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About the Role
Serve as a key legal advisor, providing strategic and transactional legal support across corporate matters and intellectual property (IP) initiatives. This role will play a central part in advising on the formation and operation of an affiliated startup subsidiary focused on healthcare innovation, digital health, and emerging technologies.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day legal support on corporate matters, including governance, structuring, and internal transactions.
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex agreements, including joint ventures, strategic partnerships, vendor and services agreements, and technology and licensing agreements.
- Support entity formation, restructuring, and subsidiary governance.
- Advise senior leadership on legal risks associated with corporate structure, new business initiatives, and strategic investments.
- Partner with finance, compliance, and operational teams to support integrated decision-making.
- Advise on identification, protection, and commercialization of IP assets, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and patent strategy.
- Structure and negotiate IP licensing, collaboration agreements, and commercialization arrangements.
- Develop and implement IP policies and best practices across the organization.
- Support technology transfer and innovation initiatives.
- Manage IP portfolio oversight and work with external IP counsel.
- Serve as primary legal advisor to a startup subsidiary focused on healthcare innovation.
- Provide legal guidance on entity formation, capitalization strategies, governance structure, board matters, strategic partnerships, and investor relationships.
- Provide legal guidance on regulatory considerations impacting emerging healthcare technologies.
- Help build scalable legal frameworks that balance innovation with compliance.
- Issue-spot and advise on healthcare regulatory frameworks relevant to innovation.
- Provide practical guidance that enables business teams to move forward thoughtfully within regulatory constraints.
- Coordinate with compliance, privacy, and risk management functions.
- Act as a trusted advisor to physician leaders, executives, and business stakeholders.
- Lead or support cross-functional initiatives involving legal, clinical, and operational teams.
- Manage and oversee outside counsel efficiently.
- Mentor junior attorneys or legal staff as appropriate.
Requirements
- Law degree
- Registered In House Counsel (California) within 12 months of hire OR State Bar License (California) within 12 months of hire
- Minimum of 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney analyzing and applying healthcare or employment, contract, and/or corporate laws, regulations, and guidelines.
- Significant experience in corporate governance and transactions
- Demonstrated experience with IP matters (transactional IP and/or IP strategy)
- Experience supporting startups, venture-backed companies, or innovation initiatives
- Familiarity with digital health, AI, data governance, or technology commercialization
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Comfort working with physician leadership and governance bodies
Skills
- Corporate governance
- Transactional law
- Intellectual property (IP)
- IP strategy
- Healthcare innovation
- Digital health
- AI
- Data governance
- Technology commercialization
- Drafting
- Negotiation
- Problem-solving
Location
- California
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Law degree
Salary/Compensations
- $243,700 to $315,370
Benefits
- Target bonus
- Generous benefits
About the Company
- A large, multi-specialty physician-led medical group.