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Intellectual Property Counsel | Hologic*
Hologic is seeking Intellectual Property (IP) Counsel to support its fast-paced Diagnostic Solutions Division. IP Counsel will be responsible for advising internal business and legal partners, as well as managing outside counsel on a wide range of intellectual property issues involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. This position is a fully onsite role based in San Diego, California and will report to Senior Intellectual Property Counsel for the Diagnostic Solutions Division.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage a strategic global intellectual portfolio (including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets) in support of Hologic’s business objectives
- Draft and prosecute patent applications in the biological and chemical arts
- Conduct competitive intelligence, landscape searches, patentability reviews, and freedom-to-operate analyses relating to R&D activities and product releases
- Assist with M&A due diligence, including contract reviews, portfolio assessments, and freedom-to-operate analyses
Vice President, International Transactions & Global Compliance | Vuori, Inc.*
Vuori is seeking an experienced counsel to be the Vice President, Associate General Counsel, International Transactions & Global Compliance, to act as the primary legal advisor to our international division and the primary legal advisor and administrator around our compliance programs to develop cohesion and consistency across all business functions and international markets. Certain compliance programs will fall within this person’s leadership while others fall within the responsibility of other team members and in such case the role of this position will be principally advisory and project management.
VP and Deputy General Counsel | GIA*
The Deputy General Counsel is a key member of the legal leadership team, providing senior level counsel to the General Counsel, executive management and the Board of Governors. This global role spans a wide range of responsibilities, including labor and employment law, oversight of litigation, intellectual property, transactional work such as mergers and acquisitions, data privacy, and regulatory compliance, including trade controls, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws. The Deputy General Counsel also advises on matters related to education and education compliance, including student protection, licensing, accreditation, and the fair resolution of student complaints and grievances. In addition, the role provides oversight on global health and safety, supporting compliance with workplace and student safety regulations. In all areas, this position safeguards the Institute’s nonprofit status, manages legal risk, and supports global operations across all locations, ensuring consistency, accountability, and adherence to applicable laws and regulations, in alignment with the Institute’s mission and core values.
Assistant General Counsel - Tribal Legal | Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
The Assistant General Counsel will work in the Sycuan Legal Department under the direct supervision of the General Counsel for the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. In coordination with the General Counsel, the Assistant General Counsel will provide legal services, representation, and counsel on matters affecting the Tribal Government and its enterprises, and advise and support the Tribal Government and Casino departments.
Responsibilities:
- Provides timely, practical, and effective legal services, under the direction of the General Counsel, to Tribal officers, directors, employees, government departments, and business enterprises.
- Researches and analyzes complex legal issues, prepares written analyses, and advises the Tribal Council on policies, codes, ordinances, and actions requiring legal review.
- Protects and advances the Tribe’s sovereignty, jurisdiction, and governmental authority.
- Provides legal consultation and guidance to officers, directors, management, and staff on a wide range of issues including contracts, torts, real property, environmental, land use, gaming, child welfare, taxation, code drafting, tribal court development, intellectual property, employment, litigation, and cultural heritage protection.
Corporate Counsel | YMCA of San Diego County
The Corporate Counsel is responsible for leading corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives. The Corporate Counsel provides senior management with effective advice on company strategies and their implementation, manages the legal function, and obtains and oversees the work of outside counsel. The Corporate Counsel is directly involved in customer contract review, real estate contract review, and complex business transactions.
Responsibilities:
- Works in key areas of the business, assist with reviewing/drafting/amending a range of commercial/business contracts (customers, suppliers and services providers)
- Perform legal research and provide general support to organization to various departments, such as but not limited to HR related matters, customer contract interpretation/implementation, inter-company agreements, corporate matters
- Draft a variety of legal documents, as needed by the Organization
- Review new business relationships with vendors and subcontractors
Chief Compliance Officer, Retirement & Private Wealth | HUB International
The Chief Compliance Officer for Retirement and Private Wealth will be responsible for assisting the Global/Executive Chief Compliance and Risk Officer in implementing, updating, and maintaining SEC investment advisor and/or FINRA compliance policies and procedures. This means assisting in enhancing and developing SEC compliance programs and infrastructure. This includes conducting mandatory SEC annual risk assessments and establishing and enforcing the Code of Ethics. A key initiative is identifying, recommending and implementing compliance and operational SEC efficiencies to enhance the day-to-day SEC compliance program.
