Senior Legal Counsel

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.