ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL - Healthcare Transactions

Work Arrangement:

Requisition Number: 266296

Regular or Temporary: Regular

Location:

Durham, NC, US, 27710

Personnel Area: CENTRAL ADMIN MANAGEMENT CTR

Date: Feb 9, 2026

Be You.

The Office of Counsel at Duke University is looking for an experienced Associate General Counsel – Healthcare Transactions to join our collaborative, mission‑driven legal team. In this role, you will work at the center of complex, high‑impact healthcare transactions that directly support Duke University Health System (DUHS) and its affiliated organizations.

You will partner closely with senior leaders across the health system, providing practical, strategic legal guidance on acquisitions, joint ventures, clinical integrations, and innovative affiliation models. This is an opportunity to use your deep healthcare transactional expertise in a setting where your work advances patient care, education, research, and community health—every day.

Minimum Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree.
Licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina or ability to become licensed within 12 months of employment.
At least 12+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, with substantial experience in healthcare transactions and regulatory compliance.

Extensive experience leading major healthcare transactions, including deal strategy, negotiation, due diligence, risk analysis, and closing.
Experience advising senior executives and institutional leaders in a complex academic medical center or health system environment.
Working knowledge of federal and state healthcare regulatory frameworks, including Stark Law, Anti‑Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties, HIPAA, and value‑based arrangements.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting nonprofit healthcare systems and academic medical centers.
Demonstrated expertise with integrated delivery systems and innovative care models.
Experience mentoring or providing guidance to other attorneys or legal professionals.
Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives and provide clear, actionable advice.

Other Requirements

Ability to work effectively in a team‑oriented, high‑volume, in‑house legal environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and a high level of professionalism.
This position is onsite, with some hybrid flexibility. The work is primarily performed on‑site in Durham, North Carolina.

Be Bold.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage complex healthcare transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, clinical integrations, and strategic partnerships.
Direct legal strategy for multi‑party negotiations involving health system leadership, external partners, and outside counsel.
Draft, review, and negotiate high‑impact agreements critical to DUHS’s clinical and strategic objectives.
Advise executive leadership on corporate governance, entity formation, nonprofit compliance, and organizational structuring.
Serve as a trusted legal advisor on healthcare regulatory and transactional issues and mentor other attorneys as needed.

Choose Duke.

Duke University is a world‑class institution committed to excellence in education, research, and patient care. The Office of Counsel plays a critical role in advancing these missions by delivering thoughtful, solutions‑oriented legal guidance across the university and health system.

Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke offers a vibrant and inclusive community with an exceptional quality of life. As part of Duke, you’ll join a values‑driven organization guided by respect, trust, inclusion, discovery, and excellence.

Duke offers a comprehensive and https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/ package, including health insurance, retirement programs with employer contributions, generous paid time off, and tuition assistance.

Screening of Applications: Screening continues until the position is filled.

Duke University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy‑related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Minimum Qualifications

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education

LLB or JD degree. Licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina or become licensed within 12 months of employment.

Experience

Must have at least 7 years experience as an attorney.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

N/A

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.