Senior Counsel

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Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for an experienced transactional attorney who can be successful within our fast-paced, adaptive and focused culture.

Position Overview:

This position will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice, guidance and support for Corporate Development (i.e., mergers and acquisitions), Business Development (i.e., licensing and collaborations) and Alliance Management.

Position will report to the Assistant General Counsel, Corporate and Business Development

Responsibilities:

• Lead drafting and negotiations, structuring and counseling on transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, strategic equity investments, strategic divestitures, global licenses, collaborations and partnerships and other transactions).  

• Identify and resolve critical legal issues and identify and help resolve critical business issues arising from transactions.

• Oversee and manage the legal due diligence process.

• Partner with Corporate Development and Business Development clients to ensure strategic alignment in all transactions, escalating matters as appropriate with the judgment to understand when escalation is necessary. 

• Manage business relationships and counsel business clients across a broad sphere of influence, internally and externally, on transaction and strategic issues pertaining to strategic alliance partnerships and collaborations.

• Contribute to the on-going development of a high-performance transactions legal team and cultivate a highly collaborative culture with effective relationships with peers in the legal department as well as other key functions.

• As appropriate, manage and organize antitrust approvals and negotiations with antitrust authorities and regulators.

• Demonstrate a service-oriented approach to advising internal client groups. 

• Demonstrate full commitment to Bristol Myers Squibb’s mission and values.

Qualifications/Competencies:

• Law degree. Qualification to practice law in New Jersey or ability to obtain a NJ in-house counsel limited license.

• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience.

• Experience drafting and negotiating complex transaction agreements related to the bio/pharmaceutical or life-sciences industry, including license agreements, collaboration agreements, acquisitions and divestitures.

• Understanding of bio-pharmaceutical/life-sciences industry.

• Has excellent interpersonal skills and can successfully manage internal client expectations and can work/operate well with a variety of personalities/capabilities in cross-functional teams, matrix environment.

• Creative, thoughtful and practical problem-solving skills.

• Must have high integrity, ability to assess risk, ability to make decisions and think strategically while applying knowledge of applicable legal issues.

• Listens to internal client needs and communicates with clients with confidence and diplomacy.

• Excellent verbal and writing skills and business judgment are required.

• Ability to communicate effectively with management and senior management personnel.

• Ability to train and develop the other members of the team.

• Ability to work independently, effectively and efficiently and perform against broad objectives.

Possess strong work ethic.
 

The starting compensation for this job in California, Massachusetts and Washington is a range from $243,470-$295,000, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.

Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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