Senior Corporate Counsel, Business Development

Quest Diagnostics•Secaucus, NJ

8d•$168,960 - $304,260•Hybrid

About The Position

At the crossroads of science, business, and healthcare, the Senior Corporate Counsel role will focus on mergers and acquisitions, other commercial transactions, and general commercial counseling. The position is based at the Company’s Secaucus, NJ, headquarters or a mutually agreed location. The Senior Corporate Counsel is responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, with a concentration on mergers and acquisitions. The position will report to a member of the Legal Management Team.

Requirements

Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, including significant experience in mergers and acquisitions/transactions and commercial contracting.
Top-tier credentials are required for consideration.
Must be duly licensed to practice law
Strong educational background including an undergraduate degree and JD are required
Requires the ability to lead and influence leaders on areas within subject matter expertise
Ability to run deals and manage complex, high-stakes projects
Excellent communication skills
Strong corporate, commercial or transactional experience
Corporate M&A experience, including public and private transactions on buyer’s side, commercial transactional experience preferred
An understanding of how to support the achievement of business objectives while considering the regulatory landscape
Strong organizational skills, responsiveness, and ability to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated ability to interface effectively with all levels of staff, management and executives
Occasional travel is required
Outstanding Judgment
Expert legal, communication, and negotiation skills
Strategic Agility
Business Acumen
Financial Acumen
Customer Focus
Collaboration across teams and navigating within a matrixed environment
Ability to identify risks and develop mitigation plans
Curiosity; Lifetime learner
Interpersonal Savvy
Perspective

Nice To Haves

background in a scientific field or fluency in science is preferred
Preference for health care law background
Preference for BigLaw and/or In-house corporate legal experience

Responsibilities

Supporting and managing all aspects of M&A transactions, including due diligence review and drafting diligence reports, redlining and negotiating agreements typically used in M&A, attending meetings and structuring transactions, advising on post-closing integration, and collaborating with internal subject matter experts and outside deal counsel.
Providing all legal services necessary to support enterprise-wide growth initiatives for the Business Development function.
Legal drafting and negotiation support for licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, co-development agreements, research collaboration agreements, supply and laboratory management services agreements, material transfer and specimen collection agreements, and master services agreements.
Providing strategic legal advice and counsel to internal business clients on matters including new product launches, collaborations, strategic alliances, laboratory operations, general legal needs of internal business divisions, and disputes.
Counseling clients on a range of business and legal regulatory issues, including anti-corruption and fraud and abuse laws.
Developing training for clients and perform training for assigned areas.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours
Best-in-class well-being programs
Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness®
healthyMINDS mental health program
Vacation and Health/Flex Time
6 Holidays plus 1 "My Day" off
FinFit financial coaching and services
401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
Employee stock purchase plan
Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
Flexible Spending Accounts
Annual incentive plans
Matching gifts program
Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
Career advancement opportunities