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Senior Counsel - Litigation (Hybrid) | SDG&E*
Experienced California-licensed, litigation attorney with proven trial and arbitration experience to handle heavy and complex utility litigation portfolio involving tort, real property, and business disputes in state, federal and arbitration venues. Proven ability to develop, coordinate, lead and administer the provision of complex legal services for an assigned Business Unit, under the direction of the Assistant General Counsel, Litigation.
Responsibilities:
- Development of case strategy to obtain optimal outcome.
- Oversee (but not manage) a team consisting of paralegals and other attorneys in the assigned cases.
- Provide pre-litigation advice and counseling to the various Business Units as needed.
- Coordinate, implement and monitor legal services to a specified Business Unit to facilitate and achieve Business Unit objectives.
- Provide legal services of a highly complex and/or sensitive nature to the Business Unit or other client groups as assigned.
- Interact with the Business Unit executives and upper management of other client groups.
Associate General Counsel | General Dynamics*
Provides legal advice and representation to the Company. Manages complex litigation, investigations, and regulatory compliance issues. Supervises outside counsel on a regular basis. Reports to Vice President and General Counsel. Acts independently in scheduling activities and work, subject to requests of the General Counsel. Will interact with all functions in the Company.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee the resolution of company litigation matters, investigations and administrative matters.
- Advise and interact directly with middle and senior management.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with all departments of the Company to identify and mitigate risk.
- Draft legal briefs, contracts, leases, settlement documents.
- Negotiate with third parties regarding agreements, settlements and regulatory compliance.
- Represents the Company in legal actions and before public bodies.
Corporate Counsel, Contracts (Remote) | Tandem Diabetes Care*
The Corporate Counsel, Contracts, reports to the Sr. Corporate Counsel, Contracts, and is responsible for providing legal support for the Company's global contracts and commercial affairs. The Corporate Counsel, Contracts, is also responsible for drafting, negotiating, and interpreting a broad range of company agreements and plays a key role in the development, management, and continuous improvement of the Company's contract administration procedures.
- Provides legal and business advice, drafting, and negotiation expertise for a broad range of commercial and operational agreements, including non-disclosure, development, software, SaaS, services, consulting, marketing, material transfer, supply, and manufacturing.
- Works directly with and advises key decision-makers in contract negotiations and other business arrangements, including identifying and proposing solutions to key business issues and managing risk.
- Proactively identifies related business and legal risks and collaborates cross-functionally to offer risk mitigation strategies and creative solutions.
- Provides input in the development, and helps implement and administer, process improvements and systems for administration of key Legal department responsibilities.
Patent Agent | Bristol Myers Squibb*
The patent agent will work closely with the chemistry department and wider R&D team managing day to day patent activities.
Responsibilities:
- Draft clear, concise, and comprehensive invention disclosures based on interviews, technical data, and your scientific understanding.
- Prepare high-quality provisional and non-provisional patent applications that meet USPTO requirements, accurately capturing the invention and its potential claims.
- Put together experimental details and characterization data for inclusion in provisional applications compiled from both internal and CRO chemistry.
- Conduct initial patentability assessments to identify potentially patentable aspects of inventions.
- Assist with drafting patentability, freedom to operate (FTO), and landscape analyses.
- Stay up-to-date on relevant patent laws and regulations, particularly those related to provisional patent applications and radionuclide conjugates.
IP Litigation Counsel | Divx LLC
The IP Litigation Counsel role provides legal support to A Software Company's technology licensing and compliance teams to ensure A Software Company technology licensees meet their contractual obligations and to protect A Software Company's licensing ecosystem. This collaborative position spans multiple business units and provides a unique opportunity to direct legal strategy within A Software Company's compliance group, as well as participating in broader legal strategy initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Provide legal support for all aspects of DivX's technology licensing business.
- Support the Licensing Compliance Director in license compliance and enforcement, including pre-litigation dispute resolution efforts, ensuring licensee cooperation during the audit process, and in other breach of contract matters.
