Special AST University Counsel

Summary

The position of Special Assistant University Counsel is a legal service role within the UF Office of the Vice President and General Counsel Contracts Unit. This position provides legal services related to transactions, including the structuring, review, negotiation and drafting of all contracts required in the operation of the colleges, centers and institutes of the UF Gainesville and Jacksonville Health Science Centers, and the Health Science Centers colleges’ practice plans and a number of other private entities affiliated with UF and supporting the faculty or activities of the HSCs. The Contracts Counsel reports directly to the Senior University Counsel for Health Affairs and Contracts Unit Director, and functionally, on day-to-day matters, to the Associate University Counsel for Health Affairs and Contracts Unit Deputy Director. This position will interact frequently with other lawyers in the Office of the General Counsel.

Examples of Work

Job functions are specific duties that would be included in the essential functions of the job description. These functions are not all-inclusive nor do they cover the full extent of the duties performed.

• Reviews, drafts, and negotiates wide variety of agreements, such as professional services agreements, consulting and training agreements, educational and training affiliation agreements, student/intern/resident rotation agreements, sale and purchase agreements, real property leases and licenses, software licenses, financial support agreements, memoranda of understanding between UF Health Science Center (HSC) units and other UF business units, non-disclosure agreements, and HIPAA business associate agreements.
• Provides strategic advice and contract interpretation, guidance and risk assessment on contract matters to the deans, colleges, centers and institutes of the HSCs.
• Coordinates review and approval of contract drafts by appropriate administrators.
• Assists in the creation of a database of form contracts and uniform terms and other quality-, efficiency- and service oriented measures.
• Works with other colleagues to ensure that subject matter experts (e.g., employment counsel, tax counsel, intellectual property counsel, research compliance experts, corporate and governance experts, etc.) are appropriately consulted and made part of the contract review and development process, as necessary.
• Negotiates, drafts and reviews contracts for the HSCs, the Contracts Counsel to provide professional legal guidance in a broad range of areas, including, but not limited to, fraud and abuse; HSC operations and policy; business, academic and professional transactions; and federal and state health care legal and regulatory requirements.
• Protects UF’s and its HSCs’ business and contractual rights and positions; and structure, negotiate and document contracts and other matters of a transactional nature assigned to this position for the HSC and affiliated organizations.

Education and Experience

Law degree (L.L.B or J D.)

Licensure and Certification

Must be a member of the Florida Bar or become a member within twelve months of employment.

Supervision

This position does not typically include supervisory responsibility.

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