Legal Counsel

Vor 4 Tagen

Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz K-Recruiting Life Sciences Vollzeit

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Legal Counsel (M/F/D)

Tasks:

  • Provide all kind of legal advice on CMB and Divestments matters.
  • Assist on the correct M&A deal preparation and execution, including deal structuring, CIM and VDR, drafting and negotiation of APA, SAPA, SPA agreements in the context of divestiture activities, incl. also ancillary agreements like manufacturing, transitional services or tech-transfer agreements.
  • Screen for contractual risks and manage potential disputes with respect to CMB-partners.
  • Work in collaboration with colleagues from Tax, Regulatory, IP, IT and the Legal Department, especially from the EUCAN BD-Group.
  • Coordinate and oversee divestment cases with external law firms and efficiently manage them.
  • Makes transaction decisions and develops strategies in alignment with the Head Counsel GMSGQ.
  • Ensures business opportunities are properly balanced with sound (legal) risk management.
  • Can clearly communicate with the GMSGQ clients, including also the leadership teams and his/her teams.
  • Works as an interface to clients from the CMB-Group, Corporate BD-Group and external counsels.
  • Proactively joins - and contributes to global lawyer network (VPG) GMSGQ.

Qualification:

  • Eight-month maternity leave replacement, starting end of May/1st of June, with the opportunity for hybrid working (5 days per month in the office are requested).
  • Fully qualified lawyer in UK or at least one European jurisdiction, with at least 10 years of post-qualification experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Strong knowledge in Civil law and contract law.
  • Strong background on M&A and technical pharma agreements & good technical (manufacturing or cGMP) understanding.
  • Strong verbal and written communication, research, organizational as well as analytical skills.
  • Team player.
  • Strong communication skills, including convincing presentation skills, excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills with an ability to influence others.
  • Fluent (spoken and written) in English, any further European language is an asset.
  • Position could require approximately 20% travelling under normal circumstances.

Requirements:

Start: 15.05.2025

Duration: 8 months (maternity cover)

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Legal and Project Management
  • Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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