Job Description
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.
Company Overview
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.
Role Summary
Azurity is seeking an experienced, practical, and business-oriented legal professional in India. This role is intended to provide broad-based legal support to the Global Infrastructure function across employment, finance, IT- digital , corporate governance, and other cross-functional business matters.
Employment
Assist HR on employee relations matters, including performance management, discipline, investigations, and terminations.
Advise on sensitive employment matters, including complaints, retaliation concerns, accommodations, and workplace investigations.
Support workforce restructurings and reductions in force, including risk assessment, documentation, and execution.
Draft and review separation agreements, employment agreements, releases, and related employment documentation.
Develop and maintain employment policies, handbooks, workplace guidelines, and template documentation.
Partner with HR on performance documentation, including PIPs, warnings, and other employee relations materials.
Advise on leave, disability, wage and hour, payroll, and worker classification matters.
Coordinate with Compliance and outside counsel on investigations, employment matters, and other workplace initiatives.
Corporate Governance
Support management of corporate entities, including maintaining entity records, tracking governance requirements, and assisting with corporate documentation.
Provide support for subsidiary Board and committee materials, including drafting and organizing minutes, consents, resolutions, presentations, and related governance records.
Coordinate with Finance, Tax, Compliance, and other stakeholders on entity, reporting, and governance-related matters.
Finance
Support financings, refinancings, lender diligence requests, closings, and post-closing obligations.
Assist with compliance under credit facilities, lender agreements, covenants, and reporting obligations.
Review lender communications, consents, waivers, amendments, certificates, and related documentation.
Support audits, diligence, investigations, and information requests from lenders, auditors, regulators, and other advisors.
Advise on payment issues, vendor disputes, pricing-reporting requirements, and other finance-related legal risks.
Coordinate with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Compliance, and outside counsel on cross-functional matters.
Review and negotiate finance-related agreements, including engagement letters, NDAs, and other related documentation.
Help develop policies, controls, processes, and documentation standards that support compliance and risk management.
Legal Operations and Systems
Support legal operations, matter management, data management, documentation standards, and process improvements to help streamline legal function.
Gather, quantify, and report legal department metrics and other information needed to support operational excellence and leadership reporting.
Strategic Legal and Business Partner
Support in serving as legal advisor to Infrastructure functions and related executives, including EPMO, Digital, People, Workplace Services, IT, Finance, Communications, PR, Government Affairs, Legal & Compliance, and other business teams as needed.
Help identify legal and business risks, gather facts, and support practical recommendations that enable timely and risk-calibrated decision-making.
Coordinate with internal stakeholders globally to understand business objectives, track deliverables, follow up on open items, and ensure legal matters progress efficiently.
Prepare first drafts, summaries, checklists, templates, presentations, and other work product for review by senior legal team members.
General Legal Department Support
Work closely with Legal & Compliance team members to support efficient workflows and consistent legal support globally.
Maintain organized files and records; prepare reports, presentations, trackers, and matter summaries; and support special projects as assigned.
Handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism, and escalate issues appropriately.
Qualifications
LL.B. from a reputed university;
3-9 years of relevant legal experience, with meaningful experience supporting an in-house legal department or multinational business environment.
Strong contracting experience, including cross-border agreements and coordination with global internal stakeholders and counterparties.
Sound judgment, high integrity, and ability to identify legal and business risks and propose practical solutions.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate clearly with legal colleagues and stakeholders in the United States, India, Ireland, and other jurisdictions.
Strong organizational skills, careful attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple complex matters in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
High proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with Ironclad or similar contract lifecycle management platforms, DocuSign, Oracle, preferred.
Collaborative, team-oriented working style with the ability to build business acumen and operate with appropriate independence.
By applying for this role, you confirm that you are mentally and physically capable of fulfilling the job responsibilities detailed in the job description without any restrictions. If you have any concerns or even the slightest disability that may affect your ability to perform the job, please inform HR in advance.