シニアリーガルカウンセル / Senior Legal Counsel - Japan

AbbVieVerified source: this listing comes from the employer's official hiring system or a verified company · Minato City, Japan · Onsite
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Posted Sep 11, 2026 · Apply by Dec 13
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Position Overview

Compensation: Not disclosed
Position: Senior
Type: Job
Employment: Full time
Practice Area: General Practice
Remote: No
Deadline: Dec 13, 2026

Job Description

企業概要

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, FacebookInstagramX and YouTube.

求人内容

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will provide strategic commercial legal advice and strong counsel to support AbbVie’s core businesses and enterprise-wide initiatives.  The successful candidate will be expected to rapidly gain knowledge of our industry and business and be a true business leader capable of managing priorities, providing strategic advice, and finding innovative legal solutions to a wide range of complex Japanese matters and global projects. To ensure success, you will need to be confident in managing risk and display strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to navigate legal and regulatory complexities to make comprehensive decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the lead counsel in defined strategic priority areas and key brand teams, providing substantive advice and risk-based solutions concerning a broad range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues.
  • Provide clear advice to senior business clients and executive management on Japanese laws and regulations focusing on areas of promotion, patient support, market access, launch strategies and collaboration models.
  • Proactive leadership in offering business-oriented, efficient, flexible and long-term solutions for core strategic business challenges, anticipating hurdles and evaluating the broader business impact of proposed ways forward.
  • Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements such as complex commercial agreements and other corporate agreements.
  • Support executive matters delegated by the Legal Director and drive workstreams within the Global Legal team in novel areas of law or business transactions. 
  • Adopt a problem-solving approach and sound risk perspective to find solutions to a wide range of matters. Advise and resolve multi-faceted legal matters in practice area without supervision.
  • To the extent specific technical expertise is required, select and direct the work of outside counsel, define and manage project objectives and budget. 
  • Find solutions and unlock opportunities for business clients consistent with the law, policies/procedures, and AbbVie’s Code of Conduct.

資格

Education/Experience Required:

  • Bachelor of Law degree
  • Bar admission (Japan, US or other major jurisdictions)
  • Minimum of 10+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably as an in-house counsel in an international organization or from a reputable law firm.  Legal experience and expertise in the life science industry is strongly preferred. 
  • Experience with general contracts, corporate and commercial law
  • General understanding and experience in intellectual property matters (protection of trade secrets, patents and trademarks)
  • Solid understanding of anti-bribery laws, ethics and compliance
  • Understanding and experience with personal data protection and competition law matters

Essential Skills and Abilities:

  • Native level Japanese language skills (oral and written)
  • Excellent English skills (oral and written)
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Power Point, Excel, Word, SharePoint, etc.)

Key Leadership Competencies:

  • Highly motivated and enthusiastic, with cultural sensitivity to working in a diverse and inclusive multi-national company. Strong communication and influencing skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and build strong relationships with stakeholders, including senior leadership.
  • Work independently and prioritize key business priorities. Use good judgment, deliver initiatives on time, be agile and proactive.
  • Learn about our business quickly and extensively, grasp the “essence” of matters or issues and understand the impact of decision-making.
  • High ethical standards and integrity, acting as a role model and legal business leader within the organization.

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    Practice Area

    Position

    Senior

    Industry

    Legal

    Application Deadline

    December 13, 2026

    Employment Type

    Full time

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