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Greater San Diego Area

Associate Attorney | Qualcomm*
The successful candidate will focus primarily on commercial transactions in a technology-based environment – negotiating, drafting, and analyzing a wide variety of sales, technology, sourcing, and development agreements. Additionally, you'll advise our clients on process issues and oversee contract life cycle management. We are looking for candidates that are looking to grow in the role, are proactive, have extraordinary attention to detail, and show excellent judgement.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage processes for contract requests, approvals and signatures.
  • Draft and negotiate a wide variety of contracts
  • Assist in other general transactional matters as needed.

Vice President, Legal - Corporate & Securities | Halozyme*
The Vice President, Legal – Corporate & Securities leads our public company legal functions and supports high-impact corporate transactions. This executive-level role is responsible for overseeing SEC reporting and compliance, corporate governance, and legal aspects of strategic and financing transactions. This role brings deep expertise in securities law, public company operations, and debt and equity financing transactions in the life sciences field, along with strong leadership and intuition for business.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead corporate compliance with insider trading laws and Insider Trading Policy, as well as the preparation and filing of all SEC reports and disclosures, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, proxy statements, Section 16 filings, and registration statements
  • Advise executive leadership and the Board of Directors on securities law compliance, disclosure obligations, and corporate governance best practices
  • Support investor relations and finance teams on annual stockholder meetings, earnings releases, investor communications, and ESG disclosures; and support the human resources and stock administration teams in equity compensation matters, including drafting and interpreting equity compensation plans, equity compensation agreements and Rule 10b5-1 trading plans
  • Monitor evolving SEC regulations, Nasdaq listing standards, and corporate governance trends

Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology | Johnson & Johnson Services*
A Consumer Healthcare Products Company is currently seeking a Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology to join our Global Legal Organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Primarily support A Consumer Healthcare Products Company Innovative Medicine and more specifically, the oncology business.
  • Provide a full range of patent support functions, including preparing patent applications and prosecuting patent applications, performing freedom-to-operate analysis, rendering opinions, managing outside counsel, drafting and negotiating license and collaboration agreements, providing due diligence support for business development transactions and client counseling.
  • Develop and execute best-in-class patent strategies in an ever-evolving IP environment.
  • Regularly make presentations and engage with the business clients regarding intellectual property and related partnership and contractual matters.

Vice President of Legal Affairs- Corporate & Securities | Xponential Fitness*
The Vice President of Legal Affairs- Corporate & Securities will support the Chief Legal Officer in advising the Board of Directors and executive team on a wide range of legal matters, SEC/NYSE compliance and reporting requirements, finance and capital markets, M&A, real estate, transactions and corporate governance matters for a publicly traded company. This role monitors developments, including proposed legislation and court decisions related to these areas and evaluates their impact on the business.

Responsibilities:

  • Advise with respect to securities law compliance and SEC reporting, including quarterly reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, Section 16 compliance, annual proxy statement, and disclosure assessments.
  • Advise on finance and treasury-related matters, including capital markets and other financing transactions, related documentation and covenant compliance.
  • In collaboration with finance team, research and coordinate responses to due diligence requests.
  • Advise on corporate transactions, including M&A, and real estate when applicable.
  • Advise on corporate governance guidelines, insider trading policy, 10b5-1 trading policy, conflict of interest policy and other relevant corporate policies.

In-House Counsel | Gaines Investment Trust*
We are seeking a highly skilled and business-minded In-House Counsel to join our legal team at our corporate headquarters in La Jolla, CA. This position will serve as a key advisor to executive leadership and departmental teams, providing legal counsel across various matters, including real estate, corporate contracts, regulatory compliance, and landlord/tenant issues.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide legal advice and strategic guidance on a broad spectrum of issues affecting the business, including real estate operations, landlord/tenant law, employment matters, risk management, and regulatory compliance
  • Draft, negotiate, and review a wide range of contracts, with a particular emphasis on specialty vendor agreements related to construction, capital improvements, marketing, technology, and facilities operations
  • Advise internal stakeholders on legal risks and contractual obligations associated with vendor selection, performance, insurance requirements, indemnification, and dispute resolution
  • Collaborate with various departments—including Property Operations, Construction, Maintenance, Marketing, and IT—to ensure contracts align with GIT's risk tolerance and operational standards

Commercial Counsel (US Remote) | Motorola Solutions*
The Commercial Counsel is responsible for the preparation of Request for Proposal responses, the negotiation, interpretation and/or administration of contracts, subcontracts and licensing agreements; prepares contracts for review and ensures compliance with company policy as well as applicable laws/regulations. A key responsibility of the position will be to drive and implement robust risk management. This role develops negotiation strategies with internal business partners, evaluates risk exposure, and makes recommendations to business partners or legal counsel. The full time position may be remote.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review, edit, finalize and negotiate routine transactional agreements to meet business and legal requirements. Agreements include sales/supply and reseller/distribution agreements; end user license agreements, professional services agreements, hosting agreements, Software as a Service (SaaS) and subscription agreements, and statements of work (SOWs). May work on the following types of agreements: telecom agreements, maintenance agreements, consulting and advisory agreements, outsourcing, and other technology agreements.
  • Manage contract documentation/approval flows to ensure consistency with internal processes.
  • Assist with contract disputes, including understanding the issues, researching and providing guidance on solutions, drafting settlement agreements.

