to lead high-profile deals in one of the most dynamic industries in the nation.

Description:
This Healthcare Regulatory Attorney will be dealing with complex legal liability matters and oversight compliance related to hospital and medical facility operations, ranging anything from Medicare & Medicaid fraudto HIPAA claims, professional liability for doctors/physicians/surgeons, and even workplace concerns such as harassment. Additionally, there will be involved some life sciences transactional work, likely related to the research and experiments conducted and the flow of public interest funds into and out of said operations and research initiatives as well as perhaps some corporate governance duties to be involved as a full-service to the client.

The role is designed to either build on an existing modest book of business within the life sciences transactions and medical regulatory law practices or grow into a partner role as a Junior Partner-track/Senior Associate Attorney who is ambitious and passionate.

The attorney will act as a lead advisor on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions, serving a client base that includes hospitals, health systems, physician practices, and private equity firms. In addition to handling sophisticated deal work, this attorney will play a leadership role in business development, client relationship management, and mentoring junior associates. A portable book of business is required for consideration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as lead counsel in structuring, negotiating, and closing major healthcare and life sciences transactions

• Draft and negotiate asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, joint venture documents, and governance agreements

• Advise clients on corporate governance, deal structures, and regulatory compliance

• Direct and oversee due diligence reviews to identify risks and ensure smooth transactions

• Manage and expand client relationships, identifying growth opportunities within healthcare and private equity markets

• Mentor junior associates and contribute to the overall leadership of the healthcare practice group

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited U.S. law school

• Active New Jersey Bar admission (New York Bar strongly preferred)

• 10+ years of healthcare transactional experience in private practice or in-house counsel roles

• Demonstrated success managing complex transactions from inception to closing

• Proven ability to generate business, with a portable book of clients

• Strong drafting, negotiation, and client advisory skills

• High level of business acumen and strategic vision

Preferred Skills:

• Dual admission to NJ and NY Bars

• Experience with private equity-backed healthcare transactions

• Familiarity with hospital affiliations, joint ventures, and physician practice acquisitions

• Strong presence in the regional healthcare/life sciences legal community

• Demonstrated track record of thought leadership (publications, speaking engagements, or committee work)

• Ability to integrate cross-practice collaboration, especially with tax and regulatory teams

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