Lead Counsel Central Eastern Europe

Job Description Summary

Lead Counsel Central Eastern Europe provides legal support GE Healthcare business teams in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia. This will include drafting and negotiating commercial contracts with key customers, advising on a wide range of legal and compliance matters and acting as business partner to support the senior business leaders in the region. Lead Counsel will be based in a GEHC location in Central Eastern Europe and will report to the General Counsel for UKI, Nordics, Italy, Malta, Israel and Eastern Europe.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Providing legal support for Central Eastern Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia) business in the region
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial business agreements and transactions with key customers
• Providing legal advice in public tenders, incl. challenges to tender awards
• Counseling in indirect distribution matters working closely with the Indirect Channel/Dealer Compliance Organization as well as the sales teams in the region
• Advising the business on regulatory, privacy, antitrust and advertising/promotional matters
• Providing regulatory and compliance advice related specifically to the healthcare sector - in conjunction with the Regulatory and Compliance specialists in GE Healthcare, e.g. regarding interactions with Healthcare Professionals; transparency requirements; compliance trainings where appropriate, serve as escalation point and help with investigations and with making decisions with broader risk implications
• Developing and delivering training to the business teams
• Managing/ supporting the management of disputes and litigation
• Managing outside counsel, when brought in to assist
• Supporting the management of legal entities in the region
• Applying combined business and legal judgment to proposed deals, relationships and other issues requiring legal or compliance attention.
• Staying up-to-date and educating the business on new legal and regulatory developments
• Be motivator and energizer for a strong culture of integrity
• Collaborating actively with other legal counsels and functions in a matrix organization.

Required Qualifications

• This role requires advanced business law experience at a large law firm or corporate legal department, including previous experience of drafting, negotiating and closing business transactions (i.e. purchase, sale and distribution agreements) in Eastern Europe
• Previous experience in identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively and ability to make on the spot risk calls.
• Previous experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast paced environment.
• Ability to fluently communicate using English

Desired Characteristics

• Experience of the Healthcare industry and previous exposure to medical industry regulations
• Demonstrated experience providing legal advice in a highly regulated environment

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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