Senior Legal Counsel EMEA

at  CooperVision

Job title: Senior Legal Counsel - EMEA
Department: Legal
Location: Delta Park, Fareham
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri (mix of office and home working)

JOB SUMMARY – WHAT TO EXPECT:

As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll provide legal advice and support to the business on commercial and operational matters. This will include supporting local market regions within EMEA (such as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)) and across CooperVision as needed.
You’ll be the first point of contact for all legal matters arising in the designated market regions as well as being legal lead for various projects arising across CooperVision.

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• As part of the EMEA legal team, provide guidance and support on all legal matters in the designated market regions, as well as being legal lead for various projects in EMEA and across CooperVision.
• Responsible for structuring, negotiating and drafting various significant strategic and operations commercial contracts including supply, distribution, purchase and outsourcing agreements.
• Proactively assess potential legal risks to the business and work with management and the EMEA / Global legal team to devise and implement systems and solutions to manage these potential risks, including delivering preventative training and communications.
• Support Sales and Marketing teams, including advising in relation to EMEA promotions, campaigns and advertising, ensuring compliance with EU law (including competition laws), local laws and governance.
• Instruct and manage external counsel, where required, to ensure local law compliance and effectively manage litigation.
• Support all enabling functions (including Sales and Marketing, HR and Finance) on legal issues.
• Have a good understanding of competition laws in the EU, and their application and interpretation in an international organization.
• Proactively partner and work with other CooperVision and The Cooper Companies, Inc lawyers to drive local alignment with global best practices and action knowledge sharing.
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