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Deputy General Counsel-PE backed life science company
Our client, a PE backed leader in pharmacy services and solutions, including sterile injectables, has retained The PeterSan Group to identify an experienced attorney to serve as a senior leader within their Legal Department. This role will assist with business development, licensing, partnership, financing, intellectual property and governance matters, oversee their contracting function, and advise on complex regulatory, quality and compliance matters. You will also supervise a small legal team and lead cross-functional initiatives. THIS IS A FULLY REMOTE ROLE WITH SOME TRAVEL.
Responsibilities for this role include the following:
- Work closely with the Chief Legal Officer in the development and execution of the organization’s legal strategy
- Assist with business development, licensing, partnership, financing, intellectual property and governance matters, oversee the company’s legal contracting function, and advise on complex regulatory, quality and compliance matters
- Advise senior executives and business leaders on legal risks, opportunities, and strategic decisions
- Draft, review, and assist in the negotiation of high-value licensing, development, partnership, financing, commercial, real estate, supply and vendor agreements
- Supervise, mentor, and develop attorneys and other legal staff
- Provide assistance and legal guidance on business development transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and financings
Applicants must have the following qualifications in order to be considered:
- Major law firm training and at least 7 years’ experience in a public or sophisticated private pharmaceutical, compounding or other healthcare company
- Significant experience with corporate, financing and governance matters, as well as healthcare commercial contracting. Familiarity with FDA regulatory and/or quality matters a significant plus
- Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with strategic objectives
Assistant General Counsel-Fashion Brands leader in New York City
Our client, a dynamic New York City based fashion brands company, is seeking a mid-level IP lawyer to join their growing legal team, focusing on drafting and negotiating various commercial contracts and trademark licensing. This person will interact with senior management on a regular basis and will work independently with limited supervision. Local candidates only as the client will not relocate. Please note they require employees in the office on a full time basis.
Responsibilities for this role will include the following:
-Draft & negotiate various types of commercial agreements including marketing, talent, vendor and e-commerce contracts
-Trademark licensing
-Mergers & Acquisitions
Successful candidates must have the following qualifications in order to be considered:
-Four to six years of strong trademark licensing experience, ideally representing brand/fashion licensing and royalties with a major law firm
-A strong business acumen
Assistant General Counsel-Securities/Governance: DC area
Our client, a dynamic energy company, is seeking a junior level lawyer, 4-6 years with a major law firm, to join their expanding legal team, focusing on public company work (’33 & ’34 Act; 10K’s and 10Q’s; corporate governance regarding entity management). This role will interact regularly with all levels of management. In office full-time is mandatory. Compensation will equal or exceed big law.
Director, Patent Counsel
Our client, a leading global biotech company headquartered in the NY metro area, is seeking an experienced patent attorney to partner with R&D in the development, protection, and management of the company’s intellectual property in the field of genetic medicines. The role will focus on protecting significant therapeutics in clinical development and innovations in genetic medicine technologies, including CRISPR/Cas genome engineering, anti-sense technologies, antibody-targeted therapeutics, and recombineering technologies.
Responsibilities for this role include:
- Identify and capture new inventions in CRISPR/Cas genome engineering, anti-sense, antibody-targeted therapeutics, and recombineering technologies.
- Work with outside counsel to prepare and prosecute US and international patent applications.
- Manage US and foreign administrative patent actions (e.g., post-grant oppositions, third-party submissions, inter partes reviews).
- Assist in litigation activities as needed.
- Support due diligence projects, agreements, transactional work, administrative initiatives, and policy questions.
Applicants must have the following qualifications in order to be considered:
– At least 5 years of experience in biotechnology patent law in a law firm or corporate law department with a minimum 3 years of experience in patent application preparation and prosecution in the biological arts in a law firm setting.
-A Ph.D. in life sciences (e.g., molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, immunology, neuroscience) with significant research experience.
Associate General Counsel-Intellectual Property
Our client, a leading global chemical company, is seeking an experienced patent attorney who will provide intellectual property legal advice & services to numerous chemicals related businesses.
