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Commercial Legal Counsel, Discovery&Medical EMEA

Cytiva

Little Chalfont

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GBP 70,000 - 100,000

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Job summary

Cytiva is seeking a Commercial Legal Counsel for its Discovery & Medical EMEA team. The role involves partnering with business leaders to negotiate agreements, providing legal training, and advising on compliance issues. Ideal candidates will be qualified lawyers with extensive commercial legal experience in the life sciences sector.

Qualifications

Significant commercial legal experience at a large law firm or in-house legal department.
Experience in drafting, negotiating, and closing commercial agreements in regulated environments.
Proven ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders to negotiate commercial agreements.
Provide Legal & Compliance training to teams.
Advise on compliance, IP, and litigation matters.

Skills

Commercial legal experience

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualified to practice in England & Wales

Commercial Legal Counsel, Discovery&Medical EMEA

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Be part of something altogether life-changing!

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term. Your health and wellbeing are important to us and together we will not compromise on safety in the workplace or the environment.

Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

We are looking for a COMMERCIAL LEGAL COUNSEL, DISCOVERY & MEDICAL -EMEA to work in our global LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE team supporting Cytiva's Discovery & Medical business, which provides proven solutions to accelerate research and discovery of biotherapeutics, enable quality sample preparation, reliable diagnostic assays, and sterile medical liquids and gasses.

The Commercial Legal Counsel will report directly to the Senior Counsel, Discovery & Medical and Genomic Medicine – EMEA.

What You’ll Do

Partner with Discovery & Medical business leaders and their teams in EMEA to help identify opportunities to drive the business forward, e.g. negotiating and closing important commercial, sourcing and R&D agreements whilst applying legal and commercial judgement.
Provide Legal & Compliance training to Discovery & Medical teams in EMEA to help them identify and navigate risks that may arise during the course of doing business.
Work in diverse, cross-functional teams to address issues, problem solve, design and implement new and more efficient processes/ways of working to maximise impact on priority matters.
Advise the business on compliance, privacy, antitrust, and advertising / promotional matters, flag IPR issues, work with internal IP lawyers and manage outside counsel as required to ensure Cytiva is appropriately protected.
Support adherence to internal controls in contract related processes and support the management of disputes and litigation.

Who You Are

A lawyer qualified to practice in England & Wales, holding a current practicing certificate, with excellent academic credentials and appropriate post qualification experience.
Significant commercial legal experience at a large law firm and/or in-house legal department, including but not limited to drafting, negotiating and closing commercial and supplier agreements (ideally including in a regulated environment) e.g. sale and distribution agreements, supply and professional services agreements etc., preferably with experience gained in the life sciences or healthcare industries.
A proven team player with strong project prioritization skills and the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication and analytical skills with demonstrated experience identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively and ability to make well-grounded risk calls.
Experience engaging and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to influence adoption of business-oriented solutions and proven ability to contribute to driving change across cross-functional teams with a focus on operational excellence.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Legal
Industries
Biotechnology Research, Medical Equipment Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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