Assistant General Counsel

US Oral Surgery Management is a private equity-backed dental support organization providing non-clinical business, administrative, and operational support to affiliated dental practices in 32 states. We are seeking an experienced, business-minded attorney to serve as Assistant General Counsel.

US Oral Surgery Management is a private equity-backed dental support organization providing non-clinical business, administrative, and operational support to affiliated dental practices in 32 states. We are seeking an experienced, business-minded attorney to serve as Assistant General Counsel.

• Provide in-house legal counsel to leadership, business development, operations, finance, revenue cycle, HR, IT, real estate and affiliated practices on a wide range of legal issues.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the company's business, people, markets, facilities, and affiliated clinicians, and use it to shape practical legal advice, structures, and strategies.
• Serve as day-to-day legal point of contact for field leadership, triaging issues and resolving most matters independently.

• Lead or support the legal workstream on practice acquisitions, de novo openings, and other strategic transactions, including LOIs, due diligence, facility leasing and renovation, and closing deliverables.
• Coordinate post-closing integration of acquired practices, including contract assignment and licensure and permit transfers.

• Negotiate, draft, and review agreements across the organization, including oral surgeon employment and independent contractor agreements, IT and software vendors, equipment and supply vendors, real estate leases, consultants, and payer contracts.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and approval workflows that let the business move quickly within defined guardrails.

• Advise HR and operations on multi-state employment matters, including hiring, discipline, terminations, wage-and-hour, leave, accommodations, and reductions in force.
• Draft and enforce restrictive covenants, including state-specific non-compete and non-solicitation provisions in clinician agreements.
• Manage agency charges and employment-related disputes with outside counsel.

• Negotiate and review office leases, lease amendments, assignments, and build-out agreements for practice locations, de novos, and support offices.

• Advise on healthcare regulatory matters, including HIPAA and state privacy laws, cybersecurity, the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark and state self-referral laws, fee-splitting, Medicaid, and advertising and promotional rules.
• Advise on corporate practice of dentistry restrictions across all operating states and help preserve clinical independence within the DSO model.
• Advise on state dental board requirements, including licensure, sedation and anesthesia permits, scope of practice, and facility permits.
• Conduct or support privileged internal investigations raised through the compliance program or otherwise.
• Review, analyze, and interpret statutes, regulations, policies, and administrative or judicial decisions to determine their impact on the company.
• Develop policies that support the business and help ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Review marketing materials, websites, patient financing programs, and other external communications for legal compliance.

• Prepare and help implement proactive risk-mitigation strategies, policies, and processes.
• Manage litigation, demand letters, subpoenas, government inquiries, and dental board complaints in coordination with outside counsel and insurers.

• JD from an accredited…