Legal Counsel (contract - 1 year)

Position Overview

AbbVie is seeking a highly competent and experienced Legal Counsel to provide comprehensive legal support to our pharmaceutical business in the Asia region. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional legal expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• In close partnership with regional and/or local legal, business, and cross-functional teams, provide strategic commercial legal advice and support to AbbVie’s pharmaceutical business.
• Actively contribute to strategic planning and decision-making processes to find innovative solutions and unlock opportunities for AbbVie.
• Support and/or drive workstreams within the Legal Therapeutics team on strategic matters or projects in novel areas of law or business transactions.
• Proactive leadership and advisor to management, business and cross-functional teams, 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.
• Independently identify legal issues and risks, conduct thorough legal analysis, and deliver expert substantive advice and risk-based solutions concerning a broad range of complex legal, regulatory, and compliance issues in alignment with AbbVie policies and standards.
• Lead the drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of legal agreements in accordance with AbbVie business objectives and requirements, including vendor agreements, distribution agreements, promotion and marketing agreements, wholesaler agreements, manufacturing agreements, service agreements, supply agreements, and agreements with healthcare professionals and organizations.
• Independently manage and resolve disputes and litigation involving AbbVie (with the effective use of external counsel as needed) to ensure optimal outcomes for AbbVie.
• Enhance and refine AbbVie’s legal framework by developing and maintaining standard contract templates, working tools, and legal processes to drive consistency and efficiency.
• Design and deliver impactful legal training programs for the business and functional teams to ensure understanding of and compliance with key legal requirements.