Legal Counsel (Healthcare)

• Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day legal advice and support to the Head of Legal, management, and operational units including clinics, hospitals, laboratories, and support teams on routine and moderately complex matters.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of contracts, including medical services agreements, procurement and supply contracts, laboratory agreements, consultant and physician contracts, equipment and maintenance agreements, NDAs, leases, and IT/software agreements.

• Support compliance with applicable laws, regulations, licence conditions, and internal policies relevant to healthcare, laboratory, and related operations.

• Assist with licensing, accreditation, certifications, permits, renewals, and regulatory filings for clinics, hospitals, laboratories, and related services.

• Support governance processes by preparing and reviewing internal approvals, resolutions, minutes, powers of attorney, and other corporate documents under the guidance of the Head of Legal.

• Assist with employment and medical staff matters, including contracts, HR documentation, disciplinary processes, conflict of interest issues, and terminations.

• Support patient-related legal matters, including review of patient documents, complaints, consent forms, service terms, access to medical records, and routine billing disputes.

• Assist in handling disputes, claims, and investigations, including document collection, legal correspondence, case summaries, and coordination with external counsel.

• Identify legal and compliance risks in contracts, projects, and operations, suggest mitigation measures, and escalate sensitive matters when needed.

• Draft, review, and update legal templates, internal procedures, consent forms, confidentiality documents, and selected policies.

• Support matters related to personal data, medical records, confidentiality, and data-sharing, including coordination on data protection and incident response.

• Review procurement, tender, and vendor documents, ensuring appropriate contractual protections, service levels, and compliance requirements.

• Provide legal support on day-to-day operational matters affecting clinics, hospitals, and laboratories, including vendor issues, outsourced services, and internal escalations.

• Support local and cross-border partnerships, service arrangements, cooperation agreements, and other commercial or operational projects.

• Assist with coordination and communication with external legal advisers on assigned matters.

• Support legal awareness activities and provide basic guidance to staff on contracts, compliance, and internal policies.

• Prepare legal summaries, contract updates, internal reports, and maintain proper legal records and document management.

• Requirements:

Education:

Bachelor of Laws from one of Uzbek law schools

Master of Laws from internationally recognised university, obtained through on-campus study abroad

• 4–6 years of relevant legal experience, preferably in corporate law, commercial law, contract law, labour law, regulatory compliance, licensing, and dispute support.

• Prior experience in the healthcare, life sciences, medical, pharmaceutical, laboratory, or other regulated sector is preferred.

• Proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and providing legal support to operational or business functions.

• Experience in advising on employment matters, compliance, internal policies, governance documentation, and day-to-day legal matters will be an advantage.

• Experience in supporting claims, disputes, investigations, regulatory matters.

• Experience working with clinics, hospitals, laboratories, diagnostic centres, or healthcare groups will be an advantage.

Hard Skills

• Strong contract drafting, review, and negotiation skills.

• Good understanding of corporate, commercial, labour, regulatory, and healthcare-related legal matters.

• Ability to identify legal risks and propose practical and commercially sound solutions.

• Experience in preparing legal memoranda, policies, internal guidelines, resolutions, formal correspondence, and reports.

• Ability to manage multiple legal matters simultaneously and maintain accurate legal documentation.

• Strong legal research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Good understanding of confidentiality, data protection, and records management in regulated environments.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to explain legal issues in a clear, practical, and business-friendly manner.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in drafting and reviewing documents.

• Good organisational and time-management skills.

• Ability to work independently on assigned matters while escalating complex or sensitive issues appropriately.

• Sound professional judgment and problem-solving ability.

• Ability to build effective working relationships with management, operational teams, medical staff, laboratory staff, and administrative functions.

• High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.

• Proactive, responsible, and able to work in a fast-paced and regulated environment.

Language skills:

• Fluent in Uzbek, English, and Russian, both written and spoken.

• Knowledge of Turkish and German would be an advantage.

• Work conditions:

• Work schedule: 5/7, from 9:00 to 18:00.
• Atmosphere: Friendly and energetic team of young professionals.
• Support: Professional support of the existing team.
• Employment: Official with a probationary period.
• Salary: To be discussed based on the successful outcome of the interview.
• Vacation: Annual paid leave of 28 working days;
• Benefits: Discussed individually.
• Workplace: Modern campus.