Senior Legal Counsel
Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
Boomerang is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join a multinational pharmaceutical company in Barcelona.
Role Purpose
The Senior Legal Counsel sees legal as a business enabler and will act as a strategic partner to senior leadership and to Commercial and Business Development teams. This is a senior, high‐impact role with strong exposure to the business and significant autonomy, focused on the negotiation, drafting and management of complex pharma agreements, with a particular emphasis on licensing‐related work and international deals.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Legal Advice
- Provide senior, pragmatic and business-oriented legal advice across key functions (Business Development, Commercial, Finance, Operations, Procurement, HR).
- Identify, assess and mitigate legal risks in strategic initiatives, proposing practical solutions aligned with growth objectives.
- Act as a trusted internal legal reference, ensuring preventive, value‐adding support to the business.
2. Complex Contracting & Licensing (core of the role)
- Lead the drafting, review and negotiation of complex agreements, both domestic and international, across the scope/markets supported.
- Drive pharma licensing work, with proven hands‐on experience negotiating agreements such as:
- License & Supply Agreements
- Technology Transfer Agreements
- Contract Manufacturing / CMO Agreements
- Distribution Agreements
- Supply / Sub‐distribution (as applicable) and related agreements
- Advise on a broader set of agreements including collaboration, supply, services, confidentiality and other strategic third‐party contracts.
- Ensure consistency with Group legal standards, templates, policies and governance requirements.
3. Business Development & Operations Support
- Provide legal support to growth initiatives, strategic alliances and new business opportunities.
- Partner closely with Business Development teams during deal assessment, negotiation and closing phases.
- Contribute actively to strategic decision‐making by providing legal insight and risk mitigation recommendations.
Requirements
- Law degree (LL.B. / equivalent).
- Minimum 8 years' relevant legal experience, ideally combining private practice and in‐house exposure within pharma / healthcare / life sciences (or a law firm with strong pharma client exposure).
- Strong Licensing Lawyer background with solid track record negotiating complex pharma agreements (License & Supply, Tech Transfer, CMO, Distribution, Supply and related contracts).
- Sound commercial and contract law knowledge with a clear business mindset.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders (Leadership, Business Development, Finance, international teams).
- Strong plus: experience negotiating and managing partners in India and/or China.
- Valued: experience supporting procurement contracting and managing disputes/claims (pre‐litigation/litigation support).
- High level of English (international environment).
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