Position: Associate

PQE: 1 - 5 years

Team: Product Regulatory and Life Sciences

Position Type: Permanent

The Firm

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is a leading Irish law firm based in Dublin with offices in San Francisco, New York and London. We are a business law firm with extensive knowledge and experience in the following sectors: Energy; Technology; Financial Services, Built Environment and Healthcare & Life Sciences. We also have deep expertise on the intersection of technology and healthcare law and are one of the few advisors in Ireland with this experience.

The role
This is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to work in a specialist area in a top tier law firm and to join the only standalone products team in Ireland - working with some of the world's leading companies. We are seeking an ambitious Associate to join our highly regarded Products Teams. The successful candidate will work with clients on the application of domestic and EU regulatory regimes throughout the lifecycles of their products. We have unique multi-jurisdictional experience in high value product liability litigation, with particular expertise in the healthcare industry.

Candidate requirements

1 - 5 years post qualification experience advising on EU and Irish life sciences regulatory law, EU and Irish product regulatory law and/or EU and Irish healthcare regulatory law – contentious and non-contentious;
Experience in product liability litigation, particularly life sciences product liability defence, will be a distinct advantage;
Experience in EU and Irish medical device, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and/or food regulatory advisory work will be a distinct advantage;
Candidates with a demonstrable interest in the above, along with EU and Irish regulatory law experience in fields such as competition, financial regulation or data privacy, will be considered.

Responsibilities include

Advising pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers on all regulatory aspects of their digital health and software medical device portfolios.
Providing EU regulatory advice to developers of innovative digital health solutions seeking to launch their products on the EU market.
Advising medical device and food and beverage clients on regulatory investigations.
Representing clients in regulatory enforcement actions, civil claims and criminal proceedings.
Managing complex product liability litigation, both at group and multi party level in a national and global context.

Why MHC?

Excellent remuneration and benefits package; pension, healthcare & bonus.
Enviable client base and strong career progression opportunities.
Friendly and informal working atmosphere.
Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
Friendly, open and informal working atmosphere.
Focus on employee involvement, wellbeing and success.
Social events, clubs and initiatives (Green Team, Working on Wellness, subsidised fitness classes, MHC RISE, Diversity, Sports & Social and Art Committee).
MHC knowledge and education programme to facilitate major development as a lawyer.

Associate - Product Regulatory & Liability / Life Sciences

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