Overview
To support our continued growth, the Leon Direct Investment team (DI) is seeking a General Counsel (GC) with deep expertise in healthcare law, corporate transactions, and business advisory. This individual will serve as a trusted legal and strategic partner across our portfolio companies, balancing regulatory oversight with practical, growth-oriented counsel.
The General Counsel will provide hands-on legal, compliance, and strategic business support across our portfolio. This individual will play a pivotal role in structuring transactions, guiding M&A activity, and advising leadership on corporate governance and business design. The ideal candidate combines a strong foundation in healthcare law with proven experience supporting fast-growth, transaction-heavy environments.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Legal & Business Advisory:
- Act as a thought partner to DI executives on organizational design, entity structuring, and business scaling strategies.
- Advise on risk-reward tradeoffs in key business decisions, ensuring alignment with long-term enterprise value creation.
- Partner with investment and operations teams to evaluate and structure new growth opportunities.
M&A and Deal Execution:
- Support due diligence, structuring, and negotiation of acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships.
- Draft and review transaction documentation, including purchase agreements, equity structures, and governance terms.
- Advise on post-deal integration, ensuring seamless alignment between legal frameworks and operational execution.
Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance Oversight:
- Provide expert guidance on HIPAA, HITECH, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and state-level regulatory frameworks.
- Build compliance programs, policies, and training that are scalable across portfolio companies.
- Proactively identify regulatory risks and craft mitigation strategies that enable business agility.
Corporate Governance & Contracts:
- Advise on entity formation, governance models, and equity structures across portfolio organizations.
- Draft, negotiate, and standardize agreements with physicians, vendors, and payors.
- Ensure portfolio companies maintain appropriate governance and corporate records.
Employment & Operational Counsel:
- Oversee employment law matters, independent contractor structures, and HR-related policies.
- Support portfolio leadership with employment agreements, separation strategies, and dispute resolution.
Outside Counsel Management:
- Coordinate and manage specialized external counsel, ensuring efficient, business-aligned use of resources.
- Serve as the primary integrator of legal expertise across the DI ecosystem.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; active bar membership in good standing.
- 5+ years of legal experience, with a strong foundation in healthcare law and transactions.
- Demonstrated success supporting M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
- Experience advising healthcare providers, physician groups, or healthcare portfolio companies.
- Skilled at balancing regulatory compliance with entrepreneurial business judgment.
- Strong communicator, capable of influencing executives, operators, and clinicians.
- Comfortable operating in a fractional/portfolio model, balancing multiple priorities simultaneously.
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Legal and Strategy/Planning
- Industries: Financial Services, Legal Services, and Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals