Our Client is a leading FTSE 100 medical devices business based in Central London. They have a very highly regarded legal team and as a result of increasing workload, they are looking to hire an experienced commercial healthcare/pharma lawyer to support the team.

This will be a senior role in the business, reporting to the Associate GC and having responsibility for the UK, Ireland and Nordics, so it is important that you are a confident communicator, with excellent experience in a broad range of commercial matters, ideally with healthcare and medical devices experience and any exposure of working with the NHS would be advantageous.

Role functions:

Business partner to the leadership team
Identify, manage and mitigate legal risk and opportunity in business activities in UK, Ireland and Nordics, with a focus on commercial contract drafting/review and advising on routine and operational matters.
Legal support to functional teams (Finance, HR, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Tax, Corporate, Compliance etc) in EMEA
Support on investigations and litigation related matters
Support the Global Legal Team in providing legal support for legal strategy, key projects and initiatives
Other projects as advised by AGC Commercial.

Key responsibilities will include:

Business partner role - advising on legal strategy, support in scoping projects and coordinating local and global teams

Proactively managing routine legal matters and being a first point of contact for legal matters within business unit
Contract management and ensuring consistent use of template agreements within the business (including without limitation customisation of commercial templates)
Legal support to functional teams (Finance, HR, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Tax, Corporate, Compliance etc)
Support to Third Party Seller programme and distribution channel
Support on litigation and investigations
Assistance with promotional material review and digital media content review
Assistance on Professional Education and Clinical matters
Reporting on and managing legal fees and budget for external counsel
Support Global Legal team in delivering the Legal training programme

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