Responsibilities:
- Aid in the administration and follow up of the firm’s Code of Ethics and other policies and procedures designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws such as the SEC Investment Adviser Act of 1940;
- Assist in conducting ongoing compliance reviews, internal investigations and surveillance to evaluate and test for compliance with applicable SEC rules, regulations, and internal policies;
- Recommend workable action plans for identifying and correcting material compliance weaknesses;
- Keep up to date with new regulatory requirements and ensure communication of best practices/new rules to appropriate staff within the Firm.
Director, Legal (Regulatory and Quality Counsel) | Illumina
The Director, Legal (Regulatory and Quality Counsel) will serve as a senior legal advisor within Illumina’s global legal regulatory practice, providing high-level legal support on complex regulatory matters impacting medical device, diagnostics, and RUO (Research Use Only) product lifecycle. This position plays a critical role in enabling business objectives while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulatory frameworks, including the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), FDA medical device regulations, the European Union In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) and other similar regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Provide expert legal guidance on U.S. and international medical device regulations applicable to Illumina’s research, diagnostic, and life sciences businesses.
- Serve as the lead legal advisor to Regulatory Affairs and Quality on product development, commercialization, post-market regulatory obligations, and global submissions.
- Analyze evolving global regulatory requirements and assess their impact on product strategy, labeling, promotional materials, and market access.
- Acts as a key partner and legal advisor to Sales and Marketing teams across all business units.
- Develop and execute legal strategy for major regulatory initiatives, ensuring alignment with internal stakeholders and global regulators.
Corporate Counsel | Robert Half
We are looking for a skilled Corporate Counsel to join our team. In this long-term contract role, you will lead strategic legal initiatives, provide guidance on company strategies, and oversee the legal function. This position involves working closely with senior management, handling complex business transactions, and managing customer and real estate contracts.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and amend a variety of commercial and business contracts, including those related to customers, suppliers, and service providers.• Conduct legal research and offer support across various departments, including HR matters, contract interpretation, and corporate agreements.
- Manage multiple legal projects and address diverse topics simultaneously.• Provide expertise in California labor and employment law to ensure compliance.• Prepare and review legal documents to support organizational needs.
- Evaluate and establish new business relationships with vendors and subcontractors.
- Promote legal awareness within the organization through proactive initiatives.• Analyze and resolve complex legal challenges effectively.
- Collaborate on multiple legal issues and projects across client organizations.
Counsel, Taxation (remote) | Avantus
We Are Seeking an Experienced Taxation Attorney to Provide Legal Management and Guidance to Avantus' Utility-Scale Solar and Storage Projects. the Successful Candidate Will Have Significant Expertise in Federal Tax Credit Qualification, the Inflation Reduction Act, the One Big Beautiful Bill, Project Structuring, and Commercial Contract Review for Large-Scale Solar and Storage Projects. Additional Experience in Tax Equity Financing, Tax Credit Transfers, and Other Renewable Energy Financing Arrangements Is Essential.
Responsibilities:
- Provide Strategic Guidance and Cross Functional Support on Project Development Matters, Including Tax Credit Qualification, Entity Structuring, Tax Risk Mitigation, and Monetization Strategies.
- Analyze and Advise on Federal Tax Credit Eligibility, Including Itc, Ptc, Transferability, Prevailing Wage/apprenticeship Requirements, Domestic Content and Other Issues.
- Draft, Review, and Negotiate a Wide Range of Project and Financing Documents, Including Purchase Price Agreements, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Financing Documents, Epc/o&m Agreements, and Financing and Tax Equity Documentation.
Corporate Counsel | Scripps Health
Scripps Health, a premier health care system serving San Diego County, is seeking an experienced medical litigation attorney to join our team as Corporate Counsel. Our Legal Department offers a collegial, rewarding, and intellectually challenging environment where attorneys can grow and make a meaningful impact.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for managing claims of professional negligence and professional Board inquiries for Scripps Health Medical Foundation Medical Groups.
- Provide legal analysis related to clinical and regulatory matters.
- Work with risk management on all matters, including evaluation of risk reduction strategies.
- Work with system-wide departments in providing legal analysis and guidance as needed
- Participate in establishing and ensuring achievement of the organizations strategic objectives and lead strategic planning for assigned areas.
In-House Attorney | General Atomics
We are seeking a versatile attorney to join our Law Department located in the prestigious La Jolla/Torrey Pines technology corridor. The generalist legal role will provide comprehensive support to the General Counsel, addressing a diverse range of corporate, dispute resolution, and compliance matters. Key responsibilities include conducting thorough review and drafting of domestic and international contracts, analyzing and mitigating potential legal risks in contractual documents, providing strategic counsel on contract negotiations, and supporting complex corporate and transactional legal matters.
Responsibilities:
- Provides legal advice and service concerning rights, obligations, and privileges of the corporation including intellectual property matters.
