Senior Legal Counsel France

Abbott is recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel to be based in Maidenhead or Paris.

The Senior Legal Counsel provides strategic legal advice and direction to the various Abbott divisions in FRANCE.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Identifies basic to complex legal issues related to strategic matters across Abbott divisions; - solutions focus and effective risk management capability

• Negotiates and provides strategic legal support on significant matters and areas of importance directly to management and lead stakeholders across the divisions

• Maintains a sound knowledge of Abbott businesses in the countries supported and knowledge of the broader business impact to the extent of assigned issues

• Resolves moderately complex to complex legal matters day to day in practice area and elevates appropriately to senior legal leadership and other members of the legal team where support is needed

• Keeps abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas; communicates these to business; and represents Abbott externally to customers, suppliers, competitors or government agencies

• Resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise; coaches and directs assigned support staff in their responsibilities

• Manages external counsel in a cost effective manner so as to minimize risk to Abbott and provide effective advice to the relevant Abbott EMEA businesses.

Your Profile:

• Master’s degree in Law or equivalent in experience

• Minimum of 15 years of post-qualification experience

• In-house legal experience, preferably with some experience in the healthcare sector or other highly regulated industry.

• Strong experience in general commercial law

• Cross border international experience

• Strong drafting, negotiation and client communication skills

• Strong project management skills

• Able to assimilate new areas of law quickly leveraging support from external counsel where appropriate.

• Fluency in French and English

Abbott offers an attractive salary package combined with good opportunities to grow and develop.