Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Transactions
$256,073–$336,097 year
HybridBridgewater, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of complex strategic transactions and agreements, with a particular focus on business development and licensing transactions that advance the company's strategic objectives and priorities. Serve as the primary Legal point of contact and subject matter expert for questions, obligations, issues, disputes, and other contractual arrangements relating to Legend's collaboration with Janssen, including the company's BCMA program and related collaboration and license agreement matters. Lead the company's U.S. and EU contracting function, including directly supervising, mentoring, and developing three direct reports while overseeing the contracting process, policies, templates, playbooks, and contract lifecycle management systems. Support the General Counsel on corporate governance, securities, Board and committee matters, subsidiary management, intercompany arrangements, and other corporate projects. Maintain books and records for the company's U.S. and EU subsidiaries and work closely with tax, accounting, and other stakeholders on subsidiary governance and related intercompany agreements.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant legal experience
- substantial experience drafting, reviewing, revising and negotiating complex strategic transactions
- focus on business development and licensing transactions in the life sciences industry
- Strong understanding of life sciences collaborations, licensing arrangements and other strategic transactions
- ability to advise on ongoing contractual obligations and relationship-management issues
- Demonstrated record of providing strategic, practical legal advice to senior leadership, the Board and other stakeholders within R&D, Business Development, Clinical, Medical, Commercial, Operations and Finance functions
- Experience in the life sciences industry
- ideally with a global publicly traded company
- Demonstrated experience leading a contracting function or legal operations process
- including supervising, mentoring and developing direct reports
- J.D. degree from an accredited U.S. law school
- high academic achievement
- Licensed to practice law in one or more U.S. states
- either admission to the New Jersey Bar or eligibility for in-house qualification in New Jersey
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
- employment eligibility will be verified through E-Verify
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment applicable to a global life sciences company
- including the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
- the False Claims Act (and similar state laws)
- the Anti-Kickback Statute (and similar state laws)
- and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (and similar anti-bribery laws)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- proficiency with digital contract lifecycle management tools
- Clear and practical communication style
- Team player with collaborative mindset
- willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills
- ability to manage multiple matters
- Ability to prioritize work to meet changing needs
- Strong ability to influence and present complex information to senior leaders
- Demonstrated success in proactively and independently driving transactions and processes
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