Corporate Counsel

Jobtailor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Chicago, IL seeks an experienced healthcare transactions attorney to draft, negotiate, and advise on complex agreements across providers, payers, and life sciences. You will work on AI, data privacy, IP ownership, and regulatory issues while supporting cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a JD with 4+ years in healthcare transactions, strong regulatory knowledge, and active bar membership.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree required.
• 4+ years of healthcare transactional experience in law firms or in-house.
• Strong familiarity with healthcare regulatory environment.
• Knowledge of HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid, Stark, fraud and abuse, and data privacy rules.
• Active bar membership in at least one state.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and communicate risks clearly.

Responsibilities

• Assist with drafting, editing, negotiating, explaining, and advising on complex commercial agreements.
• Draft and negotiate agreements with healthcare providers and life sciences organizations.
• Support clinical and research projects, data license/transfer, collaborations, and laboratory services agreements.
• Address legal issues involving AI, large language models, IP ownership, data privacy, and healthcare tech.
• Contribute to vendor agreements and broader corporate contracts.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, finance, and HR teams and others across the business.
• Evaluate legal risks and opportunities to help achieve business goals.

Skills

Healthcare transactional law

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Data privacy

HIPAA knowledge

Mergers & Acquisitions

Education

JD Degree

Job description

• Assist with transactional work across various business lines
• Draft, edit, negotiate, explain, and advise on complex commercial agreements
• Draft and negotiate agreements with healthcare providers and life sciences companies
• Work on clinical and research projects, data license and transfer agreements, strategic collaborations, laboratory services agreements, payer agreements, pharmaceutical agreements, and government entity agreements
• Address legal issues involving artificial intelligence, large language models, intellectual property ownership, data privacy, and healthcare technology
• Work on corporate contracts such as vendor agreements
• Assist with intellectual property, employment and human resources, corporate governance, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory, and international legal work
• Collaborate with commercial organizations, data science, medical affairs, product and engineering, finance, communications, and people teams
• Evaluate legal risks and opportunities and help facilitate business goals

Requirements

• JD Degree
• 4+ years of relevant healthcare transactional experience at an established law firm or in-house role
• Strong familiarity with the healthcare regulatory environment
• Knowledge of HIPAA, Medicare and Medicaid payment issues, Stark regulation, fraud and abuse issues, and data privacy regulations
• Current bar membership in at least one state
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment
• Impeccable judgment, including the ability to evaluate and communicate legal risks
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work as part of a supportive and collaborative team
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Intellectual curiosity to explore new concepts and accept new challenges

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements within the healthcare sector, with a strong understanding of regulatory compliance and legal risk evaluation. Proven ability to collaborate across various teams while maintaining impeccable judgment and communication skills.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• JD Degree
• 4+ Years Healthcare Transactional Experience
• Knowledge of HIPAA and Data Privacy Regulations
• Current Bar Membership
• Strong Familiarity with Healthcare Regulatory Environment

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Drafting Commercial Agreements
• Negotiating Agreements
• Evaluating Legal Risks
• Corporate Governance
• Intellectual Property Law
• Healthcare Technology Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Regulatory Compliance
• Data License Agreements
• Clinical Project Work

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Collaborative Teamwork
• Impeccable Judgment
• Intellectual Curiosity

Certifications & Qualifications

• Current Bar Membership

Industry Keywords

• Healthcare Agreements
• Life Sciences
• Data Privacy
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Stark Regulation
• Fraud and Abuse Issues
• Artificial Intelligence
• Large Language Models
• Vendor Agreements
• Payer Agreements