Legal Counsel

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

• Located in our Marlow offices
• Reporting to Counsel Director
  
  

Job Overview

The role will be responsible for the general legal affairs relating to the United Kingdom & Ireland. The role will form part of the UK & Ireland Leadership Team and will also require working with third party stakeholders, including external counsels. This position serves as an ambassador role and requires strong leadership to manage both routine and critical situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and assist day-to-day business operations of AA providing proactive and practical, clear & concise legal advice in all areas of law and regulation, with prioritization on the UK & Ireland local goals and objectives
• Develop and maintain a range of legal templates and legal guidelines to share with non-legal teams in the relevant territory, and draft/review a various range of commercial contracts
• Assist on litigation matters
• Interact with and manage external counsels
• Advice on commercial policies and competition law related matters
• Support business on commercial claims and disputes with competitors and/or other third parties, with specific regards to the advertising and promotion of products
• Manage legal risk and prevent legal issues
• Monitor, anticipate and report changes to the applicable legislation that are of direct or indirect interest of the organization
• Provide support and legal assistance to functional programs in all areas of the AA including corporate governance, internal audit, data protection, regulatory inspections and audits, incident management, security and disaster recovery, litigation reports, real estate projects and/or leasing of facilities
• Assist as needed the HR function for relevant employment law related matters, the Global Product Protection function for counterfeit and diverted product matters, and the Company Secretariat function
• Perform secondary IP work, in coordination with Corporate IP Department
• Manage, in coordination with the AA Area Legal function, the legal budget for the UK & Ireland
• Ensure goals and objectives are fully aligned to business
• Complete timely and in accordance with company’s code of ethics, policies, procedures, SOPs, and all the administrative tasks relating to the employment status of the in-house lawyer.
  
  

Qualifications

• Qualified as a solicitor or equivalent in the UK
• Previous experience as an in-house counsel, preferably in a pharma and medical device business
• Hands-on attitude
• Ability to take complex business situations and develop solutions to ensure compliant business activities
• Ability to work cross-functionally & cross-border and manage complexity
• Ability to identify and address issues proactively in a timely manner
• Structured and process oriented, business-minded
• Endorses and acts according to AA values and leadership behaviors
  
  

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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