Associate Corporate Healthcare & Life Sciences Privacy
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is one of the worlds leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best this is where you belong.
About the Practice Group
Latham offers life sciences and healthcare industry leaders deep sector knowledge legal expertise and commercial and government insight to meet client needs.
Lathams cross-disciplinary healthcare and life sciences team delivers insightful practical guidance and sophisticated representation to a full spectrum of companies across the globe on every type of transaction or dispute a company may face. Many of us hold advanced scientific degrees and have served in senior positions as government regulators C-Suite executives in leading healthcare and life sciences companies as well as serving as primary outside counsel for key industry associations.
We regularly navigate commercial and regulatory issues related to the Food and Drug Administration the Patent Trial and Appeals Board the European Medicines Agency the European Commission and other state and federal agencies in the US and across Europe.
We deliver:
The right team. We work with companies at every stage of development from fast-growing startups to mature public companies in virtually every sector and subsector of the industry including healthcare services biotechnology medtech and medical devices. With an outstanding global platform we can scale our client teams to meet client needs whether that means drawing on best-of-the-best capabilities in public company representation M&A capital markets regulatory advice or IP and securities litigation.
Insight. Our broad client base and on-the-ground presence in the worlds healthcare and life sciences hubs afford us an expansive view of the commercial scientific regulatory and political trends shaping the markets in which clients operate. We know how traditional regulatory regimes work and quickly set the bar for successful strategies in dynamic and uncertain regulatory landscapes.
Results. By leveraging decades of experience and a culture of innovation we have developed an impressive track record navigating many of the industrys largest most complex and most consequential deals through commercial and regulatory issues as well as winning precedent-setting litigation and trials.
Lathams cross-disciplinary healthcare and life sciences team delivers insightful practical guidance and sophisticated representation to a full spectrum of companies across the globe on every type of transaction or dispute a company may face. Many of us hold advanced scientific degrees and have served in senior positions as government regulators C-Suite executives in leading healthcare and life sciences companies as well as serving as primary outside counsel for key industry associations.
We regularly navigate commercial and regulatory issues related to the Food and Drug Administration the Patent Trial and Appeals Board the European Medicines Agency the European Commission and other state and federal agencies in the US and across Europe.
We deliver:
The right team. We work with companies at every stage of development from fast-growing startups to mature public companies in virtually every sector and subsector of the industry including healthcare services biotechnology medtech and medical devices. With an outstanding global platform we can scale our client teams to meet client needs whether that means drawing on best-of-the-best capabilities in public company representation M&A capital markets regulatory advice or IP and securities litigation.
Insight. Our broad client base and on-the-ground presence in the worlds healthcare and life sciences hubs afford us an expansive view of the commercial scientific regulatory and political trends shaping the markets in which clients operate. We know how traditional regulatory regimes work and quickly set the bar for successful strategies in dynamic and uncertain regulatory landscapes.
Results. By leveraging decades of experience and a culture of innovation we have developed an impressive track record navigating many of the industrys largest most complex and most consequential deals through commercial and regulatory issues as well as winning precedent-setting litigation and trials.
About the Role
The Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice seeks an associate with a minimum of four years of experience advising companies operating in the digital health space including on healthcare regulatory data protection and AI-related matters. The ideal candidate will have experience working with healthcare providers digital health/technology companies and other organizations on complex regulatory frameworks including HIPAA CCPA/CPRA evolving AI laws and healthcare fraud and abuse laws (e.g. Stark anti-kickback).
This role includes advising clients on data protection/AI and healthcare regulatory counseling and transactions. The candidate must have excellent drafting and negotiation skills as well as superior verbal and interpersonal skills and not only be able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously but also pro-actively lead on driving matters forward with minimal supervision. A record of high academic achievement and law firm experience is required.
This role includes advising clients on data protection/AI and healthcare regulatory counseling and transactions. The candidate must have excellent drafting and negotiation skills as well as superior verbal and interpersonal skills and not only be able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously but also pro-actively lead on driving matters forward with minimal supervision. A record of high academic achievement and law firm experience is required.
Main Contact Details
If you have any questions about the application please contact:
Julia Graham
Associate Recruiting Manager US Specialized Hiring
Julia Graham
Associate Recruiting Manager US Specialized Hiring
Additional Information
Investing in the well-being of our lawyers and staff is among the firms highest priorities. Through our LiveWell Latham program we offer best-in-class benefits and comprehensive resources designed to support you and your loved ones through all lifes moments from building a family and taking care of loved ones to managing your health and saving for the future.
Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles) color religion sex age national origin sexual orientation gender identity veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era) gender expression marital status or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.
We periodically provide demographic data to legal publications bar associations civic and community organizations and in some instances to local state and federal government agencies as required by law or contract. So that the firm can provide this information accurately we request that you consider self-identifying.
Please click here to review your rights under U.S. employment accordance with Latham & Watkins policies associates in this role must protect and maintain any highly sensitive confidential privileged financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains either as part of the legal services the Firm provides to clients or for internal purposes.
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San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please click the link above to review the Ordinance.
Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages for each such violation among other things.
Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles) color religion sex age national origin sexual orientation gender identity veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era) gender expression marital status or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.
We periodically provide demographic data to legal publications bar associations civic and community organizations and in some instances to local state and federal government agencies as required by law or contract. So that the firm can provide this information accurately we request that you consider self-identifying.
Please click here to review your rights under U.S. employment accordance with Latham & Watkins policies associates in this role must protect and maintain any highly sensitive confidential privileged financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains either as part of the legal services the Firm provides to clients or for internal purposes.
Los Angeles: Latham & Watkins LLP will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO). Please click the link above to review the Ordinance.
San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please click the link above to review the Ordinance.
Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages for each such violation among other things.
Pay Range
Associate Base Salary
Discretionary bonuses may be available depending on application circumstances and position.
| Class of | US Payroll |
| 2026 | $225000 |
| 2025 | $225000 |
| 2024 | $235000 |
| 2023 | $260000 |
| 2022 | $310000 |
| 2021 | $365000 |
| 2020 | $390000 |
| 2019 | $420000 |
| 2018 | $435000 |
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Revenue Cycle Management
- HIPAA
- Healthcare Management
- PMBOK
- Microsoft Outlook
- Project Leadership
- Data Management
- Project Management
- Affiliate Marketing
- Project Management Software
- Supervising Experience
- Workday