Responsibilities for this role include the following:
- Develop, implement business specific IP strategies
- Management of patent acquisition process and portfolio consistent with IP strategy
- Lead/support transactions involving IP rights including M&A, commercial contracts, JDAs, licensing
- Litigation related work in support of IP strategy
- Management of outside counsel (including patent preparation & prosecution/spend)
- Advise on copyright and trademark issues
Applicants must have the following qualifications:
- At least 10 years of substantive experience in intellectual property matters
- Undergraduate degree in either Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Good business acumen
- Ability to influence and lead at all levels in a multi-national matrix organization
Senior Counsel, Arizona based technology leader
Our client, a leading technology company based in Arizona, is seeking a mid-level associate at a major law firm to join their growing legal department. This role will be responsible for providing broad-based legal support to business leaders including contracting, compliance matters, disputes, M&A, employment matters, litigation, & corporate governance.
Responsibilities for this role include:
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- Drafting, negotiating, and managing customer contracts, commercial partnership contracts, licensing agreements, channel marketing agreements, and complex vendor agreements;
- Advising on and optimizing legal risk, product, commercial and compliance considerations, while suggesting creative, business-supportive solutions;
- Proactively identifying and anticipating emerging legal and regulatory issues.
- Spotting potential privacy issues and, working with the Data Privacy team and counsel, provide business-oriented resolutions;
- Collaborating with IP counsel on patent and other IP related matters;
- Assisting with mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions including due diligence, transaction documentation, and post-closing integration support;
- Assisting with litigation matters, and other regulatory or stakeholder disputes;
Applicants must have the following qualifications to be considered:
- At least three years as a practicing attorney with an emphasis on contracting matters and/or prior experience as a product counsel at a technology-focused organization;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a simple, understandable manner with colleagues of varying legal knowledge across the company;
- Solid business instinct and judgment;
APAC Associate General Counsel-IP/Commercial
Our client is a US headquartered global chemical company, seeking an
experienced attorney with a strong background in IP law, commercial transactions and an interest in broadening their responsibilities to other legal areas and APAC jurisdictions. This role will be based in Shanghai.
Responsibilities for this role include the following:
- Provide legal counsel on IP, commercial transactions and general legal subjects including patents, trade secrets, contract issues
- Draft and negotiate agreements for licensing, joint development & sales.
- Support the new product introduction process including freedom to practice assessments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve potential IP and general commercial disputes
- Support Corporate Compliance to adopt local laws, drive approval process, train stakeholders, manage investigations, monitor compliance reporting hotlines
- Support Government Relations to obtain local government incentives (national and municipal), establish product adoption standards, secure licenses and certifications
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including business and functional leaders, trade associations, and external partners
Applicants must have the following qualifications:
- Minimum of 5–7 years of experience practicing intellectual property law and managing commercial transactions, preferably with experience in both law firm and in-house settings
- Represented multi-national company (as in-house or law firm counsel) on IP and commercial transactions.
- Fluent in Mandarin and English
- B.S. or higher degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related technical degree.
- L.L.M. or equivalent law graduate education from an accredited U.S., U.K. or European law school or university
Our client, a leading NYC based investment firm, is seeking an experienced attorney who will provide transactional and regulatory advice with respect to its hedge fund trading and treasury functions. The responsibilities will generally include: providing legal and transactional advice in connection with various equities, equity finance, futures, OTC derivatives, and other transactions linked to equities and equity indices; providing regulatory advice in respect of requirements under applicable laws and regulations globally and advising on legal and regulatory developments.
Responsibilities for this role include the following:
- Draft and negotiate all trading documentation including, ISDA master agreements, regulatory and non-regulatory CSAs (including regulatory VM and IM CSAs), futures account agreements, give-up agreements, clearing agreements, and repurchase and securities lending agreements;
- Respond to inquiries from business units and other departments (primarily trading, treasury and operations) regarding legal, credit or operational issues arising in connection with trading and prime broker related documentation or specific transaction terms;
- Collaborate closely with their quantitative research function, offering legal, regulatory, and commercial insights to explore novel opportunities;
- Research and advise on new global regulations;
- Support regulatory compliance including with respect to regulatory change;
Applicants must have the following requirements in order to be considered:
- At least 5-7 years’ experience at a major U.S. law firm and/or in-house at a bank or other financial services institution, with specialization in equities trading, hedging, financing and equity derivatives transactions and documentation, and related regulatory issues under U.S. law (familiarity with corresponding U.K. laws is also preferable)
- Strong familiarity with relevant ISDA documentation including Master Agreement, CSA, and Equity Definitions
- Experience with cash and synthetic prime brokerage arrangements
- Experience with futures and cleared OTC derivatives.