- Manage pending licensing enforcement disputes, including both domestic and foreign pre-litigation, litigation, mediation and arbitration.
- Work closely with outside counsel in formulating strategy, drafting pleadings, briefs, and managing discovery.
Senior Commercial Counsel (Hybrid) | Nexxen International
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Commercial Counsel to join our legal team on the West Coast. As a Commercial Counsel, you will play a pivotal role in providing legal support for our company's global operations, including across the Midwest, West Coast, and APAC regions. The successful candidate will be a business-savvy lawyer with a deep understanding of the ad tech industry, capable of operating independently and contributing to the growth of our business through strategic legal guidance.
Responsibilities:
- Legal Review and Contract Drafting: Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of vendor and commercial agreements, including but not limited to master service agreements, service and insertion order (IO) agreements, and Influencer contracts. Provide clear, concise, and strategic legal advice to internal stakeholders while ensuring alignment with the company's risk profile and business objectives.
- Business Partnership: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Business Development, Product Management, and Finance, to understand the commercial aspects of deals and provide timely legal support. Serve as a trusted advisor to business teams, balancing legal considerations with practical business needs.
Counsel II, Health Plan & Care Delivery | Kaiser Permanente
Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
Senior Counsel - Remote | Danaher
The Senior Counsel will join an inclusive, service-oriented, globally dispersed legal and compliance team of approximately twenty attorneys, legal assistants and other professionals, supporting Leica Biosystems-Mammotome’s $1.5+ billion global business. The Senior Counsel also will support matters for other Danaher operating companies in the Diagnostic/IVD and Life Sciences markets. This is a broad and often complex role spanning multiple legal disciplines and operating in a global environment. This role works directly with associates at all levels of the business, from individual contributors to senior leadership, in many different functional areas.
Responsibilities:
- Be a person of influence at the company, serving as one of the legal and compliance team’s primary contacts globally.
- Provide practical, solution-oriented approaches to a broad range of complex legal issues and risks, and then write and negotiate agreements addressing those issues and risks.
- Partner with specialist attorneys and other professionals on IP, employment, regulatory, compliance, M&A, joint venture/strategic partnership, and other matters.
- Manage disputes, including litigations.
Compliance Counsel | Neurocrine Biosciences
Responsible for compliance consultation, recommending solutions for and executing the Neurocrine Compliance and Ethics program to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts compliance investigations regarding allegations of potential violations of law, company policy and/or ethical standards, prepares recommendations based on results of the investigations and implements corrective actions
- Provides clear and sound compliance advice to stakeholders, management and employees at Neurocrine, consistent with applicable laws, regulations and Neurocrine policies
- Proactively conducts field and desk monitoring to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and Neurocrine policies
- Provides proactive risk assessments regarding the compliance/ethics program and provides recommendations for updates/changes to the program or business operations as needed
Corporate Counsel, Contracts (Remote) | Guild Mortgage
The Corporate Counsel, Contracts plays an important role in the organization by overseeing the management and administration of the full lifecycle of contracts in compliance with legal requirements, company policies, and industry regulations. This role is primarily responsible, under limited supervision, for maintaining a contract management system and managing the negotiation, execution, performance, modification, renewal and termination of various company contracts. The Corporate Counsel, Contracts will build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to drive continuous improvement across all aspects of the end-to-end contract process. This role requires a strong background in contract management and legal practice, offering comprehensive oversight and advice to mitigate risks and enhance the performance of contracts.
Responsibilities:
- Manage contract lifecycle from initiation to execution and renewal.
- Maintain a contract management system for tracking contract status, obligations and renewals.
- Draft, evaluate, and negotiate various contracts with third party vendors including, but not limited to, vendor and service agreements, marketing agreements, NDAs, and SOWs, under the supervision of senior attorneys.
