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Solutus Legal Search · 1 month ago

Chief Legal Officer – San Francisco Bay Area (928-SLS)

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$475K/yr - $550K/yr

15+ years exp

Solutus Legal Search is assisting a distinguished physician-led medical group in the United States in its search for a Chief Legal Officer. The CLO will oversee the organization’s legal operations, provide strategic counsel, and ensure compliance with legal obligations while managing the legal department and collaborating with senior executives to achieve business objectives.

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Responsibilities

Partner closely with the CEO and Associate Executive Directors with responsibility for legal affairs and HR to oversee the organization’s legal operations and develop, implement, and execute a comprehensive legal strategy and agenda that aligns with the organization’s mission, values, and long-term business objectives

Provide strategic counsel on a wide range of matters affecting the organization, including those related to HR, medical practice operations and the organization’s integrated delivery system, key business partners, and corporate governance

Ensure the delivery of high-quality, timely, and cost-efficient legal services that effectively support corporate growth and operational excellence

Safeguard the organization’s interests by ensuring compliance with all legal, regulatory, and ethical obligations, and by promoting strong governance and fiduciary integrity

Collaborate with the CEO, the CFO, and executive team members to negotiate key contracts and other major business and financial agreements

Collaborate with the CEO, the CFO, and executive team members to pursue and achieve business objectives, including applying their legal knowledge and business acumen to assess business opportunities, including new business opportunities outside traditional healthcare delivery

Collaborate with legal officers and business team members of affiliated legal entities and business partners

Proactively identify, evaluate, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks while leading litigation strategy, dispute resolution, and compliance initiatives

Advise and support the Board of Directors on governance, compliance, and enterprise risk management matters, ensuring transparency and accountability

Direct legal department budgeting, resource management, and performance evaluation to optimize internal and external counsel engagement and operational efficiency

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing legal team committed to professional excellence, strategic partnership, and continuous improvement

Qualification

Healthcare law expertiseCorporate governanceCalifornia employment lawLegal department managementJD from accredited law schoolHealth Law certificationContract negotiationCollaborative executiveLeadership experienceStrategic thinking

Required

At least 15+ years of legal experience with a strong expertise in healthcare law

JD from an accredited law school

Admission to or eligible for admission to the State Bar of California

Deep healthcare legal experience with a strong knowledge of state (California) and federal laws and regulations impacting health care systems

Extensive knowledge and experience in the following substantive areas of law and practice: corporate/transactional, corporate governance, and hospital and physician practice operations (including medical staff matters such as credentialing, bylaws, and disputes)

Extensive knowledge about and experience advising corporations, including ideally healthcare providers, on federal and California employment law matters

Experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of complex healthcare industry-related contracts (e.g., hospital, physician employment contracts, service and vendor agreements, managed care contracts, technology licensing agreements, joint ventures, and non-disclosure agreements)

Experience supporting a corporate board of directors

Experience with or affinity for partnering with senior executives almost all of whom are physicians

Management and leadership experience (such as leading a legal department)