Your role
As the Corporate Counsel for UK and Germany, you will be overall responsible for the legal operations in these two countries with the support of our many great colleagues and experts based in our Danish headquarter. Your main objectives will be to provide trusted legal advice, negotiate and draft agreements, handle disputes, manage legal risks, and optimize work processes within your area of responsibility:
* Act as a trusted legal advisor to the respective Leadership Teams (LTs).
* Negotiate and draft agreements, providing strategic and legal advice during negotiations and beyond.
* Handle and resolve disputes, offering guidance on how to manage potential conflicts.
* Implement legal risk management strategies to protect LEO Pharma’s rights and interests.
This is an hybrid role with a mix of office and home working. You can be based in either UK for our Maidenhead office or Germany for our Frankfurt office.
Your qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you have the following qualifications:
* A law degree and completed legal training to work as a lawyer or solicitor in either UK or Germany.
* Experience working in a private law firm or in-house legal counsel in private international company is required.
* Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
* Excellent negotiation and drafting skills, with the ability to thrive in a multicultural work setting.
As a person you have a positive attitude with an ability to prioritise, have excellent communication skills and thrive when working in a collaborative environment.
Your new team
You will be joining a collaborative and dynamic team of legal and compliance professionals based across the globe and be a part of our International Operations Legal & Compliance team within Global Legal & Compliance, counting approximately 50 specialists.
Your application
You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to add a few sentences in your resume or CV on why this position has your interest.
Let’s pioneer together
At LEO Pharma, we help people with skin diseases live fulfilling lives by advancing dermatology beyond the skin. We drive dermatology with our knowledge, collaboration, and curiosity, and we are at the forefront of science in developing new medicines. For us, pioneering together is about constantly improving and extending what’s possible for each other, our company, and our patients.
At LEO Pharma, we believe that our different perspectives, backgrounds, and attitudes are what enable us to make the best decisions, foster an inclusive culture, and meet the needs of the market we operate in. Therefore, we encourage you to apply for the position if you are excited about the role – even if you don’t meet every single requirement listed, you might be just the pioneer we are looking for. We believe in flexibility in all aspects - also when it comes to supporting our employees' diverse needs, hence, we offer hybrid work opportunities whenever possible.
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