Corporate Counsel

We’re hiring! If you want your contributions to make a real difference, check out this new career opportunity with us at Draeger where we are led by the guiding principle “Technology for Life”.  

• Provide legal advice to business on daily business operations, specific strategic initiatives and other company projects via the proactive identification and proper handling of legal and compliance issues.
• Review, negotiate, draft and amend contracts, including contracts for the national and global distribution, purchase, and sale of medical and safety products and related components and services, government contracts, and product development contracts, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Oversee outside counsel in litigation matters.
• Perform research and draft memoranda on various legal issues.
• Identifies legal risks and opportunities and advises business as to mitigation of risk and advancement of opportunities through legal strategies and solutions.
• Perform legal review of proposed advertisements and marketing materials and assist in the development and implementation of company policies and procedures.
• Prepare and conduct in-house legal training and awareness programs on legal topics, processes, and policies.
• Collaborate with team of corporate attorneys and specialists.
• Performs other duties as needed and assigned

Experience: 

3-8 years’ experience functioning as an attorney in a law firm or as in-house legal counsel practicing business/corporate law with an emphasis on drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements. Knowledge of and experience identifying and handling legal issues specific to the medical and safety device industries is a plus.

Experience with FDA Regulations, healthcare anti-kickback rules, or
government contracts is also a plus.

Special Competencies or Certifications:

• Outstanding organization, written and oral communication and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple and changing tasks and excellent attention to detail.
• Experience in contract drafting and negotiation and demonstrated ability to draft clear and legally robust documentation and correspondence.
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills, with ability to influence and persuade in decision making processes both internally and externally.Ability to work with key business partners and render legal analysis appropriate in commercial contexts in order to maximize business results.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a collegial team with some direct supervision, within company guidelines and department policies.
• Ability to excel in a structured yet small and fasting moving legal department with strong alignment to a global legal and compliance team.

Education:

Juris Doctorate (JD) from an ABA accredited law school.

License:

Active Pennsylvania Law License required

Draeger has several sites located across North America as well as field-based sales and service positions. Our North America headquarters is located in Telford, PA just north of Philadelphia. We also have US sites in Andover, MA, and Houston, TX. Our Canada site is located in Mississauga, Ontario.

Our US headquarters located north of Philadelphia in Telford, Pennsylvania is our US manufacturing site for our Neonatal product line supplying many global customers as well as production support for Draeger’s Safety products. This location also serves as the key site for essential US functions which includes Medical Sales and Service Management, Medical Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, Quality and Finance.

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Draeger is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To learn more: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov)

From hospitals to fire departments to industrial customers, people around the world rely on our products: cutting-edge technology that combines real engineering with the digital future. With over 130 years of experience, passion and the bold ideas of more than 16,000 employees, we are committed to turning technology into ›technology for life‹.