Legal Counsel Emea

**Key elements**
- Member of the EMEA Legal Team providing broad commercial, corporate, and operational legal support to the EMEA regional business and operations across geographies, businesses and functions.
- Member of FMC´s broader Global Legal team working across regions and different areas of law and activities supporting FMC´s overall strategy and vision.
- Closely collaborating and partnering with the EMEA regional business teams and operations, developing and delivering high quality business and results.
- Located at the newly established EMEA regional head-office in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Reporting to the EMEA Regional Counsel based in Geneva, Switzerland.

**About FMC**:
FMC is an agricultural sciences company that advances farming through innovative and sustainable crop protection technologies. FMC invests significant resources in discovering new active ingredients, developing innovative formulations and biologicals in addition to advancing precision agricultural technologies that support sustainable agriculture around the world.

FMC employs around 6400 people around the world and in EMEA operates in more than 40 countries. FMC fosters an inclusive environment where diverse background and experiences are keys to the company´s success. FMC´s six Core Values define who we are and how we do business: Customer-Centricity, Sustainability, Respect for People, Safety, Integrity and Agility.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide broad legal commercial support to the company´s business across the region, including drafting, negotiating and reviewing various types of commercial and IP related contracts and other legal and transactional documents.
- Provide legal advices and support to various business transactions and go-to-market strategies across the region, sales, marketing, supply and procurement, as well as closely collaborate with and support other functions such as finance, tax and treasury.
- Support the company´s regional research and development activities, intellectual properties, regulatory matters and product stewardship.
- Partner with the business across the region in developing and implementing high quality business strategies and transactions, ensuring compliance and managing the company´s IP rights and other commercial interests.
- Support IP and Brand Protection enforcement activities across the region in liaison with FMC´s Global Brand Enforcement and IP team.
- Advice and educated the regional organization, teams and functions, in various areas of compliance and support the development and implementation of the company’s compliance programs and processes.
- Support global and cross regional law department initiatives and projects, working with colleagues both in FMC’s headquarters in Philadelphia as well as other regions.
- The role will require some travelling around the region, primarily Europe.

**About You**:

- Master’s degree in Law or equivalent and LLM and/or Bar Admission in any European country.
- 5+ years of relevant experience preferably with businesses operating in areas such as Chemistry, Biotech and/or Life Science generally.
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully with business partners and across functions in dynamic business environment with proven strong business and legal judgement.
- Strong leadership experience, including experience in influencing others, taking initiatives to deliver high-quality results, and creating an environment that engenders teamwork and innovation.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, including critical thinking, problem-solving, negotiating, managerial courage, conflict management, composure, and organizational agility.
- Strong English, written and oral presentations skills.

**What’s on Offer**:

- In Geneva you will be working in a newly established modern open floor office environment with a professional, international and collaborative atmosphere.
- FMC offers competitive compensation and benefit packages.
- At FMC, we are dedicated to the learning and development of our employees and providing employees with ample opportunities to contribute and be recognized as innovators, look beyond barriers to provide solutions, to be challenged in what they do and to love doing it.
- FMC strives and takes pride in being an inclusive workplace where our employees reflect the community, are valued, find purpose in their work, and grow and contribute to their fullest potential.

**See Yourself in FMC, Be Yourself in FMC**. We strive to be an inclusive workplace where our employees reflect the community, are valued, find purpose in their work, and grow and contribute to their fullest potential.#LI-Remote