Legal Counsel

Job Description

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.