Senior IP Counsel | Natera*
The Senior Intellectual Property Counsel (IP) will play a critical role in supporting relevant business stakeholders and protecting the company's significant and ongoing investment in research and development in multiple areas, including bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, genetic testing and data processing. Additional responsibilities will include supporting technology and commercial transactions that promote the company's growth; developing a robust and sophisticated IP strategy with respect to current and new product offerings; mitigating IP risks associated with a competitive commercial environment; optimizing IP policies and infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide strategic IP advice to enable business objectives worldwide.
  • Capture new innovation and build A Global Leader in Providing DNA Testing patent portfolio, including through strategic patent drafting and prosecution.
  • Understand the competitive landscape and identify opportunities and mitigation threats, with particular focus on bioinformatics, AI, and machine learning in the health care space.

Senior Corporate Counsel (Transitional) | Quidel Ortho*
You will play a key part in supporting a wide range of transactional matters, focusing on complex agreements. You will be responsible for providing strategic legal support to R&D, Business Units, and Business Development teams on licensing, OEM, manufacturing, and other commercial transactions. You must be able to collaborate across cross-functional teams and deliver risk-informed legal guidance that supports innovation while ensuring compliance. You will also contribute to internal training initiatives, participate in legal and business project meetings, and support colleagues across legal, compliance, and privacy functions. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact and help the company properly structure its deals for successful development and commercialization.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide legal services related to supporting the Company's R&D, Business Unit, and Business Development efforts, including, but not limited to, contract drafting and negotiations; complex supply, licensing, and product development transactions; joint ventures and distribution agreements; acquisitions and divestures support; and other general legal support all within the medical diagnostic device and life sciences fields.
  • Demonstrate strong business acumen and ability to draft and negotiate various contracts, including development deals, collaborations, licensing agreements, and other complex transactional agreements.
  • Work on complex and abstract problems in which the analysis of legal business matters requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Identify and evaluate fundamental issues for major functional areas and the overall corporation.

Privacy Attorney | Sony Corporation*
This position will report to the Sr Counsel/Privacy Officer, Sony Group Corporation, Privacy Section and be a part of the team responsible for establishing and maintaining an enterprise vision, strategy and program to secure Sony's information assets, services, and the products that depend on them, thus, building trust with customers and stakeholders, and protecting the privacy of Sony's customers and employees.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide legal advice to the global Data Transformation (DX) teams on privacy matters regarding new and materially changed initiatives.
  • Initiates and conducts efforts aimed at promoting and ensuring compliance with global privacy rules and other privacy program requirements, with a focus on future technologies (including data transformation initiatives, such as cross-group affiliate data sharing and customer marketing, account consolidation/unified ID).
  • Consult and coordinate with Sony group legal departments (and outside counsel as needed) regarding local legal requirements, including regulatory filings for international data protection authorities and consultations with European Works Councils, in collaboration with Sr Counsel/Privacy Officer.
  • Works in partnership with appropriate teams to enhance governance, controls, and documentation, and address findings.
  • Maintains knowledge of applicable privacy laws, regulations, and standards, and monitors advancements in information privacy technologies.

Senior Legal Counsel, IP Transactions | Apple
As a member of Apple's in-house IP Transactions team, you will be working on complex SEP licensing matters. The ideal candidate will build on a strong foundation of SEP litigation and/or SEP licensing experience to become an expert in worldwide SEP licensing law and practice, and apply that expertise in high-stakes negotiations. You will need to thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires digging into patented technologies and related economics, collaborating across teams, planning, communicating, and executing complex negotiation strategies, and negotiating and drafting the terms of licensing and other IP-related agreements. You will help formulate and drive strategy and provide counsel to clients at all levels of management.


Sr. Counsel, Transactions | Avantus
Reporting to the General Counsel, this individual will play a key role in guiding projects from inception through financing and construction, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams. The ideal candidates brings a strong background in renewable energy development, particularly in utility-scale solar and storage, and combines legal acumen with sound business judgment.  

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and/or assist with legal support on a variety of development projects and supervise outside counsel as directed. This includes negotiating and advising on EPC and procurement agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs) LGIAs, and other interconnection-related documents, as well as matters involving FERC and CAISO.
  • Provide legal support project finance and M&A transactions, including joint ventures, tax equity structures, and other strategic partnerships.
  • Review, draft and negotiate transaction documents such as asset purchase agreements, project finance documents, and membership interest purchase agreements.

