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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Senior Counsel - Strategic Transactions - Mergers and Acquisitions

This role can sit remotely however preference would be to have someone within the Pacific time zone.

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be part of a legal team that supports Amgen’s Business Development group in a variety of life sciences transactions, including collaborations, in-licenses and out-licenses involving biotech and pharmaceutical products and technology, equity investments and mergers and acquisitions, while working closely with other Amgen functional groups (R&D, Finance, Operations, Commercial), and coordinating with various members of the Law Department. This position also provides support for ongoing alliances with Amgen’s key partners.

Specific Responsibilities May Include:

• Serve as in-house lead for M&A transactions, coordinating with internal stakeholders, outside counsel and advisors and opposing counsel.
• Draft and negotiate stock purchase agreements, investor rights agreements and other agreements ancillary to investments in private companies
• Draft and negotiate complex licensing agreements and collaboration agreements
• Draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts typical for the life sciences industry, including simple license agreements, research agreements, development, and supply agreements
• Provide legal advice and support for existing alliances and partnerships
• Advise internal client groups and senior management on contract interpretation, dispute resolution, IP ownership, product registration, legal issues related to the development, marketing and distribution of pharmaceutical products, corporate governance and other legal risks
• Advise junior attorneys and contract specialists on the preparation, negotiation and execution of more routine documents and agreements
• Work with the Business Development team and other departments within the company to conduct and coordinate due diligence efforts with strategic investments, licensing and M&A transactions.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The collaborative professional we seek is an attorney with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

J.D. degree or LL.M. degree from an ABA accredited law school, admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction and four (4) years of experience practicing law.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of law firm or in-house experience
• Experience with a Fortune 500 corporation (preferably in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry), or a nationally recognized law firm
• Significant experience advising on, drafting and negotiating corporate transactions, such as M&A transactions, with a strong preference for biotechnology industry or pharmaceutical industry transactions experience

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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