Sr. Corporate Counsel bei Gastro Health

Gastro Health is seeking a Full-Time Sr. Corporate Counsel, M&A to join our team!

Gastro Health is a great place to work and advance in your career. You'll find a collaborative team of coworkers and providers, as well as consistent hours.

The Corporate Counsel, M&A will be a key member of Gastro Health’s legal team with primary responsibility for supporting the company’s development and expansion activities. This position will focus on structuring, negotiating, and executing mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and related physician practice growth transactions, while also advising internal stakeholders on deal strategy, risk management, and compliance considerations.

This role offers:

• A great work/life balance
• No weekends or evenings – Monday thru Friday
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Rapidity growing team with opportunities for advancement
• Competitive compensation
• Benefits package

Duties you will be responsible for:

• Lead legal support for acquisitions, affiliations, and joint ventures involving physician practices and related entities.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of complex healthcare and corporate transaction documents, including purchase agreements, management services agreements, employment agreements, governance documents, and related contracts.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to the development team and executive leadership regarding deal structure, regulatory risk, and transaction strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, operations, compliance, HR, and integration teams to support successful transaction execution and post-closing integration.
• Manage outside counsel in connection with M&A and other strategic transactions.
• Assist with due diligence processes, including regulatory, corporate, and contractual review.
• Support business stakeholders in negotiating key economic and operational terms.
• Ensure transactions comply with healthcare regulatory requirements, including fraud and abuse, anti-kickback, Stark Law, and HIPAA.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal processes, templates, and playbooks for M&A transactions.
• Assist the General Counsel on complex or enterprise-level legal matters as needed.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Transaction execution and deal leadership.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulatory environment.
• Practical, solutions-driven legal advice.
• Ability to build consensus across stakeholders.
• High attention to detail while maintaining a business mindset.

Minimum requirements:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with a state bar.
• 5–10+ years of relevant legal experience in a law firm and/or corporate legal department, with significant exposure to mergers and acquisitions.
• Prior experience in healthcare services transactions strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulatory laws, including anti-kickback statute, Stark Law, fraud and abuse, and HIPAA.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead transactions from LOI to closing.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Business-oriented problem solver with strong judgment and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter with proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to our eligible employees:

• 401(k) retirement plans with employer Safe Harbor Non-Elective Contributions of 3%
• Discretionary profit-sharing contributions of up to 4%
• Health insurance
• Employer contributions to HSAs and HRAs
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary life insurance
• Voluntary disability insurance
• Accident insurance
• Hospital indemnity insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Identity theft insurance
• Legal insurance
• Paid time off
• Discounts at local fitness clubs
• Discounts at AT&T

Additionally, Gastro Health participates in a program called Tickets at Work that provides discounts on concerts, travel, movies, and more.

Gastro Health is the one of the largest gastroenterology multi-specialty groups in the United States, with over 130+ locations throughout the country. Our team is composed of the finest gastroenterologists, pediatric gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, and allied health professionals. We are always looking for individuals that share our mission to provide outstanding medical care and an exceptional healthcare experience. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to our eligible employees.

Gastro Health is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, gender, disability, protected veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, gender

identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

We thank you for your interest in joining our growing Gastro Health team!