Healthcare Procurement and Commercial Law Expert
We are seeking an ambitious Associate or Senior Associate to join our Health Commercial & Regulatory team. The role provides a unique opportunity to work on a wide range of health procurement and commercial matters for health sector clients.
Within this role, you will be given plenty of client responsibility and exposure (including travel) whilst being part of a supportive and collaborative team.
About the Team
Our dedicated Health Commercial & Regulatory team has a strong culture of collaboration, respect and transparency both with our clients and our people. The team has a national presence, with lawyers in multiple locations.
Ranked at Tier 1 in the Legal 500 for Health work, our expert national team advises NHS bodies and independent sector organisations providing services in the health sector, including health tech and life sciences, on a broad range of contractual, procurement, governance, regulatory and public law matters.
Main Responsibilities:
* Advising public and independent sector health clients on a range of procurement matters under both the Procurement Act and the Provider Selection Regime in respect of health matters.
* Drafting and advising on procurement documentation.
* Advising on potential challenges to procurement processes (working with our commercial dispute resolution team on litigated matters).
* Drafting contractual terms and conditions including framework agreements, call-off terms, bespoke contracts, licensing arrangements and data protection documentation.
* Working on innovative contracting models including joint ventures, alliance agreements and collaboration arrangements.
* Supporting the wider team on commercial and regulatory work on a broad range of day-to-day matters for NHS and independent sector clients.
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* A law degree (or equivalent).
* Proven experience of advising in commercial, technology, data protection and/or regulatory law, ideally within the health sector but other relevant experience will be considered.
* Excellent communication, organisation and research skills.
* Excellent attention to detail.
* Demonstrable ability to manage competing demands, achieving strict client deadlines.
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team and develop relationships within the wider team.
* Willingness to take responsibility and ownership of client work, with supervision as appropriate.
* Keenness to develop client relationships.
* Willingness to play a proactive part in business development and profile-raising activity.
We welcome applications from individuals who share our values of trust, respect, innovation and collaboration.