Legal Counsel
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Sector: Pharma & Life Sciences
Job Type: contract
Salary: Negotiable
Reference: BBBH146286
Legal Counsel - Zurich
Experis IT Switzerland is on the search for a Legal Counsel to join an existing Swiss Legal Department at a well-known firm. This exciting contracting opportunity is only open to candidates with relevant experience, who are available to start in a short notice.
Location: Zürich
Start Date: November 1st 2021
Duration: 6 months with further option of extension
Workload: 100% workload
Key responsibilities:
- Assist plants with legal support for all day to day matters
- Support on setting up Procurement Processes and standard implementation
- Act as interface to the Biologics-Operational Unit
- Day to day legal counseling, drafting and negotiation for all types of Procurement contracts incl. also templates
- Develop standard clauses for your templates within your remit
- Work in collaboration with colleagues from business unit, Procurement and the Legal Department
- On demand, coordinate and oversee cases with external law firms
- Drive relevant projects or dedicated tasks
Your Profile:
- Bachelor's degree in Law or successful completion of studies or certification as Paralegal/Legal
- Qualified lawyer in at least one European jurisdiction
- You bring minimum 4 years of post-qualification experience
- 2 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry, ideally supporting manufacturing
- Strong knowledge in civil law and contract law, additional business qualifications are a plus
- First experience with strongly regulated environments, technical agreements and/or cGMP
- Strong verbal and written communication, research, organizational as well as analytical skills
- Team player
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills with an ability to influence others
- Flexible, decisive, assertive, proactive, committed and reliable
- Fluent (spoken and written) in English, any further European language is an asset
Don't hesitate and send us your CV and testimonials today through the link in the advert.