Legal Counsel

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

At Abbott were dedicated to helping people live more fully in everything we do. Were creating the future of healthcare through life-changing technologies and products that make you healthier and stronger quickly identify when you have a
medical need and treat conditions to help you get back to doing what you love.

With headquarters in north suburban Chicago we serve people in more than 160 countries with leading medical devices diagnostics nutrition products and branded generic medicines. Our 115000 colleagues are helping millions of people to live better and healthier every day around the world.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott you can do work that matters grow and learn care for yourself and family be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

The Opportunity

This lawyers primary role will be to provide strategic legal advice to the various Abbott divisions in the Spain & Portugal as well as to projects within the wider Europe region.

We need an individual to provide commercial and strategic legal advice and support across Abbotts businesses and on specific projects elsewhere in the Europe region. Duties will include analysis and provision of strategic legal advice focused on business-oriented solutions on a wide range of general commercial matters. Role will include management of external counsel.

What Youll Do

• Identifies routine to moderately complex legal issues related to strategic matters across Abbott divisions; solutions focused and effective risk management capability.

• Negotiates and provides strategic legal support on significant matters and areas of importance directly to management and lead stakeholders across the divisions

• Maintains a sound knowledge of Abbott businesses in the countries supported and knowledge of the broader business impact to the extent of assigned issues

• Resolves moderately complex legal matters day to day in practice area and elevates appropriately to senior legal leadership and other members of the legal team where support is needed

• Keeps abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas; communicates these to business;

• Resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise;

• Manages external counsel in a cost-effective manner to minimize risk to Abbott and provide effective advice to the relevant Abbott businesses.

Required Qualifications

• Qualified Lawyer in Spain or similar

• 58 years of post-qualification experience. Experience in renowned law firm or in-house in a multinational company are preferred and ideally with some experience in the healthcare sector or other highly regulated industry.

• Languages: Fluent in English and Spanish (both written and spoken) is required. Portuguese is highly valued.

Competencies:

• Strong experience in general commercial law

• Cross border international experience

• Instruction and management of external counsel

• Strong drafting negotiation and client communication skills

• Strong project management skills

• Able to assimilate new areas of law quickly leveraging support from external counsel where appropriate.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Competition/anti-trust law

• Distribution and agency agreements

• Dispute resolution

• Public procurement law practice (preferably in the healthcare sector)

• Regulation of interaction with Healthcare Professionals and Healthcare Institutions

• Regulated industry experience (e.g. healthcare - medical devices / nutritional products) would be an advantage.

• Data Privacy

• Appreciation of key USA and European anti-corruption sanctions and compliance laws as well as Corporate Criminal Liability laws

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.

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