*summary*:
- 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.
*about the role*:
*major accountabilities*:
- 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 novartis 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*:
*work experience*:
- minimum 5 years of experience.
- pharma experience
*contracting experience for*:
- research collaboration agreements
- clinical trial agreements
- consultancy agreements
- authorship
- procurement
- vendors
*skills*:
- business networking.
- business partners.
- calls handling.
- contract management.
- curiosity.
- decision making skills.
- law (legal system).
- microsoft office.
- proactivity.
- quality control.
*languages*:
- english.
Division
operations
business unit
cts
location
mexico
site
insurgentes
company / legal entity
mx06 (fcrs = mx006) novartis farmacéutica s.a. de c.v.
Functional area
legal & intellectual property & compl.
Job type
full time
employment type
regular
shift work
no