Corporate Counsel II

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of agreements related to the Company’s business, and provide valued legal advice to business stakeholders during contract negotiations
• Provide strategic advice and counsel on legal matters affecting existing or proposed arrangements, including privacy, artificial intelligence, securities, pharmaceutical commercialization, and corporate law
• Aid with legal workstreams (including due diligence), such as supporting diligence data room document population and access, drafting consents and certificates, preparing audit backup support as requested, assisting in preparing and finalizing securities filings, and counseling on equity plan administration issues
• Lead corporate governance activities for Arrowhead’s growing list of entities
• Aid with employment, real estate, compliance, internal investigations, and litigation matters, as appropriate
• Evaluate information, and provide research, counsel, and guidance on complex legal, business and factual issues for which sound legal judgment, experience, and independent reasoning is required, balancing big-picture business needs with anticipated legal risk
• Counsel management, as appropriate, with oversight of more senior counsel
• Achieve and resolve matters through formal organizational channels and through informal networks
• Surface problems and issues before projects become derailed

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate required with 4 to 6 years of experience in a recognized law firm with a sophisticated corporate practice or in-house in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology or similar field
• Candidate must be licensed to practice law and in good standing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong analytical ability, critical and strategic thinking skills and attention to detail and project management skills to ensure appropriate execution

Preferred

• Familiarity with negotiating strategic pharmaceutical agreements (e.g., supply agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements, 3PL agreements, etc.)
• Mixed experience of both corporate and litigation matters, with a depth of experience in a specific area of need for the business
• Potential pharmaceutical or biotech experience