Legal Counsel (dfm)

Essity; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading global hygiene and healthcare company is looking for a Legal Counsel in Hamburg. The role involves drafting and negotiating contracts and providing legal guidance for innovation projects in the MedTech sector. Candidates should have completed legal studies, be proficient in German and English, and have 1-4 years of legal experience. The position offers a hybrid working model and competitive benefits.

Leistungen

Compensation above tariff

Hybrid working model

30 days of vacation

Discounted fitness membership

Qualifikationen

• Completed legal studies in a major European jurisdiction.
• Business fluent in German and English.
• 1-4 years of experience in the MedTech/Pharma sector.

Aufgaben

• Drafting and reviewing contracts for MedTech business.
• Providing legal guidance for innovation projects.
• Conducting legal risk analyses for marketing law.

Kenntnisse

Drafting contracts

Legal analysis

German language proficiency

English language proficiency

Specialization in competition law

Solution-oriented mindset

Ausbildung

Completed legal studies

Jobbeschreibung

Legal Counsel (d / f / m)

Essity is a leading global hygiene and healthcare company. We are committed to improving the quality of life through high‑quality hygiene and healthcare solutions. We sell our products and solutions in around 150 countries under many strong brands including the global market leaders TENA and Tork as well as well‑known brands such as Jobst, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa.

About the Role

We are now looking for a Legal Counsel (f / m / d) for our Health and Medical Solutions Business Unit. The position is a maternity cover and limited until 28.02.2027 and is located in our office in Hamburg‑Ottensen.

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.

What you will do

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts in German and English for different aspects of the MedTech business such as cooperation with material and product suppliers and with clinical, technical and regulatory service providers.
• Providing legal guidance to the business in innovation projects, launch support and product and brand management.
• Conducting legal analysis and legal risk analysis in multiple jurisdictions and facilitating appropriate coverage with a focus on marketing and advertising law and unfair competition law both for own products and brands and for contentious matters with competition.
• Converting legal analysis into legal opinions and ensuring deployment of conclusions within the necessary business processes.
• Ensuring transparency and standard setting in the business by contributing to building and maintaining compliant internal processes and IT based routines.
• Further developing the close cooperation with internal functions such as the IP Sourcing, Quality, Clinical Affairs and Regulatory Affairs departments as well as Product Management and Marketing.

Who you are

• Successfully (above average; in case of Germany vollbefriedigend) completed legal studies in a major European jurisdiction.
• Business fluent (written and spoken) in German and English with mother tongue skills in German or English being a plus. Any other major European language is also a plus.
• Specialization in (unfair) competition law and / or medical devices / medicinal products law.
• 1‑4 years of experience as an external counsel in an international business law firm or in an in‑house legal department in the MedTech / Pharma sector.
• Solution‑oriented and cooperative mindset.
• Eagerness to learn and grow.
• Ability to navigate through a matrix organisation with multiple stakeholders.

What we can offer you

The benefits listed refer to the primary location. If you want to start at another location these may vary. This also applies to a non‑tariff position.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation above tariff, yearly special payment, bonus, annual salary adjustment process, pension schemes, anniversary bonus, child allowance.
• Corporate Benefits & other employee benefits.

Work‑Life‑Balance

• Hybrid working model, flexible working hours, overtime compensation, 39h week, 30 days of vacation plus additional balance days, lifetime working time account.

Learning & Development

• Structured onboarding, training opportunities such as digital learning platform, coaching & mentoring as part of an individual development plan, participation in professional conferences and fairs.

Health & Well‑being

• Discounted fitness membership, Urban Sports Club, Lease‑a‑bike, health and well‑being month, Walk‑and‑Talk Meetings & mindfulness courses, PME Familienservice, employee surveys.

Team & Collaboration

• People culture, communities & networks, co‑working spaces, leadership guidelines, canteen.

Mobility

• Public transport allowance, bicycle parking, free car parking, e‑charging stations.

This is Us

At Essity our Beliefs & Behaviours (Care, Collaboration, Courage and Commitment) is the foundation for our inclusive culture and as such something we are living on an everyday basis. With a purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well‑being diversity, equity & inclusion is established in our core.

We are committed against discrimination on the basis of colour, ethnicity, migration history, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, caregiving responsibilities, disability, chronic illness, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information and other. We explicitly welcome applications from people who are structurally institutionally intersectionally discriminated.