Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Healthcare Shares is a healthcare venture fund investing in social-impact healthcare startups. The Healthcare Attorney Advisor will support investment diligence and portfolio strategy by providing legal perspectives on early-stage healthcare companies, regulatory compliance, and transaction structures.

Responsibilities

• Support investment diligence by evaluating legal structures, regulatory compliance, licensing requirements, data-privacy implications, reimbursement risk, and exposure under federal and state healthcare laws
• Analyze intellectual property including patents, licensing arrangements, freedom-to-operate considerations, and IP scalability for investor protection
• Assess regulatory pathways relevant to digital health, AI applications, telehealth, medical devices, diagnostics, clinical services, and value-based care models
• Evaluate corporate governance, deal structures, cap tables, and founder agreements to identify risks related to future fundraising, investor rights, or governance scalability
• Advise on risk-management frameworks, including fraud-waste-abuse issues, Stark/Anti-Kickback compliance, HIPAA/HITECH data-security requirements, contractual liabilities, and regulatory enforcement risk
• Provide strategic support to portfolio companies on commercial contracting, compliance build-out, partnership agreements, data-use strategies, and legal operations scaling
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary advisory members —clinicians, operators, technologists, and financial experts—to deliver integrated investment recommendations
• Monitor emerging legal trends across AI governance, digital health regulation, privacy, FDA policy, reimbursement law, and healthcare transactions

Skills

• JD with experience in healthcare law, venture capital, corporate transactions, digital health, regulatory compliance, or healthcare innovation strategy
• Strong familiarity with HIPAA, licensing laws, telehealth regulations, FDA pathways, reimbursement frameworks, and data-governance requirements
• Experience reviewing cap tables, deal documents, commercial agreements, and early-stage governance structures
• Ability to translate legal and regulatory considerations into clear investment implications and operational guidance
• Commitment to responsible innovation and social-impact healthcare transformation

Benefits

• Flexible, remote engagement allowing participation alongside your existing practice or workload.
• Carried interest participation tied to long-term fund performance.
• Eligibility for carried interest and advisor compensation.
• Participation in diligence cycles, legal-risk reviews, and portfolio support.
• Remote, part-time involvement based on expertise and availability.
• Access to mission-driven startups improving healthcare quality, access, economics, and innovation.

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