Health Care Public Finance | Senior Lawyer (8+ years)

Job Description

We are a global law firm with a powerful strategic focus and real momentum. Our industry-focused strategy is seeing us take on pioneering work in places that others have yet to reach. Our shared values define our culture and our workplace. You will find us to be unusually collegial, team-oriented, and ready to innovate. We work seamlessly across practices, offices and around the world. This elimination of boundaries has allowed us to evolve into a law firm that works as hard for its culture as it does for its clients.

Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a highly experienced transactional attorney (Senior Associate or Senior Counsel level) with at least eight years of relevant experience to join our nationally recognized Public Finance practice, with a focus on health care finance. Our team is trusted by nonprofit health systems, senior living operators, and governmental entities to lead complex and innovative financings.  

This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile tax-exempt and taxable transactions, including short-term interest rate products, M&A-related refinancings, swap portfolio restructurings, and large-scale economic development initiatives. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with senior practitioners, thrive in a collaborative environment, and benefit from our firm’s strong platform, flexible work arrangements, and commitment to long-term career development. 

Key Requirements: 

• Minimum 8 years of legal experience, with significant exposure to public finance, health care finance, or related transactional work. 

• Strong working knowledge of tax-exempt financing structures, credit instruments, and capital markets transactions. 

• Experience with nonprofit health care systems, senior living facilities, and governmental issuers is highly preferred. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Serve as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel, underwriter’s counsel, or bank counsel in connection with tax-exempt and taxable financings for nonprofit and public health care entities. 

• Support public finance transactions for senior living facilities and other health-related nonprofit and for-profit entities. 

• Draft, review, and negotiate key financing documents, including disclosure documents, trust indentures, loan agreements, and swap documentation. 

• Assist in the structuring and execution of financings connected to health care system M&A activity and debt portfolio restructurings. 

• Contribute to public-private partnership and municipal economic development financings, including negotiation of incentive packages and coordination with public sector stakeholders. 

• Manage deal teams and coordinate due diligence and closing processes for complex financings. 

Location: Open to U.S. offices 

Compensation: Employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with skill and experience. The full-time base annual salary for this position is expected to range between $300,000 - $425,000. This range represents the firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for the position. Bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed and are dependent upon individual and firm performance. 

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family. Benefit packages include access to three medical plans, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts. Norton Rose Fulbright