Sr. Legal Counsel

Wolters Kluwer•Waltham, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Legal Counsel role offers growth potential opportunities, professional development, an engaging team environment, and amazing benefits. The Senior Legal Counsel will provide legal advice and guidance on a wide variety of commercial, contractual, regulatory, litigation and day-to-day legal matters, supporting globally trusted brands like UpToDate and Medi-Span in the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on healthcare providers, payers, pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and HIT suppliers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree + J.D. (law degree) required.
Must be admitted to practice law in the state in which the candidate resides.
Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible corporate/commercial legal experience, preferably including experience with both a top-tier law firm and an established in-house legal department.
Hands-on legal work on a variety of healthcare transactional and regulatory (including pharmaceutical) matters.
Strong background in, and understanding of, innovative HIT and digital health concepts, software licensing and SaaS subscription arrangements.
General understanding of, and interest in, RAG, LLMs, and AI technologies.
Strong understanding of healthcare laws and regulations in the U.S. and EU that impact WKH’s operations and product development strategy.

Responsibilities

Structure, draft and negotiate customer agreements (including preparation of Software as a Service (“SaaS”), enterprise licensing, subscription and/or implementation or services agreements covering offerings or services from a single or multiple businesses within Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH)) with private and public organizations.
Structure, draft and negotiate business development, co-development/co-marketing, innovation lab and other strategic alliance arrangements.
Structure, draft and negotiate reseller and distribution arrangements.
Structure, draft and negotiate content licensing agreements for use in retrieval augmented generation (“RAG”) models, large language model (“LLM”) model training, and/or other emerging artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies.
Structure, draft and negotiate business associate agreements and/or data processing agreements.
Work closely with segment leadership on contractual and regulatory exposures and risks related to development of new customer offerings or services and related customer agreement terms.
Work closely with segment leadership on contractual and regulatory exposures and risks related to existing enterprise and individual sales activities.
Work closely with segment leadership on contractual and regulatory exposures and risks related to promotional and marketing activities.
Counsel business on key healthcare information technology (“HIT”) and intellectual property legal concepts, including those relating to SaaS subscriptions, software licensing, and e-commerce transactions.
Counsel business on HIPAA/HITECH Act and GDPR compliance.
Counsel business on health care laws and regulations applicable to healthcare providers, payers, pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and HIT suppliers, including but not limited to medical device regulations applicable to clinical/pharmacy decision support.
Effectively and efficiently manage outside counsel supporting WKH’s legal needs (transactional, litigation or compliance).
Collaborate with other attorneys within the GLCD globally (e.g., IP, litigation, regulatory, HR/employment, M&A).
Develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of WKH — its people, matrix organization, markets, product offerings and services, customers, competitors, and regulatory environment — in order to identify trends, stay abreast of material developments, and provide timely legal advice to the business.
Develop strong rapport and working relationships with senior executives, segment leadership and functional teams within WKH to help drive effective, high-quality legal services.