Assistant General Counsel, Business Transactions:
Reporting to the General Counsel, this role will be an integral part of the legal team that supports CareDx. in a variety of life sciences transactions and corporate matters.
The Assistant General Counsel, Business Transactions will serve as the primary legal advisor and partner to the Business Development & Licensing, External Innovation and Corporate Legal team. The AGC will provide legal support to corporate transactions, M&A, BD&L, Strategic Alliances, and related litigation.
The candidate should have 7+ years of experience in corporate transactions with an emphasis on public and private M&A. Must have solid experience with acquisition agreements and related securities filings and other documentation utilized in complex M&A transactions. Must have the ability to lead M&A transaction from inception to closing, and have experience leading due diligence teams, and related experience in general corporate and corporate governance matters.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as lead in-house M&A counsel for all M&A transactions, strategic alliances, licensing, industry collaborations and academic partnerships.
• Partner with the Business Development team and other departments within the company to conduct and coordinate due diligence efforts with strategic investments, licensing, and M&A transactions.
• Evaluate potential contractual arrangements, draft, review and negotiate agreements for M&A, BD&L and Strategic Alliance including, but not limited to confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, collaboration agreement, research and development agreements, option agreements, asset purchase agreements, share purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, investor agreements, and JV agreements
• After the deal making, continue to advise on contract interpretation on signed BD&L, M&A projects and advise the Business Development and Strategic Alliance teams for the continued compliance with contractual provisions in light of company’s business objectives and business operations considerations, as well as legal and regulatory requirements
• Provide general legal advice as needed by Corporate Finance, Accounting and M&A Finance
• Partner with cross functional leadership to help draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts typical for the life sciences and in vitro diagnostic industry, including license (software, patent and technology) agreements, collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, research & development agreements, sales agreements and supply agreements
•Counsel and advise management, including providing strategic legal advice on complex and novel issues, and providing guidance on existing agreements.
• Work collaboratively with other attorneys and contract specialists on the drafting, negotiation, and execution of agreements
• Hire and manage external counsel, law firms and vendors
• Monitor and analyze new and developing laws, regulations and enforcement activity within the biopharma industry and incorporate learnings into internal education, messaging and policy development efforts; assist in trainings and presentations to company on legal issues and policies
Qualifications:
• J.D. degree (ABA accredited); an advanced degree in business (e.g., MBA) or related would be a plus
• Admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction
• 7+ years of experience providing legal counsel and support for BD&L, M&A and related transactions within the life sciences industry
• Ideal candidate will have experience with global deals and transactions in the biotech life sciences research and diagnostics tool space
• Confirmed experience in assessing strategic issues: identifying risks and opportunities associated with third party activities and driving risk-mitigation plans
• Excellent analytical and legal drafting skills
Position: Assistant General Counsel, Transactions.
Location: South San Francisco, CA
Job Id: 1210
# of Openings: 1
CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), headquartered in South San Francisco, California, is a leading precision medicine solutions company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers. CareDx offers products, testing services, and digital healthcare solutions along the pre-and post-transplant patient journey and is the leading provider of genomics-based information for transplant patients.
in house jobs, go in house with jdhuntr in house jobs, in house counsel jobs, in-house jobs CA, in house counsel jobs DC, in house counsel joblegal jobs
law jobss Florida, in house counsel jobs NY, Entertainment business affairs counsel, legal jobs, legal jobs Los Angeles, legal jobs New York, legal jobs, law jobs, corporate counsel jobs, corporate lawyer jobs, general counsel jobs, lawyer jobs California, in-house jobs TX, in-house jobs NJ, in-house jobs IL, in-house jobs San Francisco, in-house jobs GA, government contacts, amazon legal jobs, apple legal jobs, amazon in house jobs, chief of staff, Litigation Counsel, General Corporate, Chief of Staff
|