- Maintain records, through the assistance of department paralegals, for executed and in process contracts.
Counsel, Trademarks, Advertising & Commercial | Callaway
The Counsel position provides strategic legal advice to the business and various organizational departments and functions. This role involves overseeing trademarks, advertising, and various commercial matters, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and mitigating legal risks. The Counsel collaborates closely with the other members of the legal team to align legal strategies with the company's objectives and provides assistance to leadership on corporate commercial matters, including, but not limited to, contracts, licensing agreements and assignments, and leadership on trademarks and advertising campaigns.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze trademark search results and provide clearance for the use of trademarks globally.
- Assist with copyright matters.
- Prosecute and manage a global trademark portfolio for multiple brands.
- Provide expert legal advice to senior management and various departments on trademarks, advertising, and commercial matters.
- Collaborate with a team of attorneys and support staff, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
- Develop and implement legal strategies to protect the company's interests and minimize legal risks.
Senior Counsel, Business Development & Alliance Management | Bristol Myers Squibb
This position will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice, guidance and support for Alliance Management and Business Development transactions primarily for Translational Medicine, Digital Health and Research Enabling Transactions. M&A transactions and equity investments will be part of the responsibility.
Responsibilities:
- Lead negotiations and provide direct counseling to internal clients on routine, moderate and complex Business Development transactions primarily for Translational Medicine, Digital Health and Research Enabling Transactions.
- Provide legal advice and legal interpretation on rights and obligations under executed agreements overseen by Alliance Management.
- Assist with resolution of disputes under executed agreements overseen by Alliance Management.
- Lead negotiations for new agreements that expand the relationship with existing collaborators that are parties to executed agreements overseen by Alliance Management.
- Advise internal clients in structuring and advising on various transactions in a way that advances the company's strategy while addressing legal risks.
Counsel | EDF Renewals
Corporate transactions attorney with demonstrated renewable energy expertise in the following areas of law: corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (including joint ventures and partnerships), project finance, procurement and construction contracts, offtake agreements, interconnection and transmission agreements, real property agreements, permitting matters, organized energy markets (i.e. ISOs/RTOs) and all related contracts and governmental approvals related to renewable energy projects. Special consideration will be given to candidates with wind, solar and battery storage energy industry experience.
Responsibilities:
- Be a part of the team that manages day to day operations of over 14 GW of wind, solar and battery projects throughout North America driving negotiations, drafting, and review of agreements relating to renewable energy assets including in wind turbines, solar panels, battery storage, EPC/BOP agreements, and other related transactions such as
- Power purchase agreements, hedge agreements, financing and security agreements (tax equity, lease-sale back, loan, cash equity)
- Operation and maintenance agreements, long term service agreements, warranty provisions and warranty extensions
- Equipment supply agreements, consulting services agreements, master services agreements, third-party engagement letters and non-disclosure agreements.
General Counsel / Deputy General Counsel | ARS Pharmaceuticals
The General Counsel / Deputy General Counsel is a key member of the Legal Leadership Team who assists the Chief Legal Officer in all aspects of managing the Company's legal affairs and legal department. The General Counsel / Deputy General Counsel role requires significant interaction with senior leadership, providing advice on a variety of legal issues, managing outside counsel, helping set legal strategy and providing solutions to advance business imperatives.
Responsibilities:
- Support the Chief Legal Officer in corporate legal initiatives
- Provide legal advice and counsel to the business including Regulatory, Quality and Compliance functions and other stakeholders on the application of various applicable laws and regulations (e.g., the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, the False Claims Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices act, FDA rules and regulations, among others)
- Advise on employment law matters. Work with Human Resources and other stakeholders to provide counsel regarding non-competition matters, employment claims, and internal questions regarding application of employment laws
- Provides advice and counsel on company's compliance with applicable securities laws and NASDAQ rules and regulations
- Reviews and/or prepares SEC filings including 10-K, 10-Qs, Proxy Statement, 8-Ks, Section 16 reporting (Forms 3, 4 and 5), and NASDAQ compliance.