Associate General Counsel | SmithGroup
Working with us, you will:

  • Assist in developing corporate policies, procedures, and programs.
  • Review corporate transactions, such as contract and lease reviews/negotiations.
  • Consult with the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel to determine the merits of project and employment claims made against or on behalf of the company.
  • Participate in business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
  • Participate in legal aspects of the company’s financing, including assessing current and future business structures and legal entities.
  • Advise on best practices in corporate governance, understanding of compliance issues, and regulatory issues.

Principal Counsel, Employment | Exact Sciences
The Principal Counsel, Employment provides broad legal support to the Company as a member of our global employment and benefits legal team. This role is expected to (i) provide day-to-day legal guidance on U.S. employment law topics such as leaves of absence, discrimination, restrictive covenants, fair employment investigations, wage and hour, and reductions in force, (ii) provide U.S. legal support on global initiatives, policies, and procedures, and (iii) manage employment litigation. This position will report to the Associate General Counsel, Employment.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide stakeholders with an understanding of legal obligations and risks to allow stakeholders to make informed decisions.
  • Engage, direct, and supervise outside counsel in response to administrative charges, attorney demand letters, and general employment law questions.
  • Monitor employment law requirements and new developments actively, including identifying areas for legal focus.
  • Conduct and supervise investigations into allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on a protected characteristic or conduct.
  • Draft and/or review employment policies, agreements, and communications.

Compliance Officer, VP | Pimco
PIMCO is seeking a dynamic Compliance Officer to join its global compliance team within the Legal and Compliance Department. This role will support the U.S. Registered Funds program, which includes open-end funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), closed-end funds, business development companies (BDCs), and interval funds. The successful candidate will be based in one of PIMCO’s U.S. offices and will play a critical role in ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the development and implementation of the U.S. Registered Funds compliance program, collaborating with the Legal and Compliance Department to evaluate risks and adherence to policies and procedures by relevant business groups and service providers
  • Participate in the ongoing implementation and execution of the Fund’s risk assessment and testing program
  • Assist with the oversight of the Fund’s service providers by executing due diligence as determined by the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and members of the Legal and Compliance department

Commercial Counsel | Seismic
Join our growing legal team as a Commercial Counsel, where you'll play a critical role supporting a fast-paced, global SaaS organization. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams—Sales, Security, Finance, and GTM—to deliver high-quality legal guidance that enables smart business growth while maintaining regulatory and contractual compliance.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner closely with sales, security, finance, and other business teams on commercial, data use and data protection-related matters, emphasizing high-quality contracts and privacy adherence while delivering practical and business-minded advice.
  • Provide proactive legal support and be a trusted advisor to sales and go-to-market (GTM) teams, advising on negotiation strategy and aligning legal terms to long-term business needs.
  • Manage the drafting, negotiating, and maintenance of various commercial and technology-related agreements, including sales, vendors, partnerships, and data processing agreements.
  • Deliver targeted legal training to sales and GTM teams on compliance, processes, and negotiation strategies.

Commercial Contracts Counsel | Fate Therapeutics
Fate Therapeutics is seeking an experienced attorney with a strong background in life sciences to provide transactional legal support across the organization. This role will focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial agreements essential to the company's operations and product development. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams at all levels, offering strategic legal counsel to navigate business and legal risks effectively. A proactive, solutions-oriented approach and the ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly will be key to success in this position. 

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of contracts, including but not limited to non-disclosure agreements, clinical trial agreements, master service agreements, supply agreements, research collaboration agreements, licensing agreements, consulting agreements and other agreements of varying complexity.
  • Advise internal stakeholders on contractual rights and obligations, legal risks, and mitigation strategies.
  • Provide pragmatic, business-focused legal advice that balances risk with program urgency.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support timely execution of agreements and related documents.
  • Develop, maintain, and manage contract templates and playbooks to ensure consistency and compliance.

Chief Legal Officer Scripps
As a key member of the Corporate Executive Leadership Team, the CLO will advise the Board of Trustees and senior executives on a wide range of legal issues including regulatory compliance, governance, litigation, transactions, employment, privacy, risk management, and healthcare law. The CLO will lead a high-performing legal team and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and regulatory bodies. The ideal candidate will combine deep legal expertise with strong business acumen, sound judgment, and a values-driven approach consistent with Scripps Health’s mission of compassionate, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the chief legal advisor to the CEO, executive leadership, and the Board.
  • Direct and manage all legal affairs, including litigation, contracts, risk, compliance, and employment law.
  • Provide counsel on strategic transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations.
  • Lead and mentor the in-house legal team and coordinate with outside counsel.
  • Ensure organizational compliance with federal and state regulations affecting health systems.
  • Maintain and promote ethical standards, risk mitigation strategies, and a culture of accountability.

