Join the World's Top Legal Talent Network

QuVa Pharma seeks a motivated and organized Assistant General Counsel, Contracting reporting to our Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Our ideal candidate is an experienced, pragmatic, well-rounded, organized, and detail-oriented attorney with exemplary legal and people skills, a proactive commercial orientation, significant experience within the healthcare space and the ability to prioritize key issues. The position is located at our corporate headquarters in Sugar Land, TX.

Responsibilities may include:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts, including GPO agreements, direct purchase agreements and other agreements with the Company’s hospital customers, marketing agreements, government contracts, research and development agreements, HR agreements, IT agreements, supply agreements, quality agreements, vendor agreements, consultant agreements, nondisclosure agreements, etc.
• Counsel and train the Company’s business units on standard contract terms, contract interpretation, contract enforcement, and compliance with the Company’s contracting and procurement policies, practices, and legal and regulatory obligations.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the Company’s businesses, employees, customers, markets, intellectual property, and competitors to ensure the consistent provision of sound and practical legal and commercial advice.
• Develop, update, and maintain form agreements.
• Assist in the further standardization of the Company’s contracting processes, metrics, and reporting.
• Assist with the development and oversight of the Company’s contract management system.
• Support due diligence reviews, special projects, and other duties, as assigned by the Chief Legal Officer.

Qualifications:

• Significant experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial and other agreements within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
• Healthcare legal and regulatory experience is a plus, including experience with the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act, the Stark Law, HIPAA, applicable privacy laws and the PhRMA Code.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience, preferably in-house and in the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
• Authorized to work in United States.
• Law degree from an ABA accredited school.
• Member of the Texas State Bar or otherwise qualified to practice law in Texas as in-house counsel.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.