Legal Counsel

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Job Function:
Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:
Law Business Partners

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Mumbai, India, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Job Description:

The Johnson & Johnson Law Department is recruiting for the position of Legal Counsel, Innovative Medicine (IM) India.

As the onsite Legal Counsel, the primary responsibility is to provide broad legal counsel and general legal mentorship in India and also at the operational team level for IM’s India operations.

This is an exciting individual contributor role with large exposure to all levels within the business.

This role will be responsible for providing strategic and operational legal advice and counsel in all areas of law to support the business teams and help them achieve their goals, while protecting the company’s rights, interests and reputation.

The role requires a team-oriented, solutions-focused and agile business partner who will work with a hands-on approach on extensive and sophisticated legal issues.

This position reports to the Legal Director for IM India.

Key Accountabilities

Proficient at negotiating and drafting of various contracts including, without limitation, supply, distribution, wholesaler, co-marketing, co-promotion, sales, product licensing, clinical trials, post marketing survey, investigator-initiated study, donation, speaker engagement, employment and non-disclosure agreements.

Be able to proactively assess legal and governance risks to the business and work with stakeholders to devise and implement policies and procedures to address and manage those risks including preventative actions, trainings and communications.

Coordinating with the global Intellectual Property team on trademark and patent matters pertaining to products commercialized and proposed to be commercialized by the India and the International (South Asia) business team.


* Assisting the business on contractual and legal aspects and labour related matters.


* Management of litigation initiated by and against the company and coordinating with external litigation counsel/ law firms in this connection.


* Advising the Marketing and Medical functions on product labelling, marketing and ethical promotion.

Supervising the India legal environment and providing regular updates to the leadership team on relevant legal / regulatory changes.


* Support new business development initiatives (acquisition and licensing tran...