AI Legal Counsel | Qualcomm
This position will be focused on compliance work in connection with content moderation and SaaS platform support for artificial intelligence (AI) related platforms.  This position will include the management of policies and procedures in the furtherance of Qualcomm’s strategy of developer enablement.  This role will be inclusive of conducting inbound and outbound software reviews in support of hosted services and will encompass the identification of legal issues around various datasets and AI models. The successful candidate will work closely with software developers to understand how hosted third-party software, models and datasets may be effectively reviewed for content compliance and provide legal support to Qualcomm’s content moderation team.

Inclusive of this function, the candidate will also advise on how internally developed software should be integrated with an AI software development tool chain hosted on Qualcomm’s AI related platforms. In association with datasets and AI models, the candidate will analyze license terms, evaluate IP considerations, analyze terms of use, and review/advise on model/data cards.


Associate Director, Compliance Counsel | Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Reporting to the Director of Compliance, the Associate Director/Director/Compliance Counsel will have direct responsibility for and assist with driving, implementing, and continuously improving all elements of the A Biotechnology Company US Compliance Program. This role will focus on dedicated and strategic partnership with multiple client groups, including teams within A Biotechnology Company' Marketing, Patient Services, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and Commercial functions, providing advice on matters related to promotional and educational activities, engagements with healthcare providers and entities, and other applications of healthcare and regulatory compliance in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities:

  • Provides advice, guidance and counsel to commercial, medical and corporate teams on sales and marketing strategies, programs, policies, practices and initiatives with respect to compliance with relevant U.S. healthcare laws, guidance documents or opinions, and industry codes (FDCA, FDA guidance, fraud and abuse laws, anti-kickback statutes, federal and state transparency laws, OIG Advisory Opinions, PhRMA Code, etc.).
  • Assists with strategic projects designed to fulfill the needs of and enhance the effectiveness of the A Biotechnology Company Compliance Program and drives results-oriented process improvement.
  • Assists with internal compliance investigations, ensuring legal compliance and managing risk. Assist with escalations as needed. Enforces standards and ensures appropriate follow-up action.

Counsel/Senior Counsel (Hybrid) | NBC Universal Media
The Counsel or Sr. Counsel will serve as a news content and media lawyer to the News Group. The role is primarily dedicated to supporting the newsrooms of Telemundo Network and the Telemundo Station Group on Spanish-language content, with additional counseling for NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC.

Responsibilities:

  • Advise editorial leadership and journalists working across platforms including linear television, streaming, digital, social and audio, in support of daily news programming, commentary, investigative reports, documentaries, entertainment and lifestyle, true crime, financial journalism, and unscripted programming
  • Conduct pre-broadcast and pre-publication review
  • Advise on newsgathering and access issues
  • Counsel on copyright and other intellectual property matter

Topcon Healthcare
The Corporate Ventures Counsel (Associate General Counsel) will report to the General Counsel of the A Medical Equipment Manufacturing Company's Healthcare division (Topcon Healthcare Inc.) and will be the primary legal point of contact for the CVC team, helping drive efficient execution of investment opportunities while ensuring appropriate risk management.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the CVC team in identification and vetting of target companies for potential investment
  • Supervise early pre-due diligence processes with particular focus on confidentiality and IP protection
  • Draft and negotiate NDAs, term sheets, and letters of intent (LOIs) for potential investments
  • Prepare and review materials for executive and board level investment reviews
  • Select, manage, and coordinate with outside counsel on specialized aspects of transactions (IP, international legal matters, financial diligence, etc.)

Senior Product Counsel | Intuit
You will provide legal advice and counseling on a wide variety of matters, including data privacy and protection, product liability, IP and regulatory compliance. Many of these matters will relate to delivering delightful innovative customer experiences, and enabling our innovators to experiment and build awesome AI-powered experiences.


Associate General Counsel | Credit Karma
The Associate General Counsel will be a critical member of the legal department, responsible for providing legal advice and support across the company's payment and loan product lines. This role will involve a broad range of legal and regulatory matters, requiring a strong understanding of financial services law, consumer protection regulations, and the Fintech landscape. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem-solver with excellent communication and negotiation skills, capable of working independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert legal counsel and guidance to the company's business units on all aspects of its payment and loan products, from development and launch to ongoing operations and compliance.
  • Advise on federal and state laws and regulations applicable to payment processing (e.g., EFTA, NACHA rules, card network rules), lending (e.g., TILA, FCRA, ECOA), and consumer protection (e.g., UDAAP, TCPA, CAN-SPAM).
  • Develop, review, and update terms and conditions, disclosures, policies, and procedures related to payment and loan products to ensure compliance and mitigate legal risks.

Senior Product Counsel | Credit Karma
An American Multinational Personal Finance Company's Legal team is looking for an experienced Senior Product Counsel to join our Credit Karma Money Legal, Compliance, and Policy team as we work to power prosperity around the world. You will work closely with members across Intuit, playing a crucial role in building a full-scale financial platform to champion financial progress by helping our 140M+ members improve their credit, pay off debt and plan for the future. In this role, you will report directly to our Chief Legal Officer.

