Overview
Contract engagement for an experienced Part-Time In-House Corporate, M&A & Commercial Counsel Attorney supporting a rapidly growing healthcare and telehealth-focused organization. This role is fully remote (WFH) and involves independent handling of high-volume day-to-day commercial and business matters, along with support for complex corporate transactions and strategic initiatives, including M&A, corporate structuring, intercompany arrangements, and related matters.
The position is expected to average approximately 30 hours per week, with flexibility to increase hours—potentially approaching full-time—during periods of heightened transaction activity, deal flow, or other significant business needs.
Responsibilities
- Independently triage and manage a high volume of contracts, business questions, and other day-to-day legal requests from internal stakeholders
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of commercial agreements, including vendor, services, technology, confidentiality, customer/client, and strategic partnership agreements
- Support sophisticated corporate transactions, including M&A matters and the drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of transaction-related agreements
- Advise executive leadership regarding corporate governance, corporate structuring, entity management, intercompany agreements, board-related matters, and other general corporate legal issues
- Assist with post-acquisition and organizational matters, including evaluating transaction documentation, acquired rights and obligations, entity relationships, and related corporate matters
- Support legal review of new business initiatives, operational projects, acquisitions, and strategic growth opportunities
- Provide practical, real-time legal guidance on contract interpretation, risk allocation, business operations, and strategic matters in a fast-moving environment
- Partner with internal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate legal and commercial risks while enabling the business to move efficiently
- Help establish and improve practical legal processes, contract management practices, and other legal operations initiatives as the organization scales
- Identify matters requiring specialized expertise and efficiently coordinate with outside counsel on larger, specialized, or particularly complex projects
- Provide sophisticated general corporate and commercial legal support across a wide range of business matters as they arise
Requirements
- 8+ years of sophisticated corporate, transactional, commercial, and business law experience
- Significant experience serving as in-house counsel, corporate counsel, assistant general counsel, deputy general counsel, general counsel, or a similar role
- Meaningful experience supporting M&A and other strategic corporate transactions, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transaction documents
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a broad range of commercial agreements
- Extensive experience advising businesses on corporate governance, corporate structuring, entity management, intercompany arrangements, board matters, and general corporate legal issues
- Experience independently managing and prioritizing a high volume of commercial contracts, business questions, and other day-to-day legal requests
- Big Law corporate/M&A transactional experience strongly preferred
- Experience supporting healthcare, pharmacy, telehealth, life sciences, or other highly regulated and rapidly evolving business environments preferred but not required
- Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice and sophisticated legal work product with minimal supervision
- Ability and willingness to flex hours based on transaction activity, deal flow, and evolving business needs
- Excellent academic credentials from an ABA-accredited law school
- Excellent analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- Outstanding professional references
Preferred Qualifications
- Healthcare, pharmacy, telehealth, life sciences, or other regulated-industry experience
- Big Law corporate/M&A transactional experience
Compensation & Benefits
- Pay: Annualized pay range of $220,000 to $260,000+ when calculated on a full-time basis. Contract pay is based on multiple factors, including work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand, and candidate preference (each candidate’s pay rate affects the client bill rate, which can affect competitiveness for the position).
- Benefits: Contract professionals are typically W2 employees and are eligible for full benefits when working in roles for 20 hours per week. Benefits-eligible contract professionals receive complimentary Group Life, LTD and AD&D. A qualified 401k plan is also available. Benefits-eligible attorneys also receive a CLE and Professional Expense stipend.
Location
Position Details
- Type of role: Contract In-House Engagement
- Schedule: Part-time; averaging approximately 30 hours per week with ability to flex closer to full-time based on transaction activity, deal flow, and business needs
- Duration: Initial engagement 3–6 months with potential for extension based upon business needs
- Start date: Immediate
Confidentiality
No prospective client proposals are made without prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.