Lead Counsel - HCS

Company Name	GE Technology Infrastructure - Healthcare
Location	Wauwatosa
State	WI
Job Title	Lead Counsel - HCS
Job Description	Job Number:     1155246  Date Posted:     02 March 2010  Function:     Legal - Trading  Business:     GE Technology Infrastructure - Healthcare  Career Level:     Experienced  Location:     Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States About Us GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring and life support systems, disease research, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping physicians detect disease earlier and to tailor personalized treatments for patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of products and services that are improving productivity in healthcare and enhancing patient care by enabling healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. Role Summary/Purpose The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice and counsel to the GE Healthcare Systems business on a variety of legal issues and transactions, including, the structuring, drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, sourcing agreements, licensing arrangements and related transactional matters, compliance with healthcare fraud & abuse laws and corporate governance matters. The Legal Counsel is also responsible for providing advice to the Healthcare Systems business teams on th Essential Responsibilities - Acting as a business partner by applying combined business and legal judgment to proposed deals, relationships and other issues requiring legal or compliance attention.- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating strategic business agreements and transactions such as (but not limited to) commercial contracts, sourcing, development and licensing agreements.- Advising the business on regulatory compliance, healthcare fraud & abuse, privacy and advertising/promotional matters.- Providing regulatory and compliance advice- in conjunction with the Regulatory and Compliance specialist teams within GE Healthcare.- Supporting M&A, dispute resolution and litigation matters where appropriate. Qualifications/Requirements - JD (or equivalent) with active bar membership- In the region of 4-7 years of business law experience at a large law firm or corporate legal department, including but not limited to drafting, negotiating and closing complex business transactions (i.e. purchase, sale and distribution agreements).- Previous experience drafting and negotiating complex business transactions, including licensing, development and sourcing deals.- Previous experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast-paced environment.- Ability to communicate using English and outstanding interpersonal skills.To be eligible for this position:- You must apply online at www.gecareers.com (internal candidates via GE's Career Opportunity System)- You must have current work authorization for employment in the United States.- You must successfully complete a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug screening.- You must be willing to work out of our offices located at Research Park, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Desired Characteristics - Experience in the healthcare industry and previous exposure to medical device regulations and fraud & abuse laws (FDA, Medicare/Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute)- Demonstrated experience providing legal advice in a highly regulated environment.
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