Description
You'll be joining a diverse, passionate, and high-performing international legal team that thrives on solving complex challenges through working on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of healthcare together with the business.
This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact, cross-border transactions in the healthcare and life sciences sector, including data-driven and technology-enabled businesses. As a key part of the IQVIA M&A legal team, you will be providing legal support on a range of international corporate transactions. You will support the Assistant General Counsel, EMEA M&A and Integration and also have autonomy and responsibility for your own M&A, investment, reorganisations and other corporate transaction projects in the EMEA region.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide high-level advice and support on the lifecycle of M&A, joint venture, investment, internal reorganisations and other corporate transaction projects.
- Deliver business-oriented legal advice to internal stakeholders on all matters related to corporate transactions including diligence, legal documentation and regulatory filings.
- Collaborate with and facilitate decision-making across multiple internal stakeholders including the Corporate Development team.
- Adapt, drive and implement new M&A templates, innovations and processes within EMEA.
- Provide strong support and guidance to the business and legal teams throughout the integration process.
- Manage external counsel, where required, efficiently and effectively.
- Promote a forward-thinking legal operations approach, lead and support projects, including process improvements, template and playbooks drafting, and new business initiatives.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in law, Juris Doctor or equivalent, with active license to practice law in applicable jurisdiction.
- At least 6 years of relevant legal experience, specifically on cross-border M&A and corporate transactions across EMEA or globally.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent judgement with the ability to anticipate and identify issues.
- Self-reliant, hard-working and results-orientated, with an ability to engage in complex problem solving.
- Culturally sensitive.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to align legal and business objectives to collaboratively execute corporate transactions efficiently whilst appropriately managing legal risk.
- Professional fluency in English; proficiency in other languages is an advantage.
- AI literacy, including awareness of AI-enabled tools in transactional and legal operations contexts, is an advantage.