Senior Legal Counsel, Crawley

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The Senior Legal Counsel is an emerging professional with demonstrated expertise in (1) sophisticated transactional matters, including negotiating and drafting complex commercial contracts; (2) general corporate legal and business matters; and (3) litigation management. The Senior Legal Counsel is a trusted advisor to various functions and an active participant on local and global projects. This position will often mentor attorneys at the Legal Counsel level.

• Advising assigned clients regarding all other legal issues
• Interacting with senior leadership on key corporate transactions by providing prompt, practical, and commercially oriented advice
• Handling complex commercial contracting matters, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a variety of contracts for various business areas
• Managing litigation, arbitration, settlement negotiations and outside legal resources
• Assisting with acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings
• Collaborating, facilitating, and implementing legal and risk management strategies with assigned business units
• Developing and implementing best practices, including the proactive development of forms, templates, and training materials to streamline transactional processes
• Acting as a resource/mentor for other team members
• Performing other related duties as assigned or requested by senior management
• Providing training to business clients

• English law qualified lawyer
• 6+ years PQE
• Strong negotiation, oral and written communication, presentation, training, organizational, and teamwork skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as the ability to lead with strong organizational, time management, and project management skills, including experience developing creative solutions to transactional problems
• Strong commercial transaction experience and demonstrated expertise in sophisticated transactional matters, negotiating and drafting complex commercial contracts
• Experience managing litigation and outside counsel
• General understanding of laws and regulations relating to patient/data privacy, corporate compliance, anti‑corruption and anti‑competition
• Knowledge of the Medical Device Industry, including regulatory knowledge (FDA, MDR, etc.) is a plus
• Sound and relatively broad knowledge of general business and commercial, contract, and commercial law

• Work pattern: required to work from the Crawley HQ 4 days a week with 1 day WFH
• Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Attractive employer pension contribution package
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life assurance
• Onsite subsidised restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining
• Love electric: electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

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