Interim Commercial Counsel - Global Pharmaceutical Business - Oxford
- Recruiter
- Eximius Law
- Location
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Salary
- Competitive day rate
- Posted
- 27 Nov 2019
- Closes
- 25 Dec 2019
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Pharmaceuticals
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Part Time
My client is a leading pharmaceutical business looking to hire a Senior Commercial counsel on an interim basis.
Key Responsibilities of Role include -
M&A / Business Development projects - Support and/or lead specific work streams in M&A and BD projects (including, for example, preparation of legal documents; coordination of legal due diligence and disclosure exercises).
Corporate secretarial - Consolidate the corporate secretarial information held by the Legal function; ensure the corporate secretarial records for each group entity are accurate and up-to-date; support the opening and closing of group entities; update the Legal department’s timetable of corporate secretarial activities (annual general meetings, annual filings, etc) and ensure the responsibilities of other business function (e.g. Finance) to support these activities are understood.
Commercial counselling - Provide legal advice to the EU / RoW commercial teams (e.g. UK and Germany commercial teams; distributor markets), as required on a day-to-day basis
Compliance - Establish, implement or maintain as required specified compliance processes and activities in the EU / RoW region
Other projects - Support and/or lead specific legal projects, as required
An ideal candidate should be a Qualified lawyer and have 6+ years of legal experience in a well-renowned law firm and/or the legal department of a company. (Experience in the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors would be helpful) .Broad range of corporate and commercial experience – including legal project management; contract drafting and negotiation is also required.
To apply for the role please send your CV to ben.julius@eximius.com or call 02076486952 for more information.