Lead Ip Transactions Counsel

**About the Role**:
Location: Basel, Switzerland #LI-Hybrid
With more than 80 transactions opportunities reviewed every year, the Principal IP Transactions Counsel for Novartis has the unique opportunity to lead internal and external IP teams in the management and execution of IP aspects of strategic and complex transactions in close collaboration with IP and Legal management, and Corporate & Business Development (C&BD) colleagues. You will facilitate collaboration and best practices for our team of dedicated and experienced transactions professionals who design and implement the IP strategies needed for the growth of Novartis’s innovative medicines business, all for the ultimate benefit of patients and society
**Reporting to the Head Global IP Litigation and Transactions, the core responsibilities for this role include the following**:

- Coordinate and drive the delivery by internal and external IP teams of legal advice and documentation and related workstreams on transactions, including structuring, due diligence, and negotiation, as well as post-closing/integration activities.
- Work with Legal Transactions, C&BD, and other business colleagues to ensure appropriate IP elements are addressed in transaction structuring, terms, and contract drafting.
- Brief and make recommendations to line management, senior management, and other stakeholders (e.g. C&BD leadership) in respect of complex and sensitive IP and commercial issues arising in connection with transaction.
- Drive robust IP due diligence processes, including external IP and legal support, to identify, assess and communicate IP and deal risks and implement appropriate risk mitigation.
- Support the transition of closed transactions to integration/separation IP teams.
- Triage requests for IP diligence support, provides preliminary exclusivity assessments, and ensure that the Novartis Search & Evaluation team can analyze potential opportunities quickly and efficiently.
- Ensure exchange of information and know-how and provide training, with the goal that in-house lawyers take a consistent and proactive approach in effectively dealing with IP transactions, and that stakeholders are advised early of IP issues impacting the business.

**Diversity & Inclusion / EEO**:

- We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Role Requirements**:
What you’ll bring to the role:
**Essential Requirements**:

- Patent attorney qualification required, or significant legal practice in the IP field.
- Proficiency in English; knowledge other European languages is an asset; must be able to draft complex legal documents and negotiate in English.
- Extensive experience in patent drafting, prosecution, FTO opinions, and litigation, or extensive experience as a life-sciences IP lawyer handling FTO opinions and IP litigation.
- Sound understanding of regulatory exclusivities in major pharmaceutical markets.
- Significant experience executing complex licensing and collaboration, plus public and private merger and acquisition transactions (both buy-side and sell side), with focus on all aspects of IP and regulatory exclusivity and freedom to operate assessments.
- Good experience managing and leading IP transaction teams and processes, and managing stakeholder interests in a corporate environment.
- Good basic understanding of related disciplines: Regulatory, Antitrust, Corporate, Tax.

**Why Novartis?**
**You’ll receive**:
**Accessibility and accommodation**
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Division

Legal

Business Unit

S&L

Location

Switzerland

Site

Basel

Company / Legal Entity

Novartis International AG

Functional Area

Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl.

Job Type

Full Time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

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