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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in drafting and negotiating biotech and pharma licensing agreements, with a strong understanding of intellectual property ownership and compliance in the life sciences sector. Capable of translating complex legal concepts into clear terms for non-legal stakeholders while managing external counsel and supporting corporate objectives.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Law Degree5+ Years Legal ExperienceBiotech Licensing AgreementsIntellectual Property OwnershipGDPR Compliance
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Hard Skills
Drafting AgreementsNegotiating ContractsIP ProtectionLicensing MechanicsContract Management
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationAutonomousPragmaticEager to Learn
Industry Keywords
Life SciencesDrug DiscoveryNDAMTACRO AgreementsVendor AgreementsData AgreementsRegulatory ComplianceCorporate FinanceExternal Counsel Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead legal work on licensing and collaboration deals from term sheet to signing
- Draft and negotiate agreements while protecting AQEMIA’s intellectual property and drug discovery platform
- Work with Business Development, Finance, and Leadership to translate commercial goals into contract terms
- Support IP protection and patent-related decisions with scientific teams and external patent counsel
- Draft and negotiate NDAs, MTAs, CRO, vendor, software, and data agreements
- Address GDPR, regulatory, compliance, and dispute-related matters with specialist support
- Support corporate and fundraising matters with Finance and external advisors
- Own legal templates and approval workflows
- Highlight key contract obligations and deadlines to relevant teams
- Manage external counsel
- Serve as a trusted legal partner to the CEO, founders, leadership, and teams across the company
- Report to the Corporate Finance Manager
Requirements
What you’ll need- Law degree or equivalent professional legal qualification
- 5+ years of legal experience, including time at a law firm in a life sciences practice
- Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating biotech or pharma licensing agreements
- Strong understanding of licensing mechanics and IP ownership in drug discovery, including scope, exclusivity, financials, and termination
- Excellent English drafting and negotiation skills
- Ability to explain legal points clearly to non-lawyers
- Autonomous, pragmatic, and eager to learn legal topics beyond current expertise
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible work arrangements including up to two remote days per week
- Opportunity to make an impact on changing how drugs are discovered
- Opportunity to shape the direction of a fast-growing company and team
- Work alongside an interdisciplinary team spanning AI, physics-based modeling, biology, medicinal chemistry, and life sciences
- Offices in the heart of Paris and London (King’s Cross)
- Work on an expanding drug discovery pipeline and strategic pharma collaborations
- Opportunity to grow into a broad in-house legal role
- Professional development through exposure to licensing, IP, patents, operational contracts, data and AI, compliance, and corporate matters