Senior Legal Counsel
Lieu de travail Zürich, Switzerland
Secteurs Risk, Audit & Compliance
Type d'emploi contrat
Un salaire Negotiable
Référence BBBH112390_1571316731
Senior Legal Counsel
Experis IT Switzerland is on the search for an experienced Legal Counsel to join an existing Swiss Legal Department. This exciting long-term contracting opportunity is only open to candidates with relevant experience, who are available to start in a short notice.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide legal services, amongst others, to clients from the European plants
- Legal point of contact for Procurement and Europe related dispute resolution matters, including settlements, arbitration and litigation
- Participates in the set up and/or implementation of region plant related projects and provide support in respective meetings
- Support the Procurement function by reviewing region related contracts
- Actively contribute to initiatives of Takeda's global manufacturing group
- Provides advise to all European production plants as well as Direct Procurement
- Interface to the Plasma Unit
- Day to day legal counselling, drafting and negotiation of supply agreements, (toll) manufacturing or service agreements, tech-transfer or trial agreements, etc.
- Manages all disputes with respect to third parties or authorities related to Europe
- Investigates the details of a case and decide to file a lawsuit or gathers enough evidence to defend clients against a lawsuit
- Assemble names of potential witnesses, arrange for expert depositions, interview witnesses and other parties relevant to the case, and examines evidence that could be used as trial exhibits
- On demand, coordinates and oversees cases with external law firms
Your Profile:
- Minimum 7 years of post-qualification experience and a solid understanding of Civil law, Procedural Law and Contract Law systems
- Previous experience in pharmaceutical company or as in-house counsel dealing with litigation matters in a strongly regulated environment
- Strong experience in liaising and managing external counsels across multiple jurisdictions
- Good technical understanding combined with the ability to connect with different plants
- Ability to make key decisions and develop trial strategies in alignment with Head Counsel
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal in English
- Solution-driven, pragmatic, dynamic, self-starter, able to work independently in a dynamic international environment
- Team player and able to smoothly build strong working relationships
- Creates an environment that promotes agility, information exchange and the open and honest expression of opinions, thoughts and beliefs
- Fluent (spoken and written) in English, any further European language is an asset
Location: Zürich
Start Date: Middle November 2019
Duration: 7 months contract with possibility of further extension
Don't hesitate and send us your CV and testimonials today through the link in the advert.