Legal Counsel

Position Overview

AbbVie is seeking a highly competent and experienced Legal Counsel to provide comprehensive legal support to our pharmaceutical business in India and the India region. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional legal expertise strategic thinking and the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• In close partnership with regional and/or local legal business and crossfunctional teams provide strategic commercial legal advice and support to AbbVies pharmaceutical business in India and the India region with additional responsibilities extending to some legal work across Asia.
• Serve as a key member of the India Affiliate Management Team and actively contribute to strategic planning and decisionmaking processes to find innovative solutions and unlock opportunities for AbbVie.
• Support and/or drive workstreams within the Legal Therapeutics team on strategic matters or projects in novel areas of law or business transactions.
• Develop proactive leadership offering business oriented efficient flexible and longterm solutions for core strategic business challenges anticipating hurdles and evaluating the broader business impact of proposed ways forward.
• Independently identify legal issues and risks conduct thorough legal analysis and deliver expert substantive advice and riskbased solutions concerning a broad range of complex legal regulatory and compliance issues in alignment with AbbVie policies and standards.
• Lead the drafting reviewing and negotiation of legal agreements in accordance with AbbVie business objectives and requirements including vendor agreements distribution agreements promotion and marketing agreements wholesaler agreements manufacturing agreements service agreements supply agreements and agreements with healthcare professionals and organizations.
• Independently manage and resolve disputes and litigation involving AbbVie (with the effective use of external counsel as needed) to ensure optimal outcomes for AbbVie.
• Enhance and refine AbbVies legal framework by developing and maintaining standard contract templates working tools and legal processes to drive consistency and efficiency.
• Design and deliver impactful legal training programs for the business and functional teams to ensure understanding of and compliance with key legal requirements.

Qualifications :

Education and Experience

• Law degree from a reputable university.
• Minimum of 10 years of postqualification experience ideally within a reputable law firm and as an inhouse legal counsel in a multinational organization.
• Prior inhouse legal experience within a global pharmaceutical company and/or with pharmaceutical industryspecific regulations is preferred.
• General understanding of / experience in following areas is a plus: antitrust and competition compliance and antibribery data privacy and protection and intellectual property.

Skills and Attributes

• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively in crossfunctional teams and build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Agile and able to work effectively and proactively both independently and in teams.
• Confident in managing risks and navigating legal and regulatory complexities to make comprehensive decisions which prioritize key business priorities and are consistent with the law and AbbVies Code of Conduct and policies.
• Proven ability to multitask and prioritize competing demands and timelines to deliver results in a fastpaced and evolving environment ensuring prompt legal support.
• Selfstarter with strong critical thinking and problemsolving skills and knowledge of the broader business impact of decisions made.
• High ethical standards and integrity acting as a role model and legal business leader within the organization.

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Additional Information :

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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