Senior Counsel I - (Construction, Real Estate)

Senior Counsel I - (Construction, Real Estate)
United States - California - Foster CityUnited States - New Jersey - Morris Plains

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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Job Description

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.


Senior Counsel, Corporate Legal

Gilead Sciences is seeking a Senior Counsel to join our growing Corporate Legal Team. We are looking for an attorney with experience in facilities and construction contracts, commercial leasing, and other real estate matters to support Gilead's corporate operations. While this role primarily supports the Corporate Engineering & Facilities and Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing organizations, this attorney may support environmental health and safety, sustainability, corporate security, commercial, corporate development, manufacturing and other general contract matters as needed.

Our Corporate Legal team consists of 40+ smart, collegial, and team-oriented attorneys and non-attorney legal professionals that provide day-to-day contracting and transactional support to Gilead's business units, including research, development, manufacturing, commercial, facilities, IT and G&A; support on M&A and other strategic transactions; and securities. The team works closely with colleagues in IP, procurement, IT security, privacy and other legal and functional groups to deliver high-quality contracting and transactional support to Gilead's many business teams, and, in turn, help those business teams execute on Gilead's mission to address unmet medical needs and improve life by advancing the care of patients with life-threatening diseases.




Specific Responsibilities and Skills


This individual will be responsible for, among other things:

• Drafting and negotiating a full range of construction contracts, including AIA agreements and supplementary terms and conditions for design-build, lump sum, guaranteed maximum price, integrated project delivery, architecture and engineering, and related agreements.
  
• Supporting commercial lease transactions across our global real estate portfolio, including drafting and negotiating lease agreements, LOIs, extensions, amendments, consent forms, and other ancillary documents, and working with local country counsel where appropriate.
  
• Preparing master services agreements, consulting agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, and other commercial agreements in support of our Facilities and Manufacturing organizations.
  
• Partnering with senior management throughout Corporate Engineering & Facilities, Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing, and the broader company to ensure smooth, efficient, practical and quality coordination between the business and legal teams.
  
• Advising on and resolving transactional negotiation escalations and potential contract disputes.
  
• Maintaining and improving productive and efficient ways of working with a wide range of cross-functional colleagues and subject-matter experts.
  

Requirements


In light of these responsibilities, the ideal candidate will have:

• Expertise in drafting, negotiating and interpreting a wide range of construction contracts as well as general commercial and vendor agreements, such as master services agreements, consulting agreements and confidentiality agreements;
  
• Expertise with commercial leases and other real estate transactions, and familiarity with related areas such as land use and planning and environmental, health and safety matters;
  
• Experience developing and implementing contract processes and knowledge resources, such as contract templates, playbooks, back-up provisions, client guidance, and team and client training materials;
  
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, written and presentation skills;
  
• A high degree of client service orientation and ability to recognize and respond quickly and pragmatically to urgent, complex situations and demanding clients;
  
• Willingness and ability to coordinate activities of many stakeholders across various departments, not only within the company's headquarters in Foster City, but also throughout the company's international organization;
  
• Experience using a contract lifecycle management software (e.g., Apttus);
  
• Knowledge of Gilead's business and the pharmaceutical industry in general, including knowledge of regulations governing the pharmaceutical industry;
  
• 6+ years of prior industry or law firm experience providing legal counsel on construction contracts, commercial lease transactions, and facilities operations matters;
  
• Juris Doctorate or equivalent advanced degree from a nationally accredited law school; and
  
• Admission to the California state bar, registration as in-house counsel, or ability to gain admission or registration for either within 90 days.
  

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