Senior Legal Counsel- Commercial Contracts

Cencora; Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel in Woking to provide business-oriented legal services, project management, and strategic counsel in pharmaceutical law. The candidate must have a strong legal background and experience handling complex legal matters while delivering effective solutions. Join Cencora to help create healthier futures.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited law school and admitted to practice.
• Minimum 4 to 8 years of legal experience, particularly in pharmaceutical law.
• Ability to provide strategic legal counsel and manage projects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective legal services to clients, managing legal projects and issues.
• Represent Cencora in legal negotiations and contract management.
• Demonstrate decision-making capabilities and provide legally compliant recommendations.

Skills

Project Management

Negotiation

Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Education

Law Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

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Senior Legal Counsel- Commercial Contracts, Woking

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Client:

Cencora

Location:

Woking, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Summary:

This is a position within the Legal Department that is held by a lawyer with strong legal skills and the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant business or corporate matters or in a particular specialty practice area (e.g., litigation, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, privacy law, health law, technology law, or employment and labor law).

Responsibilities:

The lawyer in this role is responsible for the delivery of effective legal services to his or her clients.

In this role, the lawyer is required to be adept at handling legal projects, matters, and issues and should demonstrate technical legal skills and expertise sufficient to undertake customary and/or recurring projects, matters, and issues with minimal supervision in most instances.

The lawyer in this role should have the capability to demonstrate project management skills because the Senior Counsel role often requires the lawyer in this role to take on mixed legal and business responsibility for, and project management of, contracts or other matters that the client group wants to pursue.

The Senior Counsel should be able to represent Cencora and his or her relevant client groups on customary business contracts or other matters. The Senior Counsel may be required in these situations to have an integral role in both legal and business negotiations.

The Senior Counsel should demonstrate decision-making capability and should be proficient in being able to make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations to his or her clients.

The Senior Counsel is expected to solve a range of straightforward problems, analyze possible solutions and assess each using standard procedures.

The lawyer in this role should be able to juggle multiple matters and effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter.

The Senior Counsel is expected to effectively cope with change and shift gears comfortably.

The lawyer in this role is expected to seek out and accept developmental opportunities.

#LI-VC1

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Education:

Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into practice.

Work Experience:

Must have a minimum of 4 to 8 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in pharmaceutical law, contracts and commercial law, and health law.

The lawyer in this role should have sufficient expertise in those areas of legal practice that are necessary to provide legal counsel effectively to his or her clients.

The lawyer in this role is comparable to a senior associate or counsel in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor (with minimal guidance and oversight from his or her manager in most instances) and/or supervise and project manage other individual legal professionals to do the work.

Skills and Knowledge:

Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and legal procedures

Strong background in the pharmaceutical industry’s laws, concepts, practices and legal procedures

Significant knowledge of healthcare, regulatory and corporate law including UK and European Union regulations and procedures, litigation, anti-trust laws, and contract negotiation and preparation

Background working for a global pharmaceutical manufacturer, or healthcare company and serving as strategic partner to internal business clients. Ability to lead negotiations, strategy development and implementation

Experience in the commercialization of pharmaceutical products and working on related agreements and global market access experience with knowledge of European Union healthcare laws and regulations

The lawyer in this role has the expertise and background to be comfortable supervising outside lawyers engaged to work on matters for Cencora, including outside lawyers from law firms used by Cencora for assignments in the lawyer’s area of practice.

In this role, the lawyer is expected to build knowledge of Cencora’s businesses and industry policies and practices.

Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Strong interpersonal skills

Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively

Strong leadership skills

Strong organizational skills; attention to detail

Ability to follow and interpret legal trends

Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Job Details

Summary:

This is a position within the Legal Department that is held by a lawyer with strong legal skills and the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant business or corporate matters or in a particular specialty practice area (e.g., litigation, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, privacy law, health law, technology law, or employment and labor law).

Responsibilities:

The lawyer in this role is responsible for the delivery of effective legal services to his or her clients.

In this role, the lawyer is required to be adept at handling legal projects, matters, and issues and should demonstrate technical legal skills and expertise sufficient to undertake customary and/or recurring projects, matters, and issues with minimal supervision in most instances.

The lawyer in this role should have the capability to demonstrate project management skills because the Senior Counsel role often requires the lawyer in this role to take on mixed legal and business responsibility for, and project management of, contracts or other matters that the client group wants to pursue.

The Senior Counsel should be able to represent Cencora and his or her relevant client groups on customary business contracts or other matters. The Senior Counsel may be required in these situations to have an integral role in both legal and business negotiations.

The Senior Counsel should demonstrate decision-making capability and should be proficient in being able to make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations to his or her clients.

The Senior Counsel is expected to solve a range of straightforward problems, analyze possible solutions and assess each using standard procedures.

The lawyer in this role should be able to juggle multiple matters and effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter.

The Senior Counsel is expected to effectively cope with change and shift gears comfortably.

The lawyer in this role is expected to seek out and accept developmental opportunities.

#LI-VC1

.

Education:

Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into practice.

Work Experience:

Must have a minimum of 4 to 8 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in pharmaceutical law, contracts and commercial law, and health law.

The lawyer in this role should have sufficient expertise in those areas of legal practice that are necessary to provide legal counsel effectively to his or her clients.

The lawyer in this role is comparable to a senior associate or counsel in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor (with minimal guidance and oversight from his or her manager in most instances) and/or supervise and project manage other individual legal professionals to do the work.

Skills and Knowledge:

Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and legal procedures

Strong background in the pharmaceutical industry’s laws, concepts, practices and legal procedures

Significant knowledge of healthcare, regulatory and corporate law including UK and European Union regulations and procedures, litigation, anti-trust laws, and contract negotiation and preparation

Background working for a global pharmaceutical manufacturer, or healthcare company and serving as strategic partner to internal business clients. Ability to lead negotiations, strategy development and implementation

Experience in the commercialization of pharmaceutical products and working on related agreements and global market access experience with knowledge of European Union healthcare laws and regulations

The lawyer in this role has the expertise and background to be comfortable supervising outside lawyers engaged to work on matters for Cencora, including outside lawyers from law firms used by Cencora for assignments in the lawyer’s area of practice.

In this role, the lawyer is expected to build knowledge of Cencora’s businesses and industry policies and practices.

Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Strong interpersonal skills

Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively

Strong negotiating skills

Strong leadership skills

Strong presentation skills

Strong organizational skills; attention to detail

Ability to follow and interpret legal trends

Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

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