Legal & Compliance Senior Counsel Spain/Portugal

at  Unilabs

Report: Head of Legal & Compliance Region: France, Netherlands, Spain & Peru with a dotted line to the Head of Legal and Compliance Portugal.

Unilabs is recruiting a Portugal based Legal & Compliance Senior Counsel. The newly created role will be responsible for:

• Legal and Compliance support to Spanish legal entities of Unilabs Group in Spain and legal support to the commercial/procurement teams in Portugal.
• Management of a Local Data Protection & Compliance Officer in Spain.

1. Legal:

REQUIREMENTS

• 8/10 Years of experience experience in an international Law firm, as well as in-house
• Substantial experience in healthcare & ethical compliance matters
• International experience
• Fluent in Spanish & English (Portuguese would be also a plus)

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.

Unilabs is recruiting a Portugal based Legal & Compliance Senior Counsel. The newly created role will be responsible for:

• Legal and Compliance support to Spanish legal entities of Unilabs Group in Spain and legal support to the commercial/procurement teams in Portugal.
• Management of a Local Data Protection & Compliance Officer in Spain

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 lawyer