Description
We are seeking a Legal Counsel to provide legal advice and services in one or more of the following areas: contract law, employment law, commercial law, regulatory or compliance.
The successful candidate will review, draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and organisational policies.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing legal advice regarding employment law and liaising with Human Resources on all issues of the law related to the organisation's human capital
- Advising and representing the organisation on legal issues concerning patent, copyright, and trademark, real estate, or privacy matters
- Examining legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting a lawsuit
- Preparing files and taking cases to trial if out-of-court settlements cannot be reached or coordinating such legal matters handled by outside counsel
The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's Degree and JD
- 8 years of related experience, including 5 years of experience in corporate law
- Strong organisational, planning, project management, communication, presentation and influence skills
- Strong business acumen
- Solid understanding of the government regulations that affect the operation of the organisation
- Solid understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and/or drug development process
- Solid understanding of drug discovery and development
- Demonstrated ability to work creatively in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated sound decision-making skills
- Excellent skills using MS Office Suite: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple priorities
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients