Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
About the Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a world-class company dedicated to enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With a team of over 100,000 colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement - as we work together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we value diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.
Job Overview
As Legal Counsel West Europe, you will play a key role in our EMEA legal team. You will provide cross-regional internal legal support, with a focus on the Benelux region (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). There may also be opportunities to expand the reach of this role to other EMEA countries based on the team's needs.
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Key responsibilities
- Advice, draft, negotiate various types of agreements (sales agreements, collaboration agreements, IT agreements, co-marketing agrement, license agreements, procurement agreements, MSAs, etc)
- Ensure compliance with laws (including MedTech Europe and sunshine), policies and processes
- Assist with settlements and dispute resolution matters
- Provide advice on legal queries such as competition law, regulatory, data privacy, healthcare compliance, IP, etc
- Contribute to the team's harmonization and digitization strategies
- Align with leadership on priorities and goals
- Educate and train employees regarding templates, laws, processes and procedures, etc
Requirements
- Qualified and admitted as a lawyer in Belgium or Netherlands
- Proven experience of more than 5 years in-house (or in international law firm) in general commercial/transactional legal work (in life science, pharma, biotech industry an advantage)
- Strong experience in the key responsibilities described above
- Excellent communication, collaboration and negotiation skills
- Strong commercial awareness and business sense (including the ability to influence business teams)
- Ability to develop processes, to find pragmatic solutions to problems and to prioritize work
- Ability to work in a matrixed, fast paced and changing environment
- Possess flexibility and ability to think laterally
- Proficiency in English (Dutch or French an advantage)
Location
This position can be based in one of our offices or remote in Belgium, Netherlands or Europe.
Apply Now!
Join our exceptional team at Thermo Fisher Scientific and contribute to our mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Apply today at http://jobs.thermofisher.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Accessibility/Disability Access
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