Legal & Compliance Counsel GCC
Sandoz · Riyadh
Job Description 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.Job Description
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 Sandoz 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:
- Functional Breadth.
- Accountability.
- Ambiguity.
- Industry/ Business Exposure.
- Project Management.
- Operations Management and Execution.
Skills:
- Business Networking.
- Business Partners.
- Calls Handling.
- Contract Management.
- Curiosity.
- Decision Making Skills.
- Finance.
- Law (Legal System).
- Litigation (Law).
- Microsoft Office.
- Proactivity.
- Quality Control.
Languages :
- English.
Skills Desired
Business Networking, Business Partners, Calls Handling, Contract Management, Curiosity, Decision Making Skills, Finance, Law (Legal System), Litigation Law, Microsoft Office, Proactivity, Quality Control