Senior Counsel - Corporate Law
Orchard LLC

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Senior Counsel

Princeton, NJ, USA with Hybrid work terms

Are you looking to parlay your legal training and experience into a role reporting directly to the General Counsel of a growing pharmaceutical firm?
Do you want to be exposed to a wide breadth of corporate law activities, including contracts, privacy-law, employment, and M&A?
Can you represent the firm with the utmost professionalism, in matters related to legal issue resolution, contracts and negotiations?
Are you looking for that unique opportunity that can ready you to become a General Counsel in the foreseeable future?
Are you ready to put in the hours, learn what you do not know, seek guidance when you need help, and collaborate with a small, but talented legal and compliance team, all while representing the best interests of the firm?

If the answer is "yes" to these questions, we would like to hear from you.

@Orchard is proud to provide dedicated recruiting support to a fast-growing bio-pharmaceutical firm, with a sole focus on Oncology research and development. Our client has a need for an exceptional Senior Counsel to work directly with the firm's General Counsel on a wide array of legal matters. As the Senior Counsel, you will be responsible for supporting the U.S. and European business in legal matters, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements for the clinical and commercial business units and other types of corporate transactions as well as privacy compliance and handling of European expansion.

Our client is the US-based subsidiary of a global pharmaceutical powerhouse that works urgently to discover and develop innovative cancer treatments. As cancer evolves, our client evolves with it-bringing novel technology to cornerstone chemotherapies, while at the same time optimizing new targeted agents. Advanced technology, dedicated investigators, and incomparable facilities-these vast resources empower them to redefine the way the world treats cancer.

As the Senior Counsel, your responsibilities will likely include:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clinical (CTAs) and commercial contracts, including, licensing, co-development, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing, supply, distribution, and other types of agreements, and driving to execution.
• Providing counsel on a variety of legal issues to a broad spectrum of business units and functional areas, including business development, supply and sourcing, research & development, IT, HR, and sales and marketing both in the US and Europe.
• Providing counsel on Data Privacy and Data Protection matters.
• Providing counsel on pharmaceutical sales and marketing practices as well as the statutes, regulations, and guidance documents applicable to these activities (e.g., the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, regulations, and guidance documents, federal and state anti-kickback statutes, regulations, and OIG guidance documents and opinions, PhRMA Code, and related policies and guidelines).
• Providing counsel in Delaware and/or New York corporation law, particularly in connection with corporate governance.
• Representing the firm's interests as it grows its European operations and demonstrating the ability to work with European counsel and external partners/stakeholders.
• Managing multiple tasks through with exceptional organizational skills, coupled with the ability to proactively engage the resources and stakeholders necessary for success.
• Representing the firm in meetings domestically and possibly internationally up to Board-level, the Senior Counsel must demonstrate exceptional professionalism and poise, coupled with a comfort level when presenting complex legal information to leadership in a manner that is comprehensible.

Your background will include:

• A Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited US Law School
• Licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey, with NJ Bar admission.
• At least 5 years of legal experience including time spent working within a law firm as a practicing lawyer in the corporate law arena.
• Prior experience supporting a global company is required (in-house or within a law firm corporate department), while specific exposure to work within the EU legal framework would be preferred.
• Prior experience with the unique legal challenges associated with the pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industries is strongly preferred.
• Ready and able to work in the Princeton headquarters office at least 3 days per week and travel as needed is required.
• Willingness to participate in calls/meetings outside of traditional business hours, as needed, to accommodate international partners.

If your experience and interests align with this role, and you want to align your career with a stable and growing firm with an excellent pipeline of products within Oncology. Please apply.

Established in 2010, @Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atorchard.com.
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