Legal Manager

Your role:

Provide strategic and operational legal support to business areas ensuring compliance with applicable laws and internal policies mitigating legal/reputational risk and enabling compliant growth. The role covers broad legal matters with a strong focus on regulatory public procurement/tenders competition/antitrust commercial contracting (public and private) and compliance. Manage external counsel and specialized consultants; no direct team.

You will be responsible for:

• Act as a strategic business partner to cross-functional stakeholders (Commercial Market Access Medical Finance Supply Compliance).
• Advise on pharma regulatory topics and interactions with health authorities ensuring compliant decision-making.
• Support tenders and government contracting including bid review contracting and administrative proceedings.
• Provide guidance on competition/antitrust risks (pricing/discounts distribution arrangements commercial policies information exchange).
• Review and negotiate commercial contracts (public/private) with distributors vendors service providers and strategic partners.
• Support distribution models and commercial policy implementation ensuring alignment with legal/compliance requirements.
• Develop clear pragmatic legal opinions and business-facing guidance.
• Coordinate corporate governance documentation aligned with company governance.
• Represent Legal in Brand Teams and key governance forums; support industry association engagement when requested in coordination with relevant functions.
• Partner with Compliance on policies trainings and investigations as needed.
• Ensure adherence to the Code of Conduct and internal policies/procedures.

Core capabilities

• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management; influence without authority
• Excellent contracting and negotiation skills
• Solid knowledge of regulated industries; ability to translate law into practical guidance
• Working knowledge of competition/antitrust and public procurement risks
• High standards for ethics judgment confidentiality and compliance culture
• Strong written/oral communication and organization; ability to manage multiple priorities

Qualifications :

Requirements:

• Law degree (LL.B. or equivalent)
• Consolidated legal experience in corporate settings; ideally regulated industries
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Postgraduate/specialization in Corporate/Business/Contract Law
• Spanish (plus)
• Experience in pharmaceutical/healthcare industry

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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Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time