Responsibilities:

  • You will directly contribute to An American Multinational Personal Finance Company's mission of championing financial progress globally
  • You will engage in high-impact legal work that influences the financial well-being of over 140 million members
  • You will navigate challenging legal landscapes, providing an opportunity for significant professional growth and impact
  • You will work in a dynamic, collaborative environment that values innovation and problem-solving
  • You will be part of a supportive team that is passionate about financial empowerment and innovation

Associate General Counsel | Glidewell Laboratories
To advise/counsel the Company across multiple areas of business law related to an organization's legal rights and obligation, including but not limited to corporate law, tax, business litigation, compliance, employment/labor, corporate governance, and ethics.

  • Provides strategic guidance on legal issues, manages compliance and risk mitigation, reviews contracts, and manages other legal activities to protect the Company's interests, activities, and transactions.
  • Researches and interprets existing laws and regulations and anticipated changes to laws to guide informed decisions and reduce risk.
  • Represents the organization in litigation, negotiations, arbitration, and legal proceedings.
  • Manages all aspects of the litigation process including research, interviews, and investigation.

Assistant General Counsel, Product | Trust & Will
Lead Legal Strategy for the Advisor-Focused Estate Planning Platform

  • Own legal guidance for An In-House Firm's professional-use platform, supporting financial advisors, attorneys, and nonprofit advocates
  • Ensure product functionality is aligned with estate planning laws in all U.S. jurisdictions, and designed for appropriate third-party facilitation
  • Shape platform features, workflows, and document generation logic through an estate planning lens
  • Define the appropriate scope and guardrails for professional users creating or facilitating legal documents on behalf of clients

Patent Agent (Hybrid) | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
The Patent Agent is responsible for participating in the development and execution of global patent strategies and managing day-to-day patent activities to support multiple discovery and clinical development programs.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify inventions and capture commercially valuable IP in collaboration with discovery and development groups.
  • Draft and prosecute high-quality patent applications covering inventions that are strategically aligned with the Company's business objectives.
  • Work and interact with external collaborators and partners to implement global patent strategies.
  • Conduct freedom-to-operate searches and analyses.
  • Review proposed publications and assess potential impact on the Company's IP portfolio.
  • Assist with oppositions, post-grant challenges, IP due diligence, licensing, IP disputes, and regulatory filings.
  • Manage iEdison database updates.

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 units

Director, Associate General Counsel - Corporate & Securities | ARS Pharmaceuticals
The Director, Associate General Counsel - Corporate is a key member of the Legal Team who assists the Chief Legal Officer in all aspects of managing the Company's legal affairs. The role requires significant interaction with senior leadership, providing advice on a variety of legal issues, and providing solutions to advance business imperatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Advises on a broad range of securities laws and corporate governance matters.
  • Assists in the preparation and review of securities filings (annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, registration statements and Section 16 filings).
  • Assists in the administration of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, Nasdaq regulations, SEC regulations (e.g., insider trading, and Reg. FD) and other regulations applicable to public companies.
  • Assists in preparing Board of Directors and committee meeting materials covering topics such as financial reviews, corporate governance and strategic transactions.

Corporate General Counsel | MG Properties
MG Properties, a private real estate investment and management company, seeks an experienced corporate attorney to lead a new legal department, managing diverse legal tasks across the company. This role requires a deep understanding of California real estate law.

Responsibilities:

  • While not the lead for transaction related work, provide legal guidance as needed for unique situations related to acquisitions, dispositions, leases, and financing. May perform title/survey review, abstract retail leases, review loan docs.
  • Track Securities legislation and ensure compliance of offerings. Advice on changes to offerings.
  • Manage risk department and coordinate litigation, dispute resolution, and insurance matters. Includes real estate, and operational disputes.

Risk Manager & In-House Litigation Counsel | Southwest Value Partners
Under the guidance of the General Counsel, the Risk Manager & In-House Litigation Counsel is responsible for managing the company's insurance, risk management, and litigation functions across corporate, asset, and construction-related operations. This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, managing claims and renewals, and supporting loss prevention initiatives, all while working to mitigate litigation risk. The role involves close collaboration with insurance brokers, outside counsel, and internal stakeholders to support the company's overall risk management strategy.

Responsibilities:

  • Procure and manage insurance policies across corporate, asset, and development portfolios, including underwriting, renewing, and auditing policies in coordination with brokers and insurance counsel.
  • Maintain the insurance renewal calendar and oversee premium allocations and broker commissions.
  • Oversee claims management processes, including incident tracking, adjuster coordination, and quarterly claims review meetings, while managing outside claims advocacy counsel.
  • Conduct contract compliance audits related to loans, leases, and other agreements, and process requests for Certificates of Insurance (COIs).
  • Manage vendor certificate compliance, including the review and approval of waiver requests.

