Associate General Counsel - Securities & Finance

Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

AbbVie is looking for an accomplished corporate lawyer possessing practical legal judgment, excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to advise corporate functions on key securities and finance-related matters. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented, positive team player who can also independently manage complex, fast-paced legal assignments. The Associate General Counsel, Securities and Finance attorney will join a team of lawyers primarily advising AbbVie’s Financial Reporting & Accounting, Treasury, Investor Relations, Executive Compensation and other corporate functions.

This attorney must be able to efficiently and comprehensively:

• Advise on corporate disclosure matters and compliance with the relevant corporation laws, stock exchange listing standards, SEC reporting and compliance rules and regulations, and related corporate policies.
• Draft and review periodic reports including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, and other SEC-related forms and filings, including Forms 3, 4 and 5.
• Lead legal support to the company’s Disclosure Committee.
• Lead legal support for corporate finance and securities transactions, including bank financings, and equity/debt offerings, advise on compliance with indentures and loan documents and support the financing aspects of M&A, joint venture, licensing and other transactions.
• Lead legal support in connection with stockholder relations, including stock issuance, dividends, transfer operations, and assist finance and investor relations with stockholder correspondence, annual reports, earnings and press releases, scripts and investor decks for use in earnings calls.
• Advise corporat