Eli Lilly and Co. is on the hunt for a new top lawyer as its current general counsel and vice president, Mike Harrington, is preparing to retire at the end of the year. 

The global pharmaceutical company announced Harrington's plans to step down on Thursday and stated that a ”search is underway for Harrington's successor.” 

Harrington joined Lilly in 1991 as a product liability litigation lawyer and has been a member of the Indianapolis-based company's executive committee for seven years.