Senior Counsel, Corporate & Business Development | Bristol Myers Squibb
This position will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice, guidance and support for Corporate Development (i.e., mergers and acquisitions), Business Development (i.e., licensing and collaborations) and Alliance Management.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead drafting and negotiations, structuring and counseling on transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, strategic equity investments, strategic divestitures, global licenses, collaborations and partnerships and other transactions).
  • Identify and resolve critical legal issues and identify and help resolve critical business issues arising from transactions.
  • Oversee and manage the legal due diligence process.
  • Partner with Corporate Development and Business Development clients to ensure strategic alignment in all transactions, escalating matters as appropriate with the judgment to understand when escalation is necessary.

Assistant General Counsel - IP | Neurocrine Biosciences
Uses cross-functional knowledge and highly-developed working relationships to develop a thorough understanding of the company's business, its technologies, products, customers, collaborators and competitors to provide strategic guidance to internal clients and teams to facilitate the business and intellectual property objectives of the Company. Oversees and directs the patent and/or intellectual property function within an organization, including outside counsel, internal patent agents and patent attorneys as appropriate. Responsibilities may include overseeing the preparation, filing, prosecution and enforcement of: patent applications, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, licensing and research agreements, publications and intellectual property aspects of contracts and agreements. Advises and informs senior management of patent prosecution matters. Ensures that legal issues and recommendations are communicated to clients. Selects, develops, manages and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop high level intellectual property strategy, identification of inventions, and management of patent drafting and prosecution relating to small molecule drugs
  • Provide legal advice to assigned business partners on a broad range of topics involving intellectual property
  • Identifying opportunities for expanding the Company's Intellectual property position and collaborating with members of various discovery, development and business groups within the Company

Counsel, Product & Advanced Technologies (Remote) | Cepheid
As Counsel, Complex Transactions you will partner across all levels of clinical, medical affairs, marketing, finance, business development, business operations, and sales teams on negotiating, drafting, and reviewing a broad range of agreements. This position is part of the An American Molecular Diagnostics Company Legal Department and will be remote.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with data transformation, product and commercial teams on complex legal matters relating to software and hardware development and collaborate with business and subject-matter experts for recommendations on compliant paths forward.
  • Draft and negotiate a wide range of complex legal contracts (including data sharing agreements, collaboration and AI agreements, and customer and vendor agreements) to drive new initiatives with research partners and enterprise customers.
  • Partner with and provide salient legal advice to technology, product and commercial teams to develop and launch innovative data and digital products and solutions.

Attorney, Legal Counsel | Qualcomm
Responsible for providing advice and services on transactional legal matters, utilizing knowledge of law, legal principles, common practice, and policies related to one's practice area and in support of QCT's business units and strategies. Maintains awareness of legal risks and compliance standards. Analyzes potential business offers/proposals and drafts, negotiates, and reviews agreements and policies to support legal and BU needs. Collaborates across departments and organizations to gather information and develop legal solutions and strategy in support of the business needs.

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.
  • Reviews legal and policy information from a variety of sources in order to troubleshoot complex or novel legal issues and provides solutions.

Legal Counsel - Private Wealth (Hybrid) | Stepstone Group
We are seeking a Private Wealth Legal Counsel with 2-4 years of experience to join our in-house legal team at a leading private markets asset manager. This role will support legal matters related to the firm's US registered funds including closed-end funds and BDCs.  

Responsibilities:

  • Manage day to day questions relating to registered investment companies
  • Prepare materials for quarterly board meetings for the registered fund directors
  • Work with the business development team to draft and negotiate distribution agreements
  • Work with the investment teams to structure deals to comply with 1940 Act restrictions
  • Build out and manage the RIC compliance program

Estate Planner/Fiduciary Counsel | Bessemer Trust
Review clients' estate planning and trust documents and advise Client Advisors and clients' lawyers and other outside advisors on content and technical matters, suggesting changes if appropriate.

  • Identify potential trust and estate and related tax issues for clients and Client Advisors and serve as a resource for clients and clients' attorneys and other advisors.
  • Prepare memos or letters for clients with recommendations to accompany estate plan overviews, incorporating (where appropriate) flow charts, projections and other summaries.
  • Serve as technical resource for estate planning and transfer tax issues and ideas.

Associate Counsel | Geico Insurance
An American Auto Insurance Company is looking to hire an Associate Counsel to defend lawsuits filed in California courts and other first party insurance defense. The position is with An American Auto Insurance Company Staff Counsel located in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Francisco. 

