Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel - Leading Healthcare Company

A leading healthcare company is looking to hire an experienced in-house lawyer to be their next Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel in one of their UK offices, most likely Basingstoke or Liverpool.

Role overview

• Assist the business to ensure it is compliant with relevant legal and regulatory requirements (competition, data protection, anti-bribery & corruption, trade sanctions and export controls, intellectual property etc.)
• Assist with industry specific regulatory matters.
• Review and embed a suite of suitable commercial agreements.
• Advise on specific transactions in which the businesses is involved in including the application of public procurement rules if applicable.
• Advise on and assist in the negotiation of individual agreements with suppliers, distributors and customers.
• Ensure that any intellectual property owned or developed by the business is suitably protected.
• Advising on the investigating and resolution of any suspected instances of non-compliance.
• Develop the knowledge and awareness of relevant legal and compliance risks and solutions at all levels of management.

Skills and Experience

• An excellent academic background and a relevant professional legal qualification.
• Previous experience working in a relevant senior in-house legal role.

This is a very exciting opportunity for an ambitious and dynamic individual who is interested in developing a strong career within a successful growth-focused business, and who wants to work as part of the legal and compliance team in a leading international industrial group.