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Job Details
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.
Your role:
Provide strategic and operational legal support to business areas, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and internal policies, mitigating legal/reputational risk, and enabling compliant growth. The role covers broad legal matters with a strong focus on regulatory, public procurement/tenders, competition/antitrust, commercial contracting (public and private) and compliance. Manage external counsel and specialized consultants; no direct team.
You will be responsible for:
- Act as a strategic business partner to cross-functional stakeholders (Commercial, Market Access, Medical, Finance, Supply, Compliance).
- Advise on pharma regulatory topics and interactions with health authorities, ensuring compliant decision-making.
- Support tenders and government contracting, including bid review, contracting, and administrative proceedings.
- Provide guidance on competition/antitrust risks (pricing/discounts, distribution arrangements, commercial policies, information exchange).
- Review and negotiate commercial contracts (public/private) with distributors, vendors, service providers, and strategic partners.
- Support distribution models and commercial policy implementation, ensuring alignment with legal/compliance requirements.
- Develop clear, pragmatic legal opinions and business-facing guidance.
- Coordinate corporate governance documentation aligned with company governance.
- Represent Legal in Brand Teams and key governance forums; support industry association engagement when requested in coordination with relevant functions.
- Partner with Compliance on policies, trainings, and investigations as needed.
- Ensure adherence to the Code of Conduct and internal policies/procedures.
Core capabilities
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management; influence without authority
- Excellent contracting and negotiation skills
- Solid knowledge of regulated industries; ability to translate law into practical guidance
- Working knowledge of competition/antitrust and public procurement risks
- High standards for ethics, judgment, confidentiality, and compliance culture
- Strong written/oral communication and organization; ability to manage multiple priorities
Requirements:
- Law degree (LL.B. or equivalent)
- Consolidated legal experience in corporate settings; ideally regulated industries
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Postgraduate/specialization in Corporate/Business/Contract Law
- Spanish (plus)
- Experience in pharmaceutical/healthcare industry
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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