Senior Counsel, Regulatory Law (Global Trade) | BD
The successful candidate will be a U.S. based attorney with significant experience in global trade laws and regulations and will be responsible for providing legal advice and regulatory interpretations for the Company's operations to ensure consistency and oversight related to the legal obligations that exist under a range of international trade laws and regulations. Act as the initial and primary point of contact for addressing legal and regulatory matters related to international trade and will work closely with other business functions (e.g., commercial teams, global trade compliance, finance, supply chain, procurement, contracts, etc.) to assist in the implementation of legal requirements across BD's businesses. Responsible for successful implementation of the company's U.S. government contracts compliance program.
Responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice and guidance on global trade matters, including global import/export compliance, customs, FCPA, ABAC, supply chain, and global trade regulations
- Provide assistance with the establishment of consistent and common interpretations related to global trade, import/export, FCPA, ABAC and supply chain matters across business units
- Review and provide legal guidance on the implementation of the Company's global trade compliance programs and policies
- Monitor and analyze legal and regulatory changes in global trade laws and regulations and advise the Company's business leadership on the legal impact of such changes. Coordinate monitoring and analysis with the Global Trade Compliance organization within the Company
Commercial Counsel | Neurocrine Biosciences
Addresses a broad array of legal matters to support the Company's Commercial, Corporate Affairs, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and/or general administrative departments. Works closely with other members of the Legal and Compliance teams as well as internal business clients to address legal issues across several disciplines. Advises, conducts training, and offers legal support to business clients. Drafts and negotiates life sciences arrangements and contracts.
Responsibilities:
- Works at the direction of the legal business partners and provides clear and business-savvy legal advice and risk guidance to commercial business partners and key stakeholders related to one or more of the following:
- Commercial activities including review of promotional materials and resources, marketing concepts, salesforce initiatives and training and industry educational events
- Legal projects and activities related to commercial products and compliance with specific legislation (Anti- Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act)
- Supporting the company's Commercial, Regulatory, Patient Advocacy, Corporate Communications, Medical Affairs and general administrative departments through late phase drug development, pre-commercialization, regulatory approval, and commercialization
Legal Counsel, Senior | Qualcomm Technology Licensing
This attorney will primarily draft and negotiate patent license agreements in support of Qualcomm’s industry-leading patent licensing program and will also generally advise and support the patent licensing program, including providing support for litigation and the company’s efforts relating to patent licensing policy.
Responsibilities:
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating patent license agreements.
- Supporting the litigation team in connection with any patent enforcement actions brought by Qualcomm and responding to third-party discovery requests relating to Qualcomm’s patent licensing business.
- Advising other business units on licensing-related legal matters.
- Supporting the company’s efforts relating to patent licensing policy and advocacy, particularly regarding FRAND licensing practices for standard essential patents.
- Coordinating with other legal team members and outside counsel on cross-functional matters.
- Developing and maintaining standard templates, policies, and procedures for technology transactions.
- Providing training and guidance to business teams on technology agreements and related topics.
Senior Counsel, Commercial Business Units | BD
The Senior Counsel, Commercial Business Units, will be a member of the Global BD Law Group and report to the Assistant General Counsel, Medication Management Solutions (MMS) Business Unit. The successful candidate will partner with the Law Group Business Unit commercial counsels to support one or more of BD’s business units.
Responsibilities:
- Must possess strong knowledge of corporate and commercial/transactional law and demonstrated expertise in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements and advising and counseling clients on a range of business transactions, and in the development of new products and innovations in multiple areas of law focused on the medical device industry
- Identify and resolve complex legal issues to support the commercial operations of a global leader in the research, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of BD’s portfolio of products, including developing strong knowledge of supported BD portfolios and clients
- Provide day-to-day legal advice to the businesses and for the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements
