Legal Specialist/ Legal Counsel

Based in Bedford, this opportunity will sit within our clients In-House Legal & Compliance department and will report into the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (GC & CCO) who is based in Geneva.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a business partner and building relationships with the internal client group, providing business-oriented practical solutions in a timely manner, remaining firm on compliance issues with solutions based on policy and ethics in a timeline-driven fashion.
• Connecting and reporting regularly to the team for a united legal approach, whilst acting independently and handling issues within areas of responsibility. The successful candidate will identify issues and report them to the Legal team with a proposal for concrete and prioritised solutions to implement, with (if needed) advice and prevention plan or risk assessment.
• Compliance documentation: supporting internal clients on contract management, privacy, and regular corporate documents or marketing materials; creating, updating or contributing to templates as requested or aligned; draft basic agreements and handle correspondences, powers of attorney or other documents as required.
• Implementing internal guidance, policy or external legal advice received and translating them into company policies or practice.
• Offering process simplification in Ensur or other systems as applicable for legal processes to be easy to understand for all internal clients.
• Develop, and conduct legal and compliance training.
• Specific projects in the health/medical device law.