FDA Healthcare Regulatory M&A Associate

White & Case LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 310,000 - 390,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability coverage

401(k) retirement savings

Vacation and leave programs

Parental leave

Job summary

White & Case LLP seeks a mid-level associate for its FDA Healthcare practice in the New York office. The role supports a regulatory partner handling FDA-regulated product counseling, healthcare compliance, and corporate transactions.

You will advise clients on complex regulatory matters across drugs, devices, digital health, cosmetics, and related areas. The ideal candidate has 3–6 years in M&A or life-sciences regulatory matters, with strong drafting and communication skills and a

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of substantive experience in M&A, healthcare regulatory, FDA regulatory or life-sciences transactional matters.
• Experience representing buyers, sellers, and financial sponsors in domestic and cross-border transactions.
• Strong FDA regulatory framework knowledge including product approval, labeling and post-market requirements.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, research, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Fluency in English and ability to communicate complex regulatory considerations clearly.

Responsibilities

• Advise on FDA, healthcare regulatory and compliance matters affecting life sciences and investors.
• Conduct regulatory due diligence in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures.
• Review and analyze FDA-regulated product regulatory issues across drugs, biologics, devices and cosmetics.
• Draft and negotiate regulatory and quality provisions in commercial agreements.
• Coordinate with clients, opposing counsel and subject-matter experts across domestic and international matters.

Skills

FDA regulatory

Regulatory diligence

Life sciences regulatory

Cross-border transactions

Regulatory counseling

Legal drafting

Commercial contracting

Project management

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission in jurisdiction

Job description

White & Case LLP seeks a mid-level associate for its FDA Healthcare practice in the New York office. The role supports a regulatory partner handling FDA-regulated product counseling, healthcare compliance, and corporate transactions.

You will advise clients on complex regulatory matters across drugs, devices, digital health, cosmetics, and related areas. The ideal candidate has 3–6 years in M&A or life-sciences regulatory matters, with strong drafting and communication skills and a