Assistant Corporate Legal Adviser
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AbbVie
Legal Counsel
AbbVie • Marlow, United Kingdom • via Careers At AbbVie
22 hours ago
Full–time
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Job description
Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
• Located in our Marlow offices
• Reporting to Counsel Director
Job Overview
The role will be responsible for the general legal affairs relating to the United Kingdom & Ireland. The role will form part of the UK & Ireland Leadership Team and will also require working with third party stakeholders, including external counsels. This position serves as an ambassador role and requires strong leadership to manage both routine and critical situations.
Key Responsibilities
• Support and assist day-to-day business operations of AA providing proactive and practical, clear & concise legal advice in all areas of law and regulation, with prioritization on the UK & Ireland local goals and objectives
• Develop and maintain a range of legal templates and legal guidelines to share with non-legal teams in the relevant territory, and draft/review a various range of commercial contracts
• Assist on litigation matters
• Interact with and manage external counsels
• Advice on commercial policies and competition law related matters
• Support business on commercial claims and disputes with competitors and/or other third parties, with specific regards to the advertising and promotion of products
• Manage legal risk and prevent legal issues
• Monitor, anticipate and report changes to the applicable legislation that are of direct or indirect interest of the organization
• Provide support and legal assistance to functional programs in all areas of the AA including corporate governance, internal audit, data protection, regulatory inspections and audits, incident management, security and disaster recovery, litigation reports, real estate projects and/or leasing of facilities
• Assist as needed the HR function for relevant employment law related matters, the Global Product Protection function for counterfeit and diverted product matters, and the Company Secretariat function
• Perform secondary IP work, in coordination with Corporate IP Department
• Manage, in coordination with the AA Area Legal function, the legal budget for the UK & Ireland
• Ensure goals and objectives are fully aligned to business
• Complete timely and in accordance with company’s code of ethics, policies, procedures, SOPs, and all the administrative tasks relating to the employment status of the in-house lawyer.
Qualifications
• Qualified as a solicitor or equivalent in the UK
• Previous experience as an in-house counsel, preferably in a pharma and medical device business
• Hands-on attitude
• Ability to take complex business situations and develop solutions to ensure compliant business activities
• Ability to work cross-functionally & cross-border and manage complexity
• Ability to identify and address issues proactively in a timely manner
• Structured and process oriented, business-minded
• Endorses and acts according to AA values and leadership behaviors
Additional Information
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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Job description
12-Month Fixed term Contract
About us
The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. We work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government.
We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils to help them deliver local solutions to national problems.
We also provide councils with the tools and resources to respond to challenges present and emerging, and support improvement across the sector.
We value diversity and encourage applications from all sections of the community to this high-profile role.
About the role
We are seeking an experienced solicitor to join our in-house legal team. This is an exciting opportunity for a solicitor with expertise in Company Law, Governance, Local Government law including standard issues, judicial reviews, housing, planning, licensing, procurement, and commercial contracts. You will provide expert legal advice and support on a wide range of public and company law matters, including litigation, legislative implementation, and internal corporate matters. You will also support LGA partner organisations or subsidiary companies.
You must be confident managing multiple complex matters concurrently, be collaborative in your approach, possess strong technical and interpersonal skills, and adopt a risk-based and confidential approach to problem-solving.
To apply
If you would like to be considered for the role, please complete the online form and include a cover letter detailing how you meet the criteria for the role before the closing date.
We are specifically assessing candidates against the following criteria:
Significant experience in resolving complex and sensitive legal issues in public law and corporate governance.
Practical knowledge in Local Government law and related areas, including planning, procurement, commercial contracts, and grant funding.
Proven ability to deliver high-quality, proactive and timely legal services tailored to clients’ needs.
Excellent problem-solving and organisational skills, with a strong concern for order, accuracy, and meeting deadlines.
Up-to-date understanding of legal issues affecting local government and the LGA.
Articulate communicator, with excellent written and oral skills and an ability to convey complex ideas in plain English.
Flexible, ‘can-do’ attitude and adaptable to changing requirements.
Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.
Interview Date:
We use anonymous recruitment, which is the practice of hiding candidates’ identities. This process involves removing any identifying information from candidates’ applications which includes names.
At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit.
The LGA are proud to be awarded a “Disability Confident Leader”. Please contact us via if you require a reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have.
Our benefits
LGA annual leave entitlement is 29 days, rising to 31 days after three years’ service and to 33 days after five years’ service, plus all UK public holidays (pro rata for fixed term and part time contracts).
Flexible & agile working – office-based staff are required to work in the LGA’s London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.
Future development – face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals
The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.
Family friendly policies
Our values & behaviours
Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand:
how we work with each other
how we work with our members and stakeholders
our expectations for ourselves and each other
Our values are:
Collaboration –
Inclusion –
Ambition –
Respect –