Associate Vice President - Assistant General Counsel, Business Development Transactions

Position Overview

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• Job Type: Full time
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Lilly is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to uniting caring with discovery to improve lives worldwide. Our employees are committed to discovering and delivering life-changing medicines, enhancing disease understanding and management, and contributing to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We are seeking an experienced, collaborative, leadership-focused, and detail-oriented Associate Vice President to join our Business Development Transactions organization within the Legal department. This role involves leading and managing a wide range of corporate transactions and cross-functional project teams, collaborating with senior business stakeholders to provide exceptional service and counsel in bringing medicines to patients. The position reports to the Vice-President and Head of Transactions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an experienced attorney on the Transactions team, focusing on business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, research and technology collaborations, and innovative partnerships that advance business development and drive innovation at Lilly.
• Work in a dynamic environment with broad responsibility and influence, demonstrating versatility and a team-oriented approach.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and effectively draft, review, and negotiate complex agreements related to the acquisition and licensing of pharmaceutical intellectual property and other assets, as well as collaboration agreements.
• Drive large negotiation teams across various functions, including business development, finance, accounting, tax, ethics and compliance, human resources, and Lilly’s research & development labs, throughout the transactional lifecycle.
• Provide strategic and legal advice for complex business transactions, including designing transaction structures, leading contract negotiation teams, consolidating input from across the Lilly enterprise, and partnering with Lilly’s senior management for efficient execution.

Requirements

• Basic Requirements:

  • J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
  • Admission to the bar in at least one of the fifty states.
  • Eligibility for admission to the bar in Indiana under Indiana Admissions Rules.
  • Minimum of 10 years of legal experience in drafting, review, and negotiation of corporate transactions, including pharmaceutical intellectual property licensing, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, technology platforms, innovative transactions, partnerships, and equity or venture capital-related financings. This experience should be from a law firm or in-house at a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company, or a combination thereof.

• Additional Skills/Preferences:

  • Demonstrated ability to independently manage material corporate transactions from initiation to execution with limited oversight.
  • Proven ability to originate creative and innovative solutions to transactional issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence others productively.
  • Experience managing outside counsel relationships, including new engagements, new matters, and ongoing billing.