- Strong understanding of U.S. securities laws and their real-world interpretation and application, including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, FINRA and CFTC rules and regulations, broker-dealer and margin regulations, and Dodd-Frank Title VII provisions as applied to swaps regulated by the CFTC and SEC
Commercial Leasing Counsel: New York City
Commercial real estate leader in Midtown Manhattan is seeking a Commercial Leasing Attorney with at least 5+ years of experience drafting commercial leases, lease modifications and extensions. This role will also be responsible for drafting and proofing lease abstracts and internal memos. Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines. This position requires you to be in office five days a week.
Associate General Counsel-Investment Management
We represent a global asset manager looking to hire an attorney with 3-5 years of Private Equity/Investment Management experience to provide advice, support and research on a broad variety of legal, regulatory and general corporate matters for their institutional asset management business. The position will support two registered investment advisers focused on private equity fundraising and investing. This is an exceptional opportunity for a well-rounded investment management attorney who enjoys working on many different sophisticated matters and wants substantial business team and client contact.
Responsibilities include: Provide legal advice relating to fund and separate account formation, as well as investment advisory services to private equity funds and institutional separate account clients.
Private Credit Fund Formation Counsel: New York City
We represent a global investment manager looking to hire an attorney with 5-8 years of experience to provide legal advice in connection with all aspects of product development, launch and maintenance of private funds, including drafting, reviewing and negotiation of associated documentation.
- Provide advice on structuring and execution of fund investments.
- Draft, review and negotiate advisory and sub-advisory agreements for institutional and intermediary asset management business.
- Draft, review and negotiate vendor, confidentiality and other third party agreements.
- Review and negotiate investment documentation, including brokerage and trading agreements.
Basic Qualifications
- JD with 5-8 years asset management legal experience, including significant experience with private funds.
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and ERISA.
- Experience with credit funds. Law firm experience.
- Experience with structuring and execution of fund investments.
- Interest in and ability to work collaboratively in a global organization.
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Law firm experience.
Tax Restructuring Attorney: Fully Remote
We represent a mission driven AI exploration company looking to hire a corporate attorney with 8+ years of experience to support the head of tax on tax restructurings. Experience with “STEP” plans is required. We are looking for someone with strong drafting skills who has experience with tax aspects of acquisitions, dealing directly with Boards on the tax Board Resolutions, contribution agreements, supporting treasury, etc. Candidates must have strong corporate governance.
The ideal candidate will have major law firm experience AND sophisticated in-house legal experience with a complex corporation with many domestic and international subsidiaries. This is a fully remote opportunity with a preference for someone on the East Coast but open to all US locations.
Responsibilities include:
- Additional experience with Corporate Governance/Board Resolutions is a plus.
- Attorney needs to know how to get approval for tax restructuring.
- Someone who understands tax restructuring as part of a corporate transaction.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of law firm and in-house legal experience.
Assistant General Counsel-Regulatory: NY metro life science leader
This role will provide collaborative legal advice and counsel in connection with the commercialization of the company’s products, supporting cardiovascular, hematology, rare disease, oncology, obesity, and new products.
Responsibilities for this role include the following:
- Providing day-to-day strategic and business-focused legal and risk counseling for products/product candidates, from development through commercialization. Advising on a broad range of healthcare regulatory matters, including regulatory labeling discussions, advertising and promotion, drug safety, market research, scientific exchange, and interactions with healthcare professionals and patients.
- Demonstrating a solid understanding of the strategic and tactical objectives of the client teams supported, and advising on strategic brand and medical planning, developing creative and innovative solutions to key initiatives, considering the business objectives and priorities, as well as the US and/or international legal and regulatory landscape.
- Counseling on all aspects of product commercialization, including launch preparation, launch execution, market development, disease awareness, product communication, advertising and promotion, and strategic brand planning.
Applicants must have the following qualifications in order to be considered:
- Ten plus years experience as a product attorney at a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company preferred
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic and evolving environment
- Proven capacity to cultivate strong client relationships and influence leadership, including ability to assess and help business colleagues handle risks in a highly regulated environment
- Strong analytical skills and demonstrated learning agility and a deep aptitude for science and data analysis