Senior Legal Counsel UK and Ireland

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Senior Legal Counsel UK and Ireland, High WycombeClient:Location:

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

23

Posted:

22.03.2025

Expiry Date:

06.05.2025

Job Description:

The Senior Legal Counsel UK position is responsible for providing legal advice, guidance, direction and assistance in connection with a wide variety of legal and compliance matters to the companies in the Danaher Diagnostics Platform based in the UK.

This position is part of the UK and Ireland Sub-Region, located in the UK and will be hybrid. You will be a part of the Dx EU Legal team and report to the Danaher Diagnostics Platform (DX) Senior Counsel for the UK, Ireland & Central and Eastern Europe Sub-Region.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 15 or more years of practice;
• Experience in interacting with remote internal customers and management;
• Working knowledge and understanding of compliance programs, including privacy, regulatory and public procurement;
• Project management skills, including managing and prioritizing multiple projects and regular and transparent reporting on progress;
• Working in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment;
• Ability to travel internationally, as needed;
• Working in a multinational company supporting geographically dispersed teams;
• Knowledge on a wide range of commercial law topics, including contracts, dispute resolution, software/AI and product security.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

Strong preference for experience in the Life Sciences, Medical Device, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Technology or any other relevant industry.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Build and maintain positive relationships with local leadership and other strategic partners within the DX Platform; proactively engage and advise colleagues on the prioritization of risks and to identify, monitor and improve key processes and internal controls.
• Draft, review, negotiate, strategize and document commercial transactions, by contract, and/or other legal arrangements, for example, supply, services, sub-contracts, procurement and cooperation transactions, with public authorities, private partners and relevant Government agencies.
• Ensure proper use of the contract management system by the business team.
• Implement digital systems and tools designed to automate low risk, high volume routine work.
• Develop and implement appropriate approaches to dispute resolution, lawsuits, and arbitrations; provide regular, clear communication of litigation issues and opportunities to the Danaher DX Platform Regional Counsel, and Danaher Legal, as appropriate.
• Conduct legal training and education as deemed necessary or appropriate for the business.
• Consult on privacy issues.
• Support the legal work going forward in new areas such as sustainability, digital and software contracting, new technologies, AI.
• Support the Compliance Program, including:
  • Implement planned activities such as policy and procedure management, lead training, conduct monitoring, and direct investigations;
  • Support in whistleblowing investigations;
  • Promote (a) use of the Compliance Hotline, (b) awareness of the Code of Conduct, and (c) understanding of new and existing compliance issues and related policies and procedures;
  • Monitor and report results of compliance/ethics efforts and provide guidance to associates on compliance matters;
  • Support the use of the automated approval tool.

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, hybrid working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company location identified above and part-time remotely from your home. Additional information about this hybrid work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. Our global teams are pioneering what's next across Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology and beyond. For more information, visit .

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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