Associate Director, Corporate Counsel
Description
Provides legal services to Clients, typically at the Director level and below. Level of counseling may include drafting of legal documents and provision of legal counsel regarding the risks associated with a given business objective. Should have experience in practicing law in at least one specialized legal area (e.g., patents, FDA Regulatory, commercial, litigation, contracts, etc.), with the objective of gaining more in depth knowledge of an additional legal area as well as insight into practicing law within a corporate setting. Typically partners with more senior legal counsel in meeting and providing advice where there is a greater legal risk and ambiguity.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Prepares, usually for review by more senior lawyer, legal documents, including letters, notices, legal opinions, contracts, patent or trademark applications, etc.
- Understanding of federal and state laws, regulations and policies in one specialized legal area; ability to interpret and apply such laws, regulations and policies to inform business activities.
- Influences clients by identifying and communicating to clients risks associated with day-to-day operational business activities, including training clients on applicable legal issues within lawyer’s expertise.
- Partners with clients to proactively apply legal and regulatory framework to business activity by identifying business goals and developing alternative solutions to assist in the achievement of successful outcomes.
- Negotiates on behalf of (and sometimes partnering with) client to achieve solutions consistent with business objectives.
- Confers with other in-house and outside counsel where appropriate.
- Manages (either directly or indirectly) administrative assistants and other personnel within department.
- Keeps current with of evolving legal, regulatory and business issues within lawyer’s expertise and client’s business environment.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
- At least two (2) years of relevant legal experience
- Admission to at least one State bar
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Demonstrates discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality of information
- Understanding of federal and state laws, regulations and policies in specialized legal area
- Ability to interpret and apply such laws, regulations and policies to inform business activities
- Requires only moderate supervision
- Integrity and ethics
- Adaptability
- Analytical Thinking
- Negotiation skills
- Teamwork
- Business and Technical Competence
- Decision making skills
- Innovation/Creativity
- Customer Focus
- It is an essential function of/minimum qualification for this position that the employee/applicant be eligible and authorized under all U.S. Export Laws (defined below): a) to be employed by the Company; and b) to receive any technology from the Company that may be required to perform the duties of this position or to which an applicant/employee may, by virtue of holding such position, be provided access by the Company or any third parties during the course of employment. “Export Laws” means the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, presently at 15 CFR §§ 730-799, and the economic sanctions regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), presently at 31CFR Chapter V, as they may be amended from time to time.