- Prepares, reviews and negotiates a variety of contractual documents and corporate governance documents including licenses, purchases, sales, real estate, employment, insurance, mergers, acquisitions and related matters and remains current on legislative issues, statutes, decisions, laws, regulations and ordinances.
- Examines various documents and data and provides counsel to all levels of management on best courses of action.
Associate Counsel - Litigation / Employment Contract | San Diego Gas & Electric
Under the direction of SDG&E's Litigation attorney team, carry out investigations, preparation of pleadings, motions, discovery, mediation and trial preparation for multiple legal cases, including legal research and writing assignments as required. Note, this position is a limited-term contract with an initial 1½ year period and optional 1-year extension.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts legal research on assigned points of procedural and substantive law.
- Prepares preliminary drafts or briefs, arguments, contracts, affidavits, and various legal documents as directed; maintains related document files and legal correspondence.
- Conducts studies, interview witnesses, and prepare witnesses to testify.
- When accepted as a member of the California Bar, represent the Company before courts, commissioners, boards, hearing officers, and public agencies under the guidance and supervision of an experienced attorney.
Senior Attorney, Legal | Illumina
The Senior Attorney, Legal (Regulatory and Quality Counsel) will provide specialized legal support within Illumina's global regulatory legal practice, advising on regulatory and quality matters affecting the full lifecycle of Illumina's medical device, diagnostics, and research use only (RUO) products.
This role partners closely with Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Medical Affairs, Global Compliance, and Commercial functions to deliver clear, business-focused legal advice that ensures compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulatory requirements. The Senior Attorney will play a key role in interpreting and applying complex regulatory frameworks to support product development, labeling, marketing, and post-market activities in a dynamic, highly matrixed global organization.
Responsibilities:
- Provide legal guidance on U.S. and international medical device, diagnostic, and life science regulatory requirements, including the FDCA, FDA regulations, and the EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).
- Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Quality to support product submissions, market access strategies, and post-market regulatory obligations.
- Review and advise on product labeling, promotional materials, and communications to ensure regulatory compliance and mitigate risk.
- Support inspection readiness and regulatory audits, including responses to inquiries from the FDA and other global regulatory authorities.
Senior Compliance Counsel | Neurocrine Biosciences
The Sr. Compliance Counsel is responsible for broad compliance consultation and for recommending continuous solutions while executing and leading a team of compliance professionals who execute the Neurocrine Compliance and Ethics program to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Provide clear and sound compliance advice to key stakeholders, executive management and employees at Neurocrine, consistent with applicable laws, regulations and Neurocrine policies
- Leads team of compliance professionals and ensures team executes on predetermined goals, provides coaching and mentoring, fosters Neurocrine's culture and uses company programs and policies to attract and retain the best talent.
- Act as advisor and provide compliance input and expertise into business decisions, including development of solutions-orientated risk mitigation strategies
- Provide proactive risk assessments regarding the compliance/ethics program and provide recommendations for updates/changes to the program or business operations as needed
Employment Attorney | Qualcomm
Provide employment law advice and counseling on a wide array of issues, including, equal employment opportunity (discrimination, harassment, etc.); affirmative action; disability accommodation; employment terminations; employee discipline and counseling; leaves of absence; and wage & hour. Create and review HR policies and procedures. Handle administrative employment claims and manage outside counsel defending employment litigation. Conduct training for management and employees on relevant employment law issues. Provide employment related advice for acquisitions. Handle international employment law matters. Maintains awareness of legal risks and compliance standards. Serves as a resource on legal matters and collaborates across departments and organizations to gather information and develop legal solutions and strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Applies highly advanced knowledge of law, legal principles, and common practice to develop legal solutions and address legal issues.
- Implements legal strategy, and seeks out, understands, and applies best practices to support corporate objectives.
- Drafts, negotiates, and reviews complex documents (e.g., guidelines, agreements, and/or policies).
- Independently provides advice and support on moderately complex legal matters. Serves as a legal resource within a department.
- Applies advanced knowledge of legal risks, policies, and compliance requirements to support a business or technology area.
Corporate Counsel | Netradyne
Under the supervision of the Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, the Corporate Counsel will play a critical role partnering with the sales and business teams in addressing their legal needs. The Corporate Counsel reviews and negotiates contracts and provides counsel to sales team members and managers to address legal questions and needs of mixed scope and complexity.
Responsibilities:
- Review and negotiate commercial contract terms – both large and small – zealously. But have the ability to also understand where compromise is appropriate.
- Meet demands and deadlines under regular pressure.
- Flexible and able to manage multiple varying demands simultaneously.
- Have a deep understanding of the interplay among different parts of a contract; litigation experience in this regard is a plus.