Responsibilities:

  • Researching laws and preparing legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
  • Rendering opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
  • Preparing and handling pleadings, motions, and discovery, to include depositions/examinations before trial and examinations under oath, and defending by trial or dispositive hearing, all matters assigned, as applicable

Corporate Counsel & Compliance | Bumble Bee Foods
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the company adheres to applicable laws and regulations while working as a strategic partner to support business goals. You will work closely with the General Counsel to manage compliance initiatives, review, draft, and negotiate contracts, and assist on a variety of legal issues impacting the company’s operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and update the company’s corporate compliance program, including leading an assessment of the company’s third-party compliance systems to ensure adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies
  • Maintain and update compliance policies and procedures to mitigate legal risks and maintain regulatory compliance.
  • Lead internal investigations related to compliance violations, ethics concerns, employment matters or other legal risks, proposing remedial actions, as necessary.
 

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Senior Director, Corporate & Regulatory Counsel | Edwards Lifesciences
The Senior Director, Corporate & Regulatory Counsel role is a blend of subject matter legal expert and strong business acumen. The Senior Director, Corporate & Regulatory Counsel will have responsibility to counsel and guide the TAVR business unit and serve in an advisory role for management both in the legal department and across all A Heart Valves Manufacturer & Hemodynamic Monitoring Medical Technology Company . Providing exceptional legal guidance on the Company and TAVR business's commercial, regulatory, clinical and quality legal issues, this role will also be an integral member of the TAVR team and the Legal Department's Regulatory Practice Group with strategic legal oversight of various cross-functional regional programs. The position will be in the A He art Valves Manufacturer & Hemodynamic Monitoring Medical Technology Company Headquarters, in Irvine CA and reporting to Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, TAVR General Counsel.

The successful candidate will deploy a deep knowledge of the company's business and collaborate with senior leaders to facilitate the business objectives of A Heart Valves Manufacturer & Hemodynamic Monitoring Medical Technology Company by providing practical, timely and effective legal counsel, while minimizing potential legal risks. This role requires deep knowledge of global medical device-industry, including the regulatory landscape, authorities and frameworks, including FDA. The role will provide high-quality guidance and support to A Heart Valves Manufacturer & Hemodynamic Monitoring Medical Technology Company ' leaders on medical device commercial, clinical, regulatory, quality and reimbursement related legal matters, including ongoing support of various aspects of advertising and promotion, product development, and post-commercialization issues.


Senior Patent Counsel, Electrophysiology | Johnson & Johnson Services
This Senior Patent Counsel role will support J&J MedTech's Electrophysiology business in Irvine, California, and will play a crucial role in driving innovation and protecting intellectual property across a range of emerging and established Electrophysiology platforms, including J&J's cardiac ultrasound imaging platforms (e.g., the SOUNDSTAR® and NUVISION™ 2D and 4D intracardiac echocardiography catheters); delivery systems, including sheaths, guides, and transseptal access devices; and structural heart devices, including the left atrial appendage LAA) closure device and delivery system.

The attorney will work closely with multiple R&D teams and business leaders located at J&J MedTech's Irvine headquarters and at the Laminar site in Santa Rosa. The role will also require coordinating support efforts with R&D and team members in Israel, who provide IP legal support for systems, software, and other capital equipment associated with related Electrophysiology platforms. The role will also have responsibility for mentoring/training an on-site patent liaison as they develop capabilities in the areas of competitive intelligence; patent marking; invention disclosure mining; and patent portfolio pruning. The attorney will also collaborate with Global Strategic Marketing to ensure that IP protection strategies align with product marketing plans and to stay apprised of business's strategic direction and emerging competitive technologies. Finally, the role will also be responsible for identifying IP assets for potential enforcement and protecting J&J MedTech's interests in this increasingly competitive area.


Senior Counsel | Walmart
Join Walmart's dynamic legal team as a Senior Counsel and play a pivotal role in shaping the company's legal strategies. This is a unique opportunity to provide expert legal advice on privacy issues and compliance, influencing key business decisions while ensuring robust data governance and regulatory adherence.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert counsel on privacy issues related to retail sales and e-commerce.
  • Develop and manage internal compliance policies and practices for data governance.
  • Monitor and update external privacy policies to align with business practices.
  • Conduct and manage internal assessments of privacy controls.
  • Coordinate external assessments with business stakeholders and partners.

General Counsel | Karman Space and Defense
Without the strength of our team, we would not be able to offer the industry-leading service we’re known for. Karman Space & Defense is seeking a highly experienced and strategic General Counsel to lead our legal department and provide expert legal advice to senior management and the Board of Directors. The General Counsel will be responsible for overseeing all legal aspects of the company, ensuring legal compliance, minimizing risk, and facilitating business strategy. This individual will play a critical role in the company's continued growth and success.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert and strategic legal advice to the CEO, senior management, and Board of Directors on a wide range of legal matters, including corporate governance, commercial contracts, intellectual property, employment law, regulatory compliance, litigation, and M&A activities.
  • Develop and lead the company's legal strategy to promote and protect the company's interests.
  • Anticipate and identify legal issues and risks, and develop proactive solutions and strategies to mitigate them.
  • Advise on the legal implications of business decisions and strategies.

