About this role
Job Description Summary -To provide effective legal counsel to assigned business functions or teams within a country / BF/BU or Corporate function, acting as a legal advisor and business partner, negotiating contracts, managing litigation and providing counselling on substantive area legal issues. To act independently in complex legal matters and transactions; for example Licensing and Divestment.
Job Description Major accountabilities:
• Act as a business partner in all activities relating to the contractual negotiations and company’s statutory obligations by substantiating recommendations and providing legal advice and assistance to the senior legal counsels/Head Legal. • Draft basic transactions and contracts independently. • Advise on, and assists management decision-making regarding, contract and other risks relating to business activities and provides potential solutions therefor. • Manage disputes and litigation and/or investigations. • Manage relationships and monitors the work of outside counsel and legal experts. • Manage and support activities regarding compliance issues, such as anti-trust and regulatory. • Partner and liaise with external local counsels. • Participate in the development, recommendation and implementation of legal policies, procedures and guidelines. • Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Sandoz products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable) • Key performance indicators: • Case assessment quality combined with budgeting for own cases -Quality of reporting and communication -Impact on and perception of the overall status of the Practice (pulse check) Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:
• Functional Breadth. • Accountability. • Ambiguity. • Industry/ Business Exposure. • Project Management. • Operations Management and Execution. Skills:
• Business Networking. • Business Partners. • Calls Handling. • Contract Management. • Curiosity. • Decision Making Skills. • Finance. • Law (Legal System). • Litigation (Law). • Microsoft Office. • Proactivity. • Quality Control. Languages :
• English.
Skills Desired Business Networking, Business Partners, Calls Handling, Contract Management, Curiosity, Decision Making Skills, Finance, Law (Legal System), Litigation Law, Microsoft Office, Proactivity, Quality Control