- Awareness of and ability to advise on legal issues across the company (“issue spotting”), e.g., operations and invoicing, privacy, limitations of liability, intellectual property, indemnity, dispute resolution, insurance, force majeure, import/export issues. Experience in employment law is a plus.
Director, Privacy Legal Counsel (Hybrid) | Crinetics
Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, this role is critical in ensuring compliance with United States and international privacy regulations, standards, and industry best practices. The Director will be Crinetics' privacy subject-matter expert, advising on privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and data governance initiatives across R&D, clinical development, IT, HR, and commercial operations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive global privacy and data protection program, including policies, standards, procedures, and controls that align with U.S. and international regulations and industry best practices.
- Serve as the company's primary advisor and subject-matter expert on privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and data-use ethics across all business functions, including clinical development, research, pharmacovigilance, HR, IT, and commercial operations.
- Provide practical, timely, and strategic legal advice on privacy and data-security issues impacting research, development, and commercialization activities, balancing risk mitigation with operational efficiency.
- Counsel on privacy and data-protection considerations throughout the clinical-trial lifecycle, including informed consent, pseudonymization and de-identification, secondary data use, and cross-border data transfers involving CROs, investigators, vendors, and regulators.
Associate Counsel | Alliant Insurance Services
Under the supervision of the Assistant General Counsels, the Associate Counsel will be responsible for advising Alliant corporate departments and business groups on a broad spectrum of legal matters and for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a diverse range of contracts and other forms, in addition to other general corporate and compliance matters.
Responsibilities:
- Reviews, drafts, negotiates, and advises on a wide range of contracts, including employment agreements, equity documents, independent contractor agreements, vendor agreements, client agreements, collaborative agreements, and confidentiality agreements;
- Partners with multi-functional transactional teams, including corporate and business development, accounting, sales, and human resources, on company policy, process, and procedure development and legal compliance;
- Assists internal and external legal counsel with providing guidance on legal matters, and anticipates, mitigates, and advises on any potential legal problems across corporate groups, client engagements, and third party relationships;
In-House Legal Counsel | SANDAG
Working in close collaboration with members of the Executive Office, and employees throughout the organization, the Office of General Counsel has a reputation for providing outstanding legal advice and partnering on projects and initiatives that contribute to the overall success of the agency. SANDAG functions in a complex environment and the Legal team is known for being innovative and proactive in facilitating decisions that support achievement of the agencys goals.
Responsibilities:
• Assumes full responsibility and leadership for a team of employees in the Office of General Counsel.
• Articulates goals for the Office of General Counsel and leads staff to accomplish agency priorities.
• Manages the responsibilities of the Office of General Counsel, including providing direction, coaching and feedback, selecting personnel, overseeing and evaluating the work of legal staff, and preparation of a budget.
Senior Discovery Counsel | Apple
As a member of Apple's privilege team, you will personally be supporting and delivering on established privilege strategy, both from a legal risk perspective and a technical one. You'll be working with a number of cross-functional teams and stakeholders across Apple. The position requires a high degree of self-sufficiency, independent judgment and an operational-focused approach. Travel is possible. You will operate as part of a supportive and fun team of lawyers, legal specialists and support staff who work closely together to protect Apple's interests.
Senior Commercial Counsel - Workforce Solutions Products | Intuit
The successful applicant will directly interact with our senior leaders, collaborate with our business partners, and leverage and improve processes to enable fast decisions, bring recommendations to life, and change the trajectory of our business. The role is broad in scope, providing end to end commercial legal support including regulatory product compliance, collaborating on marketing collateral and go to market partnerships and strategies, drafting and negotiating partnership agreements, and advising on privacy and data processing issues. This role is hybrid with on-site expectations of 3 days per week.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and address commercial, operational, compliance, regulatory, security, legal, and other issues.
- Responsible for independently drafting and negotiating partnership and related agreements that enable us to offer our customers the services they need and advise product teams on the implementation of those experiences.
- Directly advise business partners on product strategy and experiences.
Associate General Counsel, Real Estate | Ryan Companies
The Associate General Counsel (AGC) - Real Estate will collaborate with business leaders throughout the company to provide practical solutions to legal issues and risk management discussions. They will understand and contribute to the structuring, origination, and securitization of commercial real estate transactions. The AGC will also oversee environmental practice, ensuring internal staff and external consultants conform to Ryan's environmental program and regulatory requirements. They will advise on legal aspects of the real estate project financing, along with current and future business structures including formation of legal entities.
Responsibilities:
- Assist real estate attorneys, paralegals and staff members in the review and preparation of documents, reports and correspondence.
