Associate Director, Corporate Counsel - Milano, Italia - Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Milano, Italia

2 settimane fa

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Piero Bianchi

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Descrizione

The Associate Director, Corporate Counsel is a member of PPD's Legal Department and provides support on a variety of legal matters.

The Corporate Counsel will support PPD, with a focus on Clinical and Patient Advisory Services.

In some cases, this role will have primary responsibility for a matter and deliver legal advice and services directly to the PPD clinical research services business.

For other matters, the Corporate Counsel role will work with and under the direction of other lawyers in the PPD clinical research services Legal Department (including lawyers who are not their line manager) who have primary responsibility for the matter in question.

The Corporate Counsel will also have primary responsibility for developing, implementing, and managing the PPD clinical research services Legal Department's social responsibility and philanthropy initiatives.

This is a hybrid role which can be performed from our Inchinnan (Scotland), Sofia (Bulgaria) or Milan (Italy) office.

The Corporate Counsel's functions will include the following:

Provide general legal support to Clinical and Patient Advisory Services for business operations and initiatives globally
Negotiate vendor agreements supporting the PPD clinical research services business, with a focus on arrangements in Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA")
Advise PPD clinical research services' real estate and facilities team on matters in EMEA and Latin America
Support PPD clinical research services' regulatory and quality assurance teams on clinical research related matters
Support subsidiary management related activities for PPD clinical research services, which may include leading certain initiatives and liaising with the Thermo Fisher Scientific company secretarial team on others
Support PPD clinical research services on corporate compliance matters relating to PPD clinical research services' conflict of interest and antibribery/anticorruption related programs
Manage litigation and prelitigation disputes with third parties arising in EMEA and Latin America
Provide support on acquisitions, investments and other complex commercial transactional matters

Education and Experience:

LLB, Juris Doctorate (or international equivalent)
Previous legal experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 78+ total years of attorney experience)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Experience with complex commercial transactional matters ideally involving multiple countries/jurisdictions
Experience with subsidiary management and corporate compliance matters
Prior high quality law firm and/or inhouse legal training and experience
Knowledge of laws, regulations and industry standards governing clinical research, such as EMA regulations, ICH Guidelines, and GCP
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Exceptional organizational skills and strong attention to detail with proven ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently and effectively
Must be flexible and able to reprioritize workload to meet changing project needs
Skillful and proven MS Excel and MS Word skills
Excellent English and grammar skills (language skills in addition to English are helpful for this position given the number of jurisdictions PPD clinical research services operates in)
Superb analytical and decision based thinking
Strong drafting and negotiation skills that requires little to no oversight
Must be able to work independently and as a team player

At PPD clinical research services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team.

We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD clinical research services you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees.

We have a flexible working culture, where PPD clinical research services truly value a work-life balance.

We've grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together.

We are a global organization but with a local feel.

Our 4i Values:

Integrity - Innovation - Intensity - Involvement
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