To provide effective legal counsel to assigned business functions or teams within a country / BF/BU or Corporate function, acting as a legal advisor and business partner, negotiating contracts, managing litigation and providing counselling on substantive area legal issues. To act independently in complex legal matters and transactions; for example Licensing and Divestment.
- Act as a business partner in all activities relating to the contractual negotiations and company's statutory obligations by substantiating recommendations and providing legal advice and assistance to the senior legal counsels/Head Legal. -Draft basic transactions and contracts independently. -Advise on, and assists management decision-making regarding, contract and other risks relating to business activities and provides potential solutions therefor. -Manage disputes and litigation and/or investigations. -Manage relationships and monitors the work of outside counsel and legal experts. -Manage and support activities regarding compliance issues, such as anti-trust and regulatory. -Partner and liaise with external local counsels. -Participate in the development, recommendation and implementation of legal policies, procedures and guidelines. -Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
- Case assessment quality combined with budgeting for own cases -Quality of reporting and communication -Impact on and perception of the overall status of the Practice (pulse check)
Diversity and Inclusion
- We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._
Minimum Requirements
Operations Management and Execution Project Management Functional Breadth Industry/ Business Exposure Ambiguity Accountability English Legal High-Volume/Low complexity Legal Generalist (Knowledge and experience related to more than one topic) Problem solving Knowledge of practices and standards
- Division
- SANDOZ
- Business Unit
- Commercial OPS SIR SZ
- Location
- Costa Rica
- Site
- San José
- Functional Area
- Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl.
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employment Type
- Regular
- Shift Work
- No
