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About the Role
As Senior Counsel, Global Alliances Legal, you will shape and manage AbbVie’s most strategic external collaborations, focusing on partnerships in Aesthetics, Toxins, and Eye Care. This role demands strong leadership and strategic thinking, requiring collaboration with cross-functional teams and negotiation of complex agreements to ensure long-term value and support new partnership opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Global Alliances, asset strategy teams, disease strategy teams, and R&D leadership to align legal strategy with portfolio objectives and advance collaborative decision-making.
- Advise Global Alliances’ Aesthetics, Toxins and Eye Care teams on alliance, partnership, and collaboration matters.
- Interpret and analyze complex strategic agreements, including licenses and collaborations, and communicate clear legal advice.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of agreements, including licenses, collaboration agreements, and co-development and co-promotion agreements.
- Collaborate with the Transactions Legal team to evaluate, structure, and negotiate new collaborations.
- Support due diligence and integration planning.
- Advise clients and legal leadership to maximize pipeline potential.
- Serve as a go-to resource for senior management, business stakeholders, and fellow attorneys on innovative approaches in complex areas of law, business, and technology.
Requirements
- J.D. degree required and must meet the professional licensing requirements of the state in which you practice.
- Large firm experience at Am Law 100 firm or in-house big Pharma/Life Sciences experience, preferably at a pharmaceutical company.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating life science/pharma transactions, specifically global collaborations.
- 5+ years of relevant experience advising business clients and senior management on ongoing complex global collaborations.
- 5+ years of relevant experience advising business clients and senior management on the research and development of pharmaceuticals and/or aesthetics products.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of scientific, development, regulatory and commercial concepts in both early and late-stage development programs.
- Proven ability in working autonomously, taking initiative, and is driven by successful business outcomes.
- Demonstrates advanced legal-analysis and communication skills.
- Proven ability in making sound business judgment, and the ability to identify and quickly address critical legal and business issues.
Skills
- Leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Negotiation
- Legal analysis
- Communication skills
- Business judgment
Location
- Abbott Park, North Chicago, IL
- Irvine, CA
- South San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Onsite (at least 3 days per week)
Experience Level
- 5+ years of relevant experience
Education Level
- J.D. degree
- Scientific background (undergraduate or graduate education in the sciences) preferred
Salary/Compensations
- USD 160500 - USD 305000 - yearly
Benefits
- Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs
About the Company
- AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow.
- We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
Equal Opportunity
- AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.
- Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
- US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
- US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html