Senior Legal Counsel UK and Ireland

2 weeks ago


Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom Abbott Full time

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team in Maidenhead, working closely with our global businesses to provide strategic legal advice and support.

As a dynamic organization, we are committed to developing our employees to meet the evolving needs of the company. Our Legal Counsel will provide commercial and strategic legal advice and support to Abbott's businesses, analyzing and providing business-oriented solutions on a wide range of general commercial matters and regulatory matters.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify routine to complex legal issues related to strategic matters across Abbott divisions, providing effective risk management capability.
  • Negotiate and provide strategic legal support on significant matters and areas of importance directly to management and lead stakeholders across the divisions.
  • Resolve moderately complex to complex legal matters day-to-day in practice area and elevate appropriately to senior legal leadership and other members of the legal team where support is needed.
  • Keep abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas, communicating these to business and representing Abbott externally to customers, suppliers, competitors, or government agencies.
  • Resolve legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise, coaching and directing assigned support staff in their responsibilities.
  • Manage external counsel in a cost-effective manner to minimize risk to Abbott and provide effective advice to the relevant Abbott EMEA businesses.
  • Advise EMEA and divisional counsels or other legal department managers of critical project developments/matters in a timely manner.
  • Help select and/or direct the work of outside counsel, define project objectives, and manage project.

Requirements

  • Qualified Lawyer holding the necessary practice certificate as applicable.
  • Extensive post-qualification experience.
  • In-house legal experience required, preferably with some experience in the healthcare sector or other highly regulated industry.

Essential Skills

  • Strong experience in general commercial law.
  • Cross-border international experience.
  • Instruction and management of external counsel.
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, and client communication skills.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Appreciation of key USA and European anti-corruption, sanctions, and compliance laws.
  • Able to assimilate new areas of law quickly, leveraging support from external counsel where appropriate.

What We Offer

As a global healthcare company, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including competitive salaries, a superb defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme.



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