Vacancy For Legal Counsel at Novartis

Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people’s lives. We use science-based innovation to address some of society’s most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. Our company is focused on industry-leading divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Legal Counsel Job ID: 267703BR Location: Lagos Division: Pharma Functional Area: Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl. Job Type: Full Time Employment Type: Regular Job Description

• Analyzes and mitigates risks to ensure contract execution is in accordance with company policy.
• Manages the e-archiving system, grants access rights to associates on SharePoint (for legal templates and contract archive) and manages correspondences with the appropriate team to resolve access issues.
• Manage legal budgets in relation to the objectives.
• Drafts all contracts, memoranda and other legal documents required by the business and provide legal opinions on third party requests related to contracts.
• Oversee correspondences with external counsels on current status of court matters and pre-pare periodic case updates.
• Provide general legal advisory support with regards to matters related to associates, policies and laws.
• Provide support on renewal/amendment/extension of all contracts and Conducts legal re-search
• Business partner all departments to ensure legal risks are adequately mitigated.
• Responsible for conducting training on the use of contract templates for associates (includes Service agreements and Consultancy agreements)

• Law school graduate and Bar member

• Fluency in English Language

• Proven ability to work independently efficiently and meet tight deadlines and withstand pressure and demanding clients.
• Strong experience in handling a high volume of multiple, often complex projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated professional and culturally sensitive work ethic.
• 4 years minimum post Bar experience; ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, or alternatively, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare and technology clients.
• Previous experience with contracting excellence and training.
• Ability to analyze complex legal issues.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.