Litigation - Commercial Attorney in Somerset, NJ

In-House

Somerset, NJ

Litigation - Commercial Attorney in Somerset, NJ

Attorney

Min 5 yrs required

No

Job Title: Senior Counsel, Litigation

Job Responsibilities:
The Senior Counsel, Litigation at the company will play a crucial role in the Legal & Compliance Department, tasked with supporting the management and oversight of the company's extensive range of litigations, arbitrations, and investigations on a global scale. Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting the company's response to a wide array of disputed matters, including complex contract disputes, employment claims, regulatory litigation, insurance disputes, and complex subpoenas.
- Actively managing the discovery process, which involves preparing witnesses for testimony and leading eDiscovery efforts to ensure efficiency.
- Providing solution-focused recommendations and legal strategy to business partners and outside counsel to proactively mitigate risk.
- Responding to administrative charges and other employment claims.
- Conducting internal investigations into allegations of compliance breaches or violations of the law or company policy.
- Clearly and concisely communicating complex legal issues to appropriate business and legal stakeholders for consideration and action.
- Supervising and working closely with outside counsel as needed to ensure their work is satisfactory, cost-effective, and timely.
- Undertaking up to 10% annual travel expectations (domestic).
- Performing other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Information:
- A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school is required.
- A minimum of 5+ years of complex commercial litigation experience with a well-established law firm is necessary.
- Admission to practice in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania (in-house admission is acceptable).
- Corporate legal department experience at a company in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries is preferred.
- The individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly, and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds.

Salary Information:
The text does not provide specific salary information for the Senior Counsel, Litigation position.

Additional Information:
The position is a full-time salaried role, scheduled from Monday to Friday, during the first shift, with a hybrid expectation out of Somerset, NJ. The Senior Counsel will report to the Senior Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, and will primarily operate from the corporate headquarters in New Jersey.

Why You Should Join the Company:
- Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.
- Diverse, inclusive culture with several Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity and inclusion.
- 152 hours of PTO plus 8 paid holidays.
- Dynamic, fast-paced work environment with a focus on continually improving processes to remain innovative.
- Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.
- Community engagement and green initiatives.
- Generous 401K match and medical, dental, and vision benefits effective from day one of employment.
- Tuition Reimbursement and WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness.
- Perkspot offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in various categories.

The company is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to ensuring the safety of every patient, consumer, and employee. The company offers rewarding opportunities to further your career as part of a global drug development and delivery leader, helping to bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients worldwide. Employees work directly with pharma, biopharma, and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. The company produces more than 70 billion doses per year, each used by someone counting on them.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans. Reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability is available upon request. The company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firms without a valid written and signed search agreement, and no fee will be paid for unsolicited referrals.

Security Notice:
The company never asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number, or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process. Any such request should be reported as fraudulent.

California Job Seekers can find the California Job Applicant Notice on the company's website.