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General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
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General Counsel & Corporate Secretary The candidate will assess and provide counsel to senior management regarding legal risks and rewards and provide strategic and tactical advice to support firms' initiatives while minimizing risk. Will serve as a key member of the senior management team, providing proactive and strategic advice to advance firms' mission and programs. Advice on corporate structure and risk management approaches -domestically and globally - including current and future business structures and legal entities. Serve as Corporate Secretary to the Board of Trustees, ensuring adherence to corporate governance, by-laws, and proper corporate record-keeping. Provide legal oversight to support management in maintaining the institution's tax-exempt status. Ensure compliance with corporate requirements, filings, and regulatory matters, including requirements to maintain firms' tax-exempt status. Oversee negotiation of a wide variety of agreements including material transfer, license, and other IP-related matters with domestic and international parties. Oversee legal support for product licensing and the provision of firm services to the biomedical community, including matters related to firms' research into human genomics and translational medicine, and the implications of operating in the pre-clinical and clinical space. Oversee legal compliance, including management of conflict of interest reporting, research integrity, privacy, and data security, Laboratory s IP rights, FCPA, and export-import regulations. Oversee development of standardized contracts, royalty, and other agreements. Coordinate and oversee the use of external legal support to ensure high-quality and consistent representation on matters critical to firms' interests, including coordination of litigation and the defense of the firm in adverse legal actions. Enforce claims that firms may have against third parties. Prepare and/or manage the development of legal opinions and documents, with outside counsel. Advice on real estate matters and philanthropy matters. Advice on labor and employment matters. Advice on education programs and programs involving students. Travel regularly to all U.S. based sites with some potential international travel as well.

The candidate should have J.D. with excellent academic credentials and 15-20 years of legal experience, including time spent in senior in-house roles, with a preference for a combination of not-for-profit and private sector experience and experience serving as General Counsel. Must have experience advising and engaging with a Board of Directors or Board of Trustees on sophisticated matters and a background overseeing corporate governance matters. Experience working in healthcare, research, biotech, or broader life sciences organization is preferred, or in other legal positions that would involve similar experience. Specific experience with research and research services agreements, including those relating to clinical research and the use of human subject materials in research, is a plus.
 
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