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Corporate Counsel - Commercial Transactions
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Are you ready to elevate your career to new heights? PHI Health is looking for dynamic, driven individuals to join our team. We are committed to providing top-tier emergency medical services with unmatched speed and efficiency, saving lives when every second counts. By supporting our mission from the ground, you will play a crucial role in orchestrating the seamless operations that keep our advanced fleet soaring and our patients safe.
As an Assistant General Counsel - Corporate, you'll collaborate with some of the best minds in the industry, driving initiatives that enhance our services and expand our reach to those who need it most. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive on challenges, PHI Health offers an extraordinary opportunity to impact lives and develop your professional career in a meaningful way.
Who We Are:
PHI Health is the leading air ambulance provider in the United States. With an unmatched safety record and the best aviation, medical and communication specialists in the field, we set the standard in the air medical industry. We transport more than 22,000 patients each year from our more than 80 bases across the country, all while offering services and outreach education to local communities and leading healthcare systems. Our mission is simple: move communities to health while maintaining the highest standard of safety, period.
Job Summary:
This position will play a key role in supporting the General Counsel in the management, oversight, and execution of enterprise-wide commercial contracting and transactional matters. The successful candidate will serve as a primary legal resource for a broad range of business units and corporate functions, partnering closely with internal stakeholders to facilitate business objectives while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risk.
The ideal candidate will possess substantial experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial agreements, together with strong business judgment, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.
This role offers meaningful exposure to healthcare, aviation, and energy industries, as well as domestic and international business operations. The position requires the ability to exercise independent legal judgment and discretion while providing practical, solution-oriented legal advice.
This position may also provide additional legal support and assistance on strategic initiatives and special projects at the direction of the General Counsel.
Responsibilities include:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including:
  
  • Corporate strategic transaction agreements
  • Air medical provider agreements
  • Offshore oil and gas transportation agreements
  • Customer and client agreements
  • Healthcare-related agreements and business associate agreements
  • Insurance network provider agreements
  • Aircraft leasing, purchase and sale agreements
  • Aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreements
  • Vendor and procurement agreements
  • Master services agreements
  • Professional services agreements
  • Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
  • Real estate leasing and facilities agreements
  • Software and technology agreements
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice regarding contractual rights, obligations, risks, and dispute resolution.
• Partner with business leaders and corporate functions, including operations, finance, procurement, information technology, compliance, human resources, revenue cycle, and executive leadership, to support business initiatives and transactions.
• Identify legal, operational, regulatory, and financial risks associated with proposed contracts and transactions and develop practical solutions to mitigate such risks.
• Support the negotiation, structuring, and implementation of strategic business transactions, partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions, divestitures, and other corporate initiatives.
• Assist with legal due diligence and transactional documentation related to mergers, acquisitions, financings, and other corporate transactions.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and standard processes designed to improve contract efficiency, consistency, and risk management.
• Advise business stakeholders regarding contract interpretation, performance issues, amendments, renewals, and termination rights.
• Support the resolution of contractual disputes and pre-litigation matters.
• Conduct legal research and provide guidance regarding applicable federal, state, and international laws affecting company operations and commercial transactions.
• Coordinate with and manage outside counsel as necessary.
• Assist with corporate governance, legal operations, compliance initiatives, policy development, and special projects as assigned by the General Counsel.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

The successful candidate will have:
This position is designated Safety Sensitive for purposes of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Five (5) to ten (10) years+ of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or a combination thereof.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts and business transactions.
• Strong legal writing, contract drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with operational and commercial objectives.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated maturity, professionalism, sound judgment, and executive presence.
• This position is designated Safety Sensitive for purposes of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting healthcare, aviation, energy, transportation, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with strategic commercial transactions, joint ventures, acquisitions, or corporate development initiatives.
• Experience working in an in-house legal department.
• Familiarity with privacy, data security, regulatory compliance, or healthcare contracting matters.

Schedule/Location:

• 5&2
• Tempe, Arizona, Fort Worth, Texas or Lafayette Louisiana

Compensation and Benefits:

• We offer a range of competitive pay and benefits package to keep our teams happy, healthy, and invested.

Our Core Competencies:

• Safe. We are absolute in our belief in the tenets of Destination Zero and that Zero is not only achievable, but the only acceptable outcome.
• Efficient. We are focused on outcomes that are smart and responsible by making the best use of our resources to maximize overall productivity and achieve sustainable profitability as a high performing organization.
• Quality. We are committed to ensuring excellent organizational performance which produces sustainable and reliable outcomes.
• Service. We are dedicated to the service of our customers, our communities and each other.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Drive & Energy - The ability to maintain a fast pace and continue to produce during exhausting circumstances.
• Functional & Technical Expertise - Allows the individual to add organizational value through unique expertise and serve as a resource to the organization within his/her area of expertise.
• High Standards - Sets the stage for continuous improvements, the adoption of best practices and ultimately influences organizational standards.
• Initiative - Takes a proactive approach and takes action without being prompted.
• Integrity - Acts ethically and honestly and applies those standards of behavior to daily work activities.

The PHI Health Advantage
For more than 40 years, our company has been providing critical air medical transport services across the country. As an organization, we outfit each aircraft we fly with the most advanced technology, subject our crews to the most rigorous protocols and training and pioneer the most-forward thinking safety program in the country.
Everything that we do comes back to the safety of our crew and our patients. Our accident rate is well below the national average and we were the first to receive the Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award. This belief has guided us towards a number of industry firsts and has given us the highest safety rating in the industry.
DISCLAIMER
The above Statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
PHI, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws