Sr. Legal Counsel
Alcon
- Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Deeply understand the business and provide practical and proactive legal advice and supports to business team(s) strategically to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Support the Head of Legal to review and assess the risk of business models, balancing the strategic goals and the legal risk to achieve the best interest of the Company.
- Responsible for managing and implementing legal projects/programs, including but not limited to anti-monopoly program, assisting global privacy officer in China privacy program, developing strategic legal training programs.
- Draft and prepare contract templates for different purposes; draft, review and propose modifications to commercial contracts, agreements, and other legal documents.
- Proactively participate and support business transactions, strategic alliances, and business development activities.
- Provide legal supports for responding government / regulators investigation/inquiry, if any.
- Work collaboratively with business team(s) and other functions to review company activities, including (a) promotional activities and materials, (b) clinical trials, (c) marketing and communications activity, and (d) interaction with third parties such as regulators, customers, to ensure that the activities meet legal requirements and the company’s high standards of conduct.
- Manage disputes by reviewing background information, providing exposure assessments, and recommending a path to resolve disputes in a manner that best protects the company's interests.
- Work closely with Compliance team to support compliance programs, e.g. distributor life-cycle management, other anti-corruption programs.
- Manage outside counsel effectively in order to achieve the best result at a reasonable cost.
- Assist on other assignment as necessary.
- Strong understanding of the pertinent laws and regulations (medical device or other healthcare legal experience is a plus, but not required); proven ability to handle work independently and ethically.
- Experience in preparing, reviewing and enforcing a wide variety of contracts and other legal documents.
- Willingness to take direction, be flexible and work as part of a team. Detail-oriented self-starter who can handle multiple matters on a timely basis.
- Solid interpersonal skills and proven ability to communicate complex issues in a clear and succinct manner.
- Able to learn new things quickly. Well-organized and capable of handling a demanding workload.