Legal & Compliance Counsel Gcc

**Job Description Summary** \-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. **Job Description** **Major accountabilities:**  * 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 Sandoz products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable) *  Key performance indicators: * 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)    **Minimum Requirements:**    **Work Experience:** * Functional Breadth. * Accountability. * Ambiguity. * Industry/ Business Exposure. * Project Management. * Operations Management and Execution. **Skills**: * Business Networking. * Business Partners. * Calls Handling. * Contract Management. * Curiosity. * Decision Making Skills. * Finance. * Law (Legal System). * Litigation (Law). * Microsoft Office. * Proactivity. * Quality Control.    **Languages** : * English. **Skills Desired** Business Networking, Business Partners, Calls Handling, Contract Management, Curiosity, Decision Making Skills, Finance, Law (Legal System), Litigation Law, Microsoft Office, Proactivity, Quality Control