Our client is a premier, nationally recognized Pharmaceutical company looking to hire a Corporate Counsel.  The ideal candidate will provide legal support for domestic and internal clinical trials work and will report to the Associate General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary legal advisor point person for one or more internal business customers and/or products and provide comprehensive legal support to designated business customers/corporate functions, regarding all contracts, vendors, projects, advertising/promotion, training materials, program design, clinical study agreements or documentation for clinical trials, etc.
• Prepares and provides legal review of Company documents such as contracts and correspondence (e.g., to regulatory agencies) related to Company products and/or compounds, including providing legal guidance memos, both independently and for review, approval, and use by management and/or business customers. Independently negotiates contract language and other issues with third parties (vendors, etc.).
• Handle day to day legal work relating to generics and specialty divisions within Pharma as well as Finance, HR, IT, Sales & Marketing, R&D, commercial, REMS
• Draft, negotiate, in-house NDAs, MSAs, PSAs, HCP and non-HCP consulting agreements, IT Licensing, clinical research and REMS agreements
• Monitors current developments in several key legal areas, as assigned, and provides Legal Affairs Department colleagues and business customers, when requested, with updates regarding same

Qualifications:

• JD law degree
• 5+ years of experience as in-house counsel for Pharmaceutical company