Senior In-House Counsel - Immediate Start
3 months fixed term role, possibly longer
Home Counties, flexible & remote working
This is a rare opportunity to contribute at a senior level within a market-leading listed UK company, on a largely remote basis.
We are looking for an experienced (ideally 8+ PQE) lawyer, to support one of our clients. They are a well-known company with an established in-house legal team. Working for Ortolan Legal, but embedded (remotely) with our client's legal team, this is an opportunity to exercise your skills with a high quality and interesting workload. The assignment we need you for is likely to last for at least 3 months and we are looking for someone who is available to start work within the next week or two.
A degree of flexibility is possible in this role which will be well remunerated. Remote working is supported, so candidates can be based anywhere in the UK.
To be successful you will need the following skills and attributes:
- You must be a qualified lawyer in the UK or another comparable jurisdiction. Lawyers with less than 8 years PQE are unlikely to have acquired the experience needed, but if you are exceptional, please convince us!
- Experience of the pharma and biotechnology sector would be helpful as would exposure to CDMO services.
- A strong technical legal background is a given and this is likely to have been gained initially with a leading practice, although subsequent in-house experience is essential.
- Your work will include dealing with supplier and supply chain issues and providing your senior business colleagues with effective solutions to them. An informed understanding of the operational as well as legal issues involved in supply chain and manufacturing agreements is important.
- You will also need to have a good understanding of and exposure to a wide range of commercial contracts and will work with and support the in-house contracts team across a broad spectrum of contracts.
- Oversight of business compliance - with laws, regulations and policies - will form part of this role so an understanding of compliance and risk management will be important. This will include ESG matters.
- While we are not seeking a data protection specialist, we would expect suitable candidates to have a good understanding of data protection issues and to be able to support the business in this area.
- Importantly, you will need to be a good fit; so as well as being charismatic and personable, you will also be highly motivated, client-focused and will have a demonstrably commercial approach with plenty of initiative.
For this assignment you will be working alongside our client's established in-house legal team. You will also find yourself working closely with senior stakeholders across the business.
The position is open now and we are keen to identify the right person and get them in place as soon as possible. So if this resonates with you, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you would like to know more, please send your CV in confidence to Nick Benson at nbenson@ortolan.com.
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