General Counsel | Better Debt Solutions
As the General Counsel at Better Debt Solutions, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring legal compliance and providing strategic counsel to the executive leadership team. You will oversee all legal matters affecting the company, representing our legal interests, and providing strong corporate governance.  

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, including internal and vendor agreements.
  • Provide counsel on legal compliance and advise leadership on laws, regulations, and legal risks.
  • Oversee corporate governance and all legal matters company-wide.
  • Represent the company’s legal interests before regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, and other entities.
  • Collaborate with executives on joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, and financing.

Senior Counsel, Transactions | Abbvie
The Senior Counsel, Transactions, will be an integral part of a team of attorneys advising An American Publicly Traded Biopharmaceutical Company's Business Development and Acquisitions team, along with other key corporate functions.
The attorney will draft and negotiate key transaction agreements, including mergers, acquisitions, licenses and collaborations and options to license and acquire, provide clear legal advice on these matters, and anticipate and address issues promptly with a cross-functional client base.

Responsibilities:

  • Have extensive experience with managing M&A and pharmaceutical licensing and collaboration/joint venture transactions.
  • Keep abreast of changes in laws that affect pharmaceutical licensing, and M&A transactions, including antitrust/competition, and other corporate and IP matters.
  • Be capable of regularly negotiating highly individualized and sophisticated agreements independently with third parties on matters of strategic importance that affect a substantial portion of An American Publicly Traded Biopharmaceutical Company's business or are areas of significant importance to management.

Associate General Counsel, Transactions | Abbvie
The Associate General Counsel, Transactions, will be an integral part of a team of attorneys advising An American Publicly Traded Biopharmaceutical Company Business Development and Acquisitions team, along with other key corporate functions.

Among other responsibilities, the attorney will draft and negotiate key transaction agreements, including mergers, acquisitions, licenses and collaborations and options to license and acquire, provide clear legal advice on these matters, and anticipate and address issues promptly with a cross-functional client base.

Responsibilities:

  • Have extensive experience with managing M&A and pharmaceutical licensing and collaboration/joint venture transactions.
  • Keep abreast of changes in laws that affect pharmaceutical licensing, and M&A transactions, including antitrust/competition, and other corporate and IP matters.
  • Be capable of regularly negotiating highly individualized and sophisticated agreements independently with third parties on matters of strategic importance that affect a substantial portion of An American Publicly Traded Biopharmaceutical Company business or are areas of significant importance to management.

Patent Counsel (Hybrid) | Canon USA
This position is full time and offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to be in the office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and an option to work from home the remainder of the week (unless a specific business need arises requiring in office attendance on other days). Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Review, prepare, and file patent applications
  • Provide strategies, and respond to Actions from the US Patent Office
  • Review invention disclosures and conduct and/or review patentability searches
  • Review 3rd party patents as needed
  • Participate in IP litigation matters as needed
  • Review work of junior IP Division members as needed
  • Train junior IP Division members as needed

Corporate Counsel | Twitch Interactive
You will be an important legal advisor to A Worlds Leading Live Streaming Platform Company teams on all phases of the product development life cycle, with a particular focus on privacy, security, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Tackle these topics and others that arise out of the operation and growth of a global User Generated Content (UGC) service. Your work will include not just advising on products, but also devising policies and compliance measures, working with lawmakers and regulators, and partnering with teams throughout the company on mitigating legal risk, using business sense to develop thoughtful strategies to meet business goals while assessing mitigating legal risk.  

Responsibilities:

  • Advise on the application of a range of laws and regulations, with a focus on privacy, data security, AI/ML, and advertising / ad technology.
  • Review products, features, and initiatives to provide advice consistent with A Worlds Leading Live Streaming Platform Company legal obligations globally.
  • Support product and advertising growth while balancing user and policy considerations.
  • Draft and manage the implementation of consumer disclosures, FAQs, terms of use, and privacy notices.

Senior Privacy Counsel | Vizio
This Senior Privacy Counsel will report to A Consumer Electronics Company Deputy General Counsel, collaborate with other attorneys in A Consumer Electronics Company Legal department, and help continue to support and improve the Company's privacy program as it matures and develops new services and offerings for platform partners and users. This is great opportunity to join a fast-growing team that handles cutting-edge legal issues for the business.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide counseling to stakeholders on legal requirements and best practices for privacy issues relating to retail sales and e-commerce, including but not limited to mobile app privacy, customer loyalty programs, online marketing, TCPA, CAN-SPAM, cookie compliance, geolocation, health-related advertising, financial data privacy, and children's privacy,
  • Develop, manage, and improve internal compliance policies and practices relating to data governance.
  • Monitor and update external privacy policies and disclosures to align with business practices and regulatory requirements.
  • Assist in conducting and managing internal assessments of the Company's privacy controls.