Legal Counsel
Duration: 6 months
Location: London (3 days onsite)
Pay rate: £30.48 per hour
Hours: 35 hours per week (can be 4- or 5-day working week)
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:
* 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 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:
* Industry/ Business Exposure.
* Operations Management and Execution.
Skills:
* Legal High-Volume/Low complexity.
* Legal Generalist (Knowledge and experience related to more than one).
* Cost-Effective Spend Management.
* Knowledge of Core work processes.
* Knowledge of practices and standards.