General Counsel

General Counsel 

London/Weybridge

Salary: Excellent Package 

A General Counsel role leading a team and acting as the trusted adviser to the Senior management team on strategic corporate commercial matters including all future M&A transactions.

Details about the Client

Clinigen is a speciality pharmaceutical and service Company with a unique business model dedicated to delivering the right medicine to the right patient at the right time and improving the quality of people's lives in 113 countries worldwide. Since its formation in 2010, Clinigen has enjoyed more than a five-fold uplift amounting to circa £1bn in market cap, making it amongst the top 10 AIM listed businesses in just 7 years. More recently, Clinigen has made two large corporate acquisitions which have transformed the Group, doubling the size of the business and increasing the geographical footprint to include 500 employees in 11 global locations.

Detailed Job Description

Now, the organisation is exploring the market to appoint a General Counsel. Reporting to the CFO and working alongside the Executive and Management board, the incumbent will be the trusted legal advisor to the senior management team in all corporate and commercial matters. In addition you will have the management of all general legal advice across the group and the legal team whose responsibilities include:

• Managing corporate transactions including M&A
• All general commercial contractual agreements
• IP and licensing arrangements
• Dealing with and assessing the risk on employment and litigation matters
• Mitigation of legal risk and advising on regulatory, compliance,　data protection and anti-bribery
• Oversight of any corporate governance issues including company secretary duties

Candidate's Profile

The successful candidate will have significant corporate and commercial experience, in particular in M&A with PLC and/or Listing experience. Furthermore you should be able to demonstrate:

• Sound judgement under speed and pressure
• The ability to deliver at pace
• A concise, decisive and clear approach to offering legal advice
• The gravitas to influence all levels of stakeholder
• A willingness to turn your hand to the vast range of legal issues

Whilst a background in either the Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing or FMCG sectors would be an advantage, more crucial is your ability to offer pragmatic and highly commercial advice that is likely to have been developed in a previous senior position In House.

What's on offer

Package includes bonus and LTIPS

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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Closing Date: 20/04/2017