Senior Assistant General Counsel - IP

Senior Assistant General Counsel - IP

Position Summary:

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

This is a full-time salaried position: Monday – Friday, located out of Bridgewater, NJ (HQ).

Catalent Pharma Solutions is seeking a highly skilled and experienced IP Counsel to join our legal team. The Senior Assistant General Counsel – IP will be a key member of the Legal & Compliance Department, reporting to Associate General Counsel (Corporate and IP), and responsible for managing and protecting all aspects of Catalent’s intellectual property portfolio, including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Additionally, the Senior Assistant General Counsel – IP will liaise as needed with each of Catalent’s business units and functions to support with IP issues, and serve as partner to our commercial groups, providing advice on and assistance with negotiating and documenting the intellectual property aspects of all commercial relationships and mergers and acquisition matters.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role:

• Develop and implement strategies to protect and enhance the company’s intellectual property assets

• Draft, review, and negotiate IP-related agreements, including licensing agreements,
  confidentiality agreements, collaboration and joint development agreements, as well as support with the structuring and negotiating the intellectual property sections in the manufacturing, packaging, development, purchase, supply, license, and master service agreements

• Advise business unit personnel with respect to intellectual property policies and issues, including validity, infringement, “ethical walls,” and inventorship

• Oversee the preparation, filing, and prosecution of patent applications; manage patent portfolios and coordinate with external patent counsel

• Handle trademark clearance, registration, and enforcement; manage trademark portfolios and coordinate with external trademark counsel

• Provide, and work with external counsel on advice concerning freedom to operate, validity, infringement, enforceability, and related matters

• Oversee intellectual property litigation as needed; assist in merger and acquisition activity

• Review and revise external communications on all commercial matters and scientific publications from an IP perspective

• 10% global travel expectations annually

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school, required

• Minimum six years of intellectual property experience with a well-established law firm and/or corporate legal department, with a focus on pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated industry legal matters

• Admission to practice in the appropriate New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania ( in-house admission is acceptable), required

• Fluency in French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish, preferred

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds

Pay:
 

The anticipated salary range for this position in New Jersey is $200,000 - $262,650, plus bonus, when eligible. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc. Catalent