Senior Counsel Global Transactions UK Switzerland or Netherlands

Overview

Reporting to the Legal Department the Senior Counsel Europe will assist with legal matters including healthcare compliance and regulatory matters and the negotiation of clinical and commercial contracts with a wide variety of partners including academic government and industrial organizations as well as provide other general legal support to the company.

Candidate must live in the UK Switzerland or the Netherlands.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provide sound and practical legal advice on healthcare compliance and regulatory matters in oncology including support for compliance issues related to sales marketing and medical affairs activities government programs federal healthcare program reporting medical education programs and advertising and promotion of biologic products including legal support for training internal policy development medical review committee and promotional review committee functions.
• Advise key business partners on complex commercial contract issues and assist with support for clinical and other business contract issues negotiations rights and obligations.
• Draft and negotiate a variety of other common legal agreements such as sponsored research agreements consulting agreements and quality agreements and draft customized agreements and terms when needed.
• Quickly prioritize and respond to corporate legal issues with the ability to meet tight deadlines and work flexibly on a diverse set of matters.
• Provide legal support for interactions with contract research and manufacturing companies transactional support litigation support and licensing and due diligence support as needed.
• Assist with other legal department objectives.
• Manage and coordinate outside counsel.
• Must adhere to Iovance Biotherapeutics core values policies procedures and business ethics.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Travel

• Occasional travel (up to approximately 10 of time) may be required.

Required Education Skills and Knowledge

• A Juris Doctorate or legal degree from a law school accredited in the UK Europe or US is required.
• Must be licensed to practice law in at least one Country in the US.
• 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology commercial compliance support and contract negotiation in a business law firm government or institutional setting.
• Must have experience with regulations and regulatory guidance specific to advertising and promotion of biologic products and knowledge of laws regulations industry guidance and best practices regarding compliant sales marketing medical affairs activities and pharmaceutical manufacturer activities.
• A familiarity with general contracting matters including risk allocation and intellectual property terms is required.
• Requires strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills as well as excellent judgment in the handling of legal matters.
• Must possess creative problemsolving strong negotiation and risk assessment skills and a dedication to quality and the highest professional standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products is required.
• Excellent team skills as well as the ability to work independently is required

Preferred Education Skills and Knowledge

• Additional experience in privacy intellectual property employment and litigation in a pharmaceutical or biotechnology environment is preferred.

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request to enable individuals to perform essential functions. Please contact Human Resources to request an accommodation.

Physical Demands and Activities Required

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to move about inside an office and exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects.
• Must have visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures viewing a computer screen and extensive reading.
• This position requires repetitive motion substantial movements (motions) of the wrist hands and/or fingers.
• Must be able to communicate with others to exchange information.

Mental:

Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment troubleshooting problemsolving analysis and discretion; ability to handle workrelated stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional or remote office environment and requires operating standard office equipment and keyboards.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions duties or local variances. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Iovance is committed to cultivating and offering a diverse and inclusive work environment. As an equalopportunity employer our employees and applicants will be considered without regard to an individuals race color religion sex pregnancy national origin age physical and mental disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need assistance or accommodation to apply to one of our opportunities please contact .

By voluntarily providing information and clicking Submit Application you explicitly consent to the collection and use of your personal information for the purposes described above and in ourCandidate Privacy Notice.

#LIremote