General Counsel

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General Counsel
Responsibilities: Develop functional plans for managing legal matters, including activities to be performed in-house or through outside counsel to best manage company’s legal activities and minimize risk for the business. Manage and advise on corporate governance, business development transaction, securities, law compliance, general transaction support, license agreements, employment law, regulatory matters, risk management, financing activities, and general contract management. Ensure compliance with security regulations, corporate governance requirements and relevant legal and statutory requirements for corporate reporting of a public company. Assist in managing the Investor Relations activities in collaboration with the CEO. Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of agreements including confidentiality, material transfer, advisory board, market research, other intellectual property-related matters with domestic and international parties including clients, partners, vendors and users ranging from global life sciences organizations to healthcare organizations, research and clinical sites, landlords, subcontractors, and government agencies. Provide leadership and technical guidance to ensure an effective ethics and compliance program. Oversee the development of programs to prevent and detect violations of laws, company policies and other misconduct, promote ethical practices and ensure the implementation of the compliance program throughout the organization. Oversee legal matters pertaining to intellectual property strategy and management. Has legal responsibility for patent, copyright and intellectual property matters. Oversees negotiation and completion of agreements, confidentiality disclosures, material transfer, licensing agreements and other intellectual property matters. Board of Directors meetings: prepare meeting minutes, BOD resolutions, maintains appropriate corporate records. Address developments in the corporate regulatory and governance environment and be proactive in areas related to compliance education and training. Monitor external developments in compliance, including laws and regulations, government investigations and industry best practices. Provide oversight and leadership for all legal needs of the company across business functions. Manage internal Legal team.

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