Legal Counsel

Job Summary:

Highridge Medical creates the world’s most innovative spinal solutions across the spectrum from Motion Preservation to MIS to Bone Healing to Core Spine. Working at Highridge Medical is not just work. Life at Highridge Medical is purpose driven. Every day, you have the privilege of using your talents to demonstrate Confidence in your work and restore Confidence for our patients. Confidence that moves.

Legal Counsel plays a key role in the continued growth of the company and will support strategic initiatives. Legal Counsel works directly with commercial leaders in all functions, but most often with sales and marketing.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Independently drafts and edits contracts and proactively handles various transactional matters through to conclusion related to Highridge’s U.S. commercial sales contracting (including group purchasing organizations, integrated delivery networks, distributors, strategic accounts, professional service agreements, and local pricing agreements)
• Acts as a legal business partner to operations and commercial
• Possesses knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework concerning the sale and marketing of medical devices/technologies, including matters related to anti-trust, fraud and abuse, HIPAA, and anti-kickback (including applicable safe harbors)
• Experience with sales and distribution agreements
• Responsible for a large number of issues, prioritizing, and delivering timely results
• Responsible for contributing to solutions to problems which could have a significant impact on the company
• Responsible for providing legal advice related to multiple issues and making decisions related to legal matters which could have a large financial impact on the company, including areas involving litigation, intellectual property, compliance with laws, investigations, contracting, government relations, sales agreements, tender agreements, and supply or vendor relationships among others
• Follows and educates others on core contract management processes for execution and filing of agreements
• Collaborates and communicates with colleagues, management and outside counsel on issues related to commercial sales

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Law Degree and admission to practice law in the U.S. required.
• 7+ years of professional work experience required
• 2+ fraud and abuse, anti-kickback experience is highly desirable
• Direct work with Sales & Marketing professionals is a plus