Executive Director, Corporate Legal
Executive Director, Corporate Legal
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
Conshohocken, PA
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We are seeking an experienced individual with strong securities law and corporate transactions experience to join our Legal team in either our Boston or Philadelphia office. The successful candidate will have extensive experience counseling public life sciences and/or biotech companies. Experience advising on complex transactions is preferred. This position will work extensively with members of the Company’s legal, finance, and investor relations teams.
Position Responsibilities:
Unsolicited resumes from agencies should not be forwarded to Madrigal. Madrigal will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes through this source. Madrigal will only pay a fee to agencies if a formal agreement between Madrigal and the agency has been established.
Please be aware that we are currently receiving numerous reports of individuals misrepresenting themselves as Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Hiring Managers, seeking to engage with job candidates through fraudulent online advertisements or job posting sites. These unauthorized individuals are using Madrigal’s name and logo in an attempt to solicit up-front fees and obtain personal information from interested job candidates. Please know that Madrigal does not conduct interviews via text or in chat rooms; conduct interviews via Skype, RingCentral or solely via telephone; charge candidates an advance fee of any kind (e.g., fees for purchasing equipment); nor does it offer positions of employment without undergoing a thorough recruiting process. Interviews with Madrigal are conducted via the Zoom platform.
Please also note that any correspondence with regard to employment would come from an authorized madrigalpharma.com email address or from an email address from one of our trusted search firm partners. We are aware that incorrect/fraudulent email addresses, with Madrigal misspelled, have been utilized in these most recent fraud attempts. If you receive unsolicited employment offers from people claiming to work for Madrigal we recommend that you: do not respond to their questions; do not open any attachments; and do not click on any hyperlinks.
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Position Responsibilities:
- Provide primary legal support for public company reporting and SEC compliance
- Provide advice regarding securities law disclosure/compliance, including Annual Reports Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, SEC registration statements, the annual meeting proxy statement, and the annual meeting of stockholders
- Provide legal advice and counseling with respect to equity-based compensation plans, executive compensation matters and Section 16 reporting
- Provide securities law advice and compliance guidance for earnings releases, investor materials, management presentations and other communications
- Provide training on various corporate policies, including insider trading and Regulation FD
- Manage and provide guidance on Madrigal’s internal processes for employee equity
- Assist with providing legal support to Board of Directors and Board Committees, which includes advising on substantive legal matters, developing meeting agendas, and preparing materials for Board/Committee meetings
- Assist with the corporate secretary function and various other corporate secretarial matters
- Provide legal support on financing matters
- Advise on other legal matters that arise across various functions within the company
- Manage outside counsel as needed in connection with executing above responsibilities and duties
- Juris Doctorate and admission to a state bar (or eligibility for in-house counsel admission)
- 8-12 years legal experience across life science companies and large law firms
- Demonstrated expertise in corporate governance matters and SEC compliance required
- Demonstrated expertise and experience providing legal advice for complex transactions, license agreements or collaborations is strongly preferred
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with strong ability to communicate across various functions
- Exceptional judgment and interpersonal skills
- Capacity to simultaneously handle a variety of complex legal matters with minimal guidance
Unsolicited resumes from agencies should not be forwarded to Madrigal. Madrigal will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes through this source. Madrigal will only pay a fee to agencies if a formal agreement between Madrigal and the agency has been established.
Please be aware that we are currently receiving numerous reports of individuals misrepresenting themselves as Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Hiring Managers, seeking to engage with job candidates through fraudulent online advertisements or job posting sites. These unauthorized individuals are using Madrigal’s name and logo in an attempt to solicit up-front fees and obtain personal information from interested job candidates. Please know that Madrigal does not conduct interviews via text or in chat rooms; conduct interviews via Skype, RingCentral or solely via telephone; charge candidates an advance fee of any kind (e.g., fees for purchasing equipment); nor does it offer positions of employment without undergoing a thorough recruiting process. Interviews with Madrigal are conducted via the Zoom platform.
Please also note that any correspondence with regard to employment would come from an authorized madrigalpharma.com email address or from an email address from one of our trusted search firm partners. We are aware that incorrect/fraudulent email addresses, with Madrigal misspelled, have been utilized in these most recent fraud attempts. If you receive unsolicited employment offers from people claiming to work for Madrigal we recommend that you: do not respond to their questions; do not open any attachments; and do not click on any hyperlinks.
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