Senior Legal Business Partner

1 month ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Senior Legal Business Partner to join our team. This role will be based in Inchinnan, Glasgow.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified lawyer with a strong commercial focus to support our European Drug Product Division (DPD) sites.

The successful candidate will provide front-line legal support for site operations throughout DPD Europe, including Ferentino and Monza, Italy; Tilburg, Netherlands; Bourgoin, France; and Swindon, United Kingdom.

This on-site role will involve working closely with our global DPD Legal team, as well as our North American DPD sites located in Bend, Oregon; Toronto, Canada; Whitby, Canada; Greenville, North Carolina; Cincinnati, Ohio; Manati, Puerto Rico; and High Point, North Carolina.

You will be responsible for providing legal advice on a broad range of matters, including commercial, anti-trust, regulatory, licensing, controlled substance, quality, and data privacy.

A key aspect of this role will be assessing legal risks and providing recommendations and alternative mitigating resolutions to Sites and senior management.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provides front-line legal support for site operations throughout the DPD Europe sites
  • Provides legal advice for site operations in DPD Europe on a broad range of legal, regulatory, and compliance areas
  • Assesses legal risks and provides recommendations and alternative mitigating resolutions to Sites and senior management
  • Advises on commercial/business complex disputes, including vendor and client escalations, investigations, and dispute resolution
  • Collaborates with Group Contracting team, Regional counsel, and Functional counsel as needed for support on matters
  • Supports contracts related to client services and sourcing, including proposals, SOWs, etc. including through drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts as requested
  • Serves as the subject matter expert to lead, anticipate, and drive solutions for a range of legal and business issues
  • Provides training to other functional groups within DPD on contract requirements and other legal matters
  • Collaborates with project teams to drive the execution of certain strategic projects and initiatives related to business growth and expansion of business services within Europe
Experience Required:
  • Qualified as a lawyer in a European jurisdiction (preferably a UK jurisdiction) from an internationally recognised University / law school
  • Strong PQE (preferably in-house or international law firm) with a commercial focus gained from within a fast-paced consumer goods and/or other multinational companies. Global life science, health care or highly-regulated company is a plus
  • Customer-centric and solutions-oriented approach in supporting both external and internal clients while protecting the best interest of the company
  • Ability to deliver strong results with limited resources, under tight deadlines, and with a high degree of accuracy, in a fast-paced intense environment
  • Excellent leadership, management, and communication skills, must enjoy working in a team environment

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