Senior Legal Counsel, Business Development

This position can be based in Durham, NC; St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; or Salt Lake City, UT

bioM?rieux Legal Department is a dynamic team engaged in a wide variety of projects at many levels of the organization. This Sr. Legal Counsel position is an integral part of that environment where practicality, communication and collegiality are necessary components.

This position will be a key team members of Legal BusDev COE, which provides full scale legal support to our business development and corporate growth initiatives. The role will be critical in advising on complex commercial transactions, strategic partnerships, post-integration activities while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements through collaborating with global and local LCI&PA peers as well as all other functions, plus working on regional and global legal initiatives whenever necessary.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in corporate law, M&A, and/or commercial contracts, with a proactive and business-oriented mindset.

Key Responsibilities, legal support for various Corporate Business Development activities, including:

• Contract Negotiation & Drafting: Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.
• M&A and Investment: Support M&A and other investment activities, including due diligence, structuring transactions, and managing risk. Lead specific projects as assigned.
• Post-closing Integration: Support integration through identifying and attending various legal-related action items for integration post-closing.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure business development activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with cross-function teams, including finance, operations, and senior leadership, to align legal strategies with business goals.
• Training and standardization: Develop training programs specified for BusDev activities for purpose of and stakeholder knowledge enhancement, specifically including those Competition law knowledge and concentrations as well as relationship with Competition authorities; develop templates pool to improve support efficiency
• Outside Counsel Management: Help select and maintain a network of external counsels in partnership for BusDev topics. Direct the work of outside counsel, defining project objectives, managing projects, and monitoring outside counsel to ensure they operate within budget.
• Others: Contribute to other legal matters or initiatives as assigned, including support to regional and global legal teams based on business needs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Law degree (JD or equivalent) with admission to a state bar.
• Minimum eight (8) years of law firm and/or corporate legal experience.
  • Including experience in supporting M&A, commercial contracts and regulatory compliance.
• Life science experience is preferred, knowledge of medical device industry is highly appreciated.

Skills (Key Factors for Success)

• Good team player and collaborator, build strong relationships with various stakeholders to drive desired outcomes.
• Ability to independently and effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously with a substantial workload, in cooperation with and support of other team members, on a variety of time-sensitive legal matters.
• Ability to balance legal risks with business objectives in a fast-paced environment. Strategic legal thinking and capability of arriving at practical legal solutions based upon a thorough understanding of the scope of an issue, taking full advantage of internal networks and external intelligence.
• Strong verbal and written communication, able to advise senior executives and working in multi-culture environment.
• Demonstrate professionalism, confidence and ability to strike a balance between ambition and humility.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work environment with occasional travels (domestically and internationally) required
• Individual contributor, close collaboration with other BusDev COE as well as LCI&PA peers based in different regions, constant interactions with BusDev, Marketing, Finance department, R&D and others