Healthcare Transactions Associate — High-Impact Deals

Baker Donelson; New Jersey; On-site; USD 235,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Donelson’s healthcare transactions team in Iselin, New Jersey seeks a mid-level associate to handle sophisticated deals spanning hospitals, health systems, and private equity investments.

You will draft and negotiate core deal documents, guide due diligence, and coordinate cross-functional teams while advising on regulatory issues that shape deal structure and closing. NJ Bar admission or eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of healthcare transactional experience at a law firm.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and other corporate transactions.
• Familiarity with federal and state fraud and abuse laws (e.g., Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law) and healthcare licensure rules.
• J.D. from an accredited law school with a strong academic record; admission to the New Jersey Bar (NY admission valued).

Responsibilities

• Drafting and negotiating purchase, merger, joint venture, operating, shareholder, and related transaction documents.
• Leading and coordinating due diligence reviews and preparing disclosure schedules.
• Representing hospitals, health systems, ambulatory centers, and physician groups in acquisitions and affiliations.
• Advising private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on platform investments and MSO structures.
• Collaborating with healthcare regulatory colleagues on fraud, licensure, and change-of-ownership issues.

Skills

Mergers & Acquisitions drafting

Due diligence coordination

Regulatory knowledge (Healthcare)

Client communication

Team leadership

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Bar admission in New Jersey or eligible

Job description

Baker Donelson’s healthcare transactions team in Iselin, New Jersey seeks a mid-level associate to handle sophisticated deals spanning hospitals, health systems, and private equity investments.

You will draft and negotiate core deal documents, guide due diligence, and coordinate cross-functional teams while advising on regulatory issues that shape deal structure and closing. NJ Bar admission or eligibility is required.