Corporate Counsel
The Corporate Counsel will report directly to the General Counsel and be an integral member of the legal team. This individual will primarily be responsible for working with internal stakeholders across the Company on a variety of legal needs in connection with our development of gene therapies for wet AMD and other diseases, providing legal advice on a wide range of matters, including SEC compliance, general corporate law, financings, contracting and labor and employment. The role requires a self-starter possessing exemplary collaboration, communication, leadership and influencing skills. The role also requires a business-oriented and operations focused approach and a willingness to engage in ensuring the overall growth and success of the organization.
What you'll do:
- Support for SEC filings and internal processes, including preparation and review of all SEC filings (including Section 16 reporting, proxy statements, registration statements, Forms 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K and Form 4), in collaboration with various internal and external non-legal parties, including senior management, Board members, the Finance team, and vendors
- Assist with the planning, preparation, conduct, and records of all Board of Directors and Committee meetings
- Oversee the paralegal responsible for day-to-day management and maintenance of corporate governance records
- Responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of agreements across the business in an efficient and risk-sensitive way including agreements supporting Adverum’s clinical, pre-clinical, quality, regulatory and manufacturing teams
- Provide advice and guidance related to contractual rights and obligations, as well as interpretation of terms and conditions
- Provide legal support to the People Team pertaining to labor and employment matters and compliance
- Build trusted advisor relationships in addition to influencing and collaborating effectively across all levels of the Company
- Actively participate in legal department administration and operations working closely with the General Counsel and other department staff
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise in substantive legal areas managed, keep abreast of new developments, and instill best practices
- Act as a proactive business partner to all levels of the organization and build trusted advisor relationships in addition to influencing and collaborating effectively across all levels of the Company
- Actively participate in legal department administration and operations to help ensure a successful legal team
- Develop deep knowledge of the Company’s business and provide thoughtful, creative and business-minded legal advice and recommendations to achieve business and strategic objectives
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise in substantive legal areas managed, keep abreast of new developments, and instill best practices; and
- Perform additional duties as assigned
About you:
- Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate and collaborate with colleagues at all levels of the organization, as well as with the Company’s business partners and vendors, in a positive and effective manner
- JD from a reputable ABA accredited law school; membership in at least one state bar
- 5+years of relevant legal experience, with increasing responsibilities
- Excellent analytic ability, nuanced judgment and exceptional problem-solving skills
- Effective oral and written communications skills
- Demonstrated work ethic and team-first mentality
- Must have the ability to multitask, prioritize appropriately, exercise sound judgment and work in a fast-paced environment
- Enthusiastic team player with ability to work both independently with minimal direction and collaboratively with small, cross-functional teams
- Self-starter with strong work ethic, solid character and personal integrity
- Ability to work and lead under pressure unruffled, exhibiting timely decision making, and with a sense of humor and balance
- Enthusiastic team player with ability to work both independently and as part of a team
About Us
Adverum is a clinical-stage gene therapy company targeting unmet medical needs in ophthalmology and rare diseases. Adverum develops gene therapy product candidates designed to provide durable efficacy by inducing sustained expression of a therapeutic protein. Adverum’s core capabilities include clinical development, novel vector discovery and in-house manufacturing expertise, specifically in scalable process development, assay development, and current Good Manufacturing Practices quality control.
At Adverum, Inclusion and Diversity are at our core. We believe in the power of being your authentic self. We strive to create the space which allows for everyone in our Adverum Community to not only feel safe but encouraged to speak, learn from each other, grow in their professions and be the very best versions of themselves no matter what their age, ethnic background, gender, origin, religion or sexual orientation