Legal Counsel (12-Month Contract)

AbbVie • Montreal, QC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

AbbVie is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to join its dynamic Legal Affairs team in Montreal. This role reports to the Head of Legal for AbbVie Canada. The Legal Counsel will provide strategic commercial legal advice and counsel to support AbbVie’s core businesses and enterprise-wide initiatives. The successful candidate will be expected to quickly learn the industry and business, acting as a business leader capable of managing priorities, providing strategic advice, and finding innovative legal solutions for complex Canadian and global matters. Key attributes include confidence in managing issues, strong communication and leadership skills, and the ability to navigate legal and regulatory complexities.

Requirements

• Law degree from a recognized university.
• Licensed to practice law in Canada, preferably in Quebec.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant legal experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical or other highly regulated industry.
• General understanding / experience in competition law, general corporate and criminal/anti-bribery law, privacy, intellectual property and regulatory compliance.
• Solid knowledge of market access and relevant Canadian legal landscape.
• Ability to manage multiple issues and files across different departments.
• Advanced French and English language proficiency (oral and written). English skills are required for communication with stakeholders outside of Quebec and with global senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead counsel in defined strategic priority areas and key brand teams, providing expert substantive advice and risk-based solutions to Marketing, Medical Affairs, Trade and Market access concerning a broad range of complex to highly complex legal, regulatory and compliance issues.
• Provide clear advice to senior business clients and executive management on Canadian laws and regulations focusing on areas of promotion, patient support, payer access, go-to-market strategies and collaborations.
• Develop proactive leadership offering business oriented, efficient, flexible and long-term solutions for core strategic business challenges, anticipating hurdles and evaluating the broader business impact of proposed ways forward.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements such as complex trade and commercial agreements, master service agreements, pharmacy agreements, and other corporate agreements.
• Support executive matters delegated by the Head of Legal and drive workstreams within the Global Legal therapeutics team on strategic matters or projects in novel areas of law or business transactions.
• Adopt a problem-solving approach, proactive leadership skills and sound risk perspective to find legal solutions to a wide range of matters. Advise and resolve multi-faceted legal matters in practice area without supervision.
• Provide growth & development opportunities by coaching and training more junior attorneys via AbbVie mentorship programs or through project collaboration.
• To the extent that complex problems or specific technical expertise is required, select and direct the work of outside counsel, define and manage project objectives and budget.
• Find solutions and unlock opportunities for business clients consistent with the law, policies/procedures, and AbbVie’s Code of Conduct.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level