- Anticipate and understand emerging talent needs and ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time to support future growth.
- Assess internal and external talent against emerging talent needs, and develop and motivate direct reports through feedback, stretch assignments, and other development resources or support.
- Create meaningful evaluation and recognition strategies across the team.
Senior Counsel (remote) | Leica Biosystems
The Senior Counsel enables LBS' global business strategy by serving as the lead legal advisor ("mini-GC") for two or more of the company's business units and related support functions. This role delivers legal guidance across a broad range of complex issues in a dynamic, multinational environment, with a focus on driving business transformation and innovation.
Responsibilities:
- Enable your business units' strategy and operations by providing practical, solution-oriented approaches to a broad range of complex legal issues and risks, then writing and negotiating agreements addressing those issues and risks.
- Be a leader and person of influence at the company, serving as one of the legal and compliance team's primary contacts globally; directly partner with and advise leaders of your assigned business units on their most significant strategic and operational challenges.
- Serve as a legal subject matter expert and strategic advisor on cross-functional projects with associates from all parts of the business, often operating outside of your comfort zone, helping to organize and lead teams to solve complex business problems and effect strategic transactions.
- Partner with specialist attorneys and other professionals, including external counsel, on IP, employment, regulatory, compliance, M&A, joint venture/strategic partnership, and other matters.
Associate General Counsel | Kaizen Stackup
Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you’ll be a key business partner across the company, providing practical legal advice, driving compliance initiatives, and ensuring that we move fast while staying grounded in ethics and integrity. This is an opportunity to do meaningful work at the intersection of science, law, and business—where your impact will be felt across patients, employees, and the broader healthcare community.
Responsibilities:
- Keep Us Compliant: Navigate the complex biotech regulatory landscape and ensure we’re ahead of the curve on evolving laws.
- Strengthen Our Culture of Integrity: Develop and deliver engaging training on compliance topics—from our Code of Conduct to anti-bribery and anti-kickback rules—while continuously refining company policies.
- Be a Deal-Maker: Draft, review, and negotiate critical agreements (clinical trial, licensing, manufacturing, research collaborations, vendor, and more).
- Enable Commercial Success: Partner with the commercial team to review promotional materials, advertising, and other go-to-market initiatives.
Senior Counsel, Small Molecule-Innovation Law | Bristol Myers Squibb
The patent practitioner will support clients across multiple functional areas to provide strategic counsel to key stakeholders across the enterprise. Responsibilities will primarily include internal preparation and prosecution of patents, as well as playing a pivotal role in managing multiple programs, advising on freedom to operate, business development diligences, and cross-functional client counseling. The patent practitioner will work closely with clients in various functions in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment and will collaborate with other in-house and outside attorneys providing high-level legal support to accomplish BMS objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and prosecute patent applications, including drafting, filing, and managing responses to office actions on a global level.
- Provide comprehensive program counseling to various functional areas, ensuring alignment with BMS's strategic objectives.
- Develop and implement advanced IP strategies to protect BMS's innovations and support business goals.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration efforts working closely with R&D, regulatory, commercial, and other departments to achieve project milestones.
VP, Associate General Counsel - Brokerage Advice | LPL Financial
LPL Financial seeks an experienced attorney to join its corporate legal advice team as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Brokerage. This VP will report to a Senior Vice President responsible for providing strategic legal advice to various business units. This team focuses primarily on the needs of LPL's broker-dealer business but also provides support to the investment advisory business as well. This position entails advising LPL's (1) Business Development Unit; (2) Corporate Transaction and M&A team; and (3) various affiliation models and brokerage and custodial platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day legal support for LPL's financial services business, including providing legal analysis and advice with respect to applicable rules, regulations and legal risk relating to the brokerage and investment advisory business.
- Work with a senior attorney on internal merger and acquisition projects, development and maintenance of LPL's brokerage and custodial platforms for advisors, and business development initiatives. This may include engaging with FINRA, including its MAPS team to help with CMA.
Associate General Counsel | Axos Bank
The Associate General Counsel provides legal expertise and strategic guidance to support the organization’s operations and compliance efforts. This role involves advising on corporate governance, regulatory matters, contracts, and risk management while ensuring adherence to applicable laws and policies. Working closely with internal teams and external counsel, the Associate General Counsel plays a key role in mitigating legal risks and facilitating business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, with a primary focus on mergers & acquisitions, securitizations, and commercial real estate transactions
- Develop and maintain standardized form contracts for routine business activities
- Identify and mitigate legal risks to protect the Bank’s interests
- Ensure adherence to the Bank’s legal policies and maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Provide timely, practical, and solution-oriented legal support to all Bank business unit
