Legal Counsel, International

BridgeBio is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering transformative medicines for patients living with genetic diseases and genetically defined cancers. Since our founding in 2015, we have built a diverse portfolio of more than 20 drug development programs, ranging from early discovery to late-stage clinical trials, across multiple therapeutic areas including precision oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, and renal disease. We have already achieved regulatory approval for three therapies and continue to advance promising science from academia into meaningful treatments for patients worldwide. 

BridgeBio is a global biotechnology company with our Global Headquarters located in San Francisco, USA, and our International HQ located in Zug, Switzerland. Since establishing our European presence in 2021, we’ve been building empowered, high-performing teams across countries — with experienced colleagues who move quickly, take ownership, and are fueling the company’s international growth. 

At BridgeBio, you’ll find an energetic and collaborative culture where pragmatism meets bold decision-making. We embrace uncertainty with confidence, guided by our commitment to making a meaningful impact for patients. Our people are trusted and empowered, united by urgency, purpose, and the drive to advance science for patients around the world. 

To learn more about our story and company culture, visit us at https://bridgebio.com

The legal work behind bringing medicines to patients is rarely one-dimensional. It spans commercial contracting, launch readiness, promotional review, digital channels, compliance, privacy, and the judgment to know when to move quickly and when to pause.

As Legal Counsel, International, reporting to the VP, Associate General Counsel, Legal International, you will serve as a hands-on legal business partner supporting pre-launch activities, commercial launch, and ongoing operations across Europe. You will advise a broad range of stakeholders, delivering practical, business-oriented guidance, managing risk thoughtfully, and helping the organization move with clarity, consistency, and speed.

This role is suited to a pragmatic lawyer who is excited by breadth, ownership, and the opportunity to help build scalable legal frameworks in a fast-moving biotech environment.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of agreements, including supplier and vendor agreements, master services agreements, service agreements, NDAs/CDAs, technology and digital services contracts, and other ancillary commercial documents
• Provide day-to-day legal support across Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Market Access, Finance and Supply Chain, on contractual and commercial, ensuring alignment with applicable laws, internal policies, and business objectives
• Advice on contract structuring, liability and risk allocation, and contract interpretation, and helping manage the full contracting lifecycle in partnership with business stakeholders

• Support launch readiness and ongoing commercial operations across relevant European markets by advising on pre-marketing activities, field force materials, promotional reviews, patient support initiatives and operational readiness questions
• Support EU MLR (Medical, Legal, Regulatory) review for Legal International, ensuring promotional and medical materials meet EU and national requirements, giving clear, enabling advice on claims, fair balance, substantiation, and appropriate risk mitigation
• Support the development and maintenance of EU-specific promotional review guidelines and support training of cross-functional stakeholders on compliant pre-marketing and promotion practices

• Partner closely with the global Compliance function to identify, assess, and manage regional compliance risks, including competition law, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, sanctions, and commercial governance, while supporting guidance and oversight on applicable industry codes and ethical standards across Europe
• Champion continuous improvement in legal operations, including the implementation and responsible use of modern legal tools, templates, playbooks, and AI-enabled solutions
• Contribute to legal training, knowledge sharing, and a culture of legal excellence across the wider Legal Department
• Handle additional legal projects and operational matters assigned

• This is an office role based and requires in-office collaboration 2-3x per week in our Zug Office
• Domestic and international travel is expected when required

• Swiss or EU qualified lawyer with 4–5 years of post-qualification experience in pharmaceutical or biotech, with meaningful exposure to commercial operations, product launch, and cross-functional legal support — at a law firm, a company, or both
• You have exposure to additional jurisdictions. MLR (Medical, Legal, Regulatory) review experience required
• You communicate with precision and confidence across all levels — whether advising a field team, sitting in an MLR, presenting to affiliate leadership, or escalating a complex matter to senior legal counsel. People always know where you stand and why
• You build real relationships with the teams you support — and those relationships are what make you effective
• You can work in a fast-paced dynamic work environment with efficient prioritization, responsiveness and focus (especially during periods of sustained pressure and often under tight deadlines). You are flexible and have a high tolerance for ambiguity
• You are fluent in English (working proficiency required); proficiency in an additional European language is preferred

We have high expectations for our team members. We make sure those working hard for patients are rewarded and cared for in return.  

• Market leading compensation 
• Hybrid work model - we value your flexibility in how you work, but encourage time in the office to strengthen our culture, collaboration, and sense of community
• We provide career development through regular feedback, continuous education and professional development programs
• We celebrate strong performance with financial rewards, peer-to-peer recognition, and growth opportunities