Legal & Compliance Counsel GCC

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