Legal & Compliance Senior Counsel Spain

Unilabs; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading European diagnostic services provider is seeking a Legal & Compliance Senior Counsel in Spain. This role involves overseeing legal matters, compliance programs, and providing strategic advice to support the company's growth. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in legal and compliance roles, particularly in healthcare, and be fluent in Spanish and English.

Formación

• 8/10 years of experience in legal and compliance roles.
• Experience in an international law firm and in-house legal positions.

Responsabilidades

• Lead legal and compliance operations for Unilabs in Spain.
• Manage litigation, contracts, and compliance programs.
• Provide strategic legal advice and support to business activities.

Conocimientos

Negotiation

Communication

Problem Solving

Business Acumen

Cultural Sensitivity

Descripción del empleo

Headquartered in Geneva and part of the A.P. Moller Group, Unilabs is a leading European diagnostic services provider, that aspires to be at the heart and start of all effective treatment decisions.

With operations in 14 countries, Unilabs is positioned as a leading diagnostics company with one of the broadest geographic coverages in Europe.

Unilabs possesses the most comprehensive portfolio of diagnostic services in Europe, serving: public and private healthcare providers, county councils, the general public, insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry and Contract Research Organizations.

Unilabs is recruiting a Spain based Legal & Compliance Senior Counsel. The role will lead the company’s Legal & Compliance operations in Spain. This role will be part of the Spain Leadership team.

Reporting Relationship: Head of Legal & Compliance Region: France, Netherlands, Spain & Peru.

Scope: Legal and Compliance support to Spanish legal entities of Unilabs Group in Spain.

Contract: Temporary (12-month)

Key responsibilities:

1. Legal

Operational responsibilities will cover all legal matters, including:

• Litigation management, advocacy, and dispute resolution.

• Legal risk assessment and risk management, including assessment of future risk.

• Support for various business activities as an active business partner, including:
• Mergers & acquisitions activity, including post-integration
• Contract negotiations
• Dispute resolution and management
• Managing Spain Legal and Compliance budgets
• Local sourcing and purchasing (upstream and downstream)
• Partnerships with external stakeholders
• Sales and services
• Marketing and communications

• Regulatory affairs and quality assurance (RAQA) support.
• Company culture cornerstone.
• Policies, processes, education and training (with support from Human Resources).
• Providing strategic legal advice to the country team.
• Leading legal strategy to support strategic growth in Spain.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial, development, partnerships, joint-ventures agreements.
• Support to public and private tenders.
• Implement internal processes, templates of contracts, education, and training of employees.
• Monitoring changes of legal and regulatory environment and assessing/ anticipating related impact.
• Overseeing governance matters and corporate record keeping.
• Managing external parties including lawyers .

2. Compliance

• Elaboration and implementation of the group compliance program.
• Promote integrity and ethics continuously through education and training.
• Risk assessment & management.
• Interactions with local authorities when needed, Health Care Professionals, Health Care Organisations.
• Legal support to data protection issues in interaction with the Group DPO and local law firm.
• Internal investigations/Audits (including, for example, whistle-blowers).
• Maintaining a culture of transparency.
• Anti-bribery and anti-corruption.
• Anti-money laundering and fraud management process.
• Regulating third-parties (code of conduct and due diligence).
• Management of conflicts of interest.
• Identification of areas for improvement and their application to the Compliance Agenda – with a link to internal audits and their outputs.

• 8/10 Years of experience
• Experience in an international Law firm, as well as in-house
• Substantial experience in healthcare & ethical compliance matters – or: Experience gained in an in-house legal position in a company operating in a relevant industry
• International experience preferred
• Fluent in Spanish & English

Soft Skills:

• Business partner mindset
• Positive attitude, adaptable and a collaborative team player
• Good negotiation and communication skills
• Practical problem solver
• Candidate must be a strong team player with the ability to work in a demanding environment and deliver high-quality work on a consistent basis
• Strong business acumen and influencing skills
• Cultural dexterity and sensitivity
• Impeccable ethics

This role will also be ideal for lawyers interested in new technology-based initiatives, given the company’s focus on software perspective and integrated laboratory analyses.