Associate General Counsel

Job title:

Associate General Counsel

Company:

Novo Nordisk

Job description

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Accept ClosePress Tab to Move to Skip to Content LinkSearch by KeywordSearch by LocationLoading…CategorySelect how often (in days) to receive an alert:×Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:Associate General CounselCategory: Legal, Compliance & AuditLocation:Bagsværd, Capital Region of Denmark, DKWould you like to work with M&A and other complex business development transactions that support Novo Nordisk’s global Research and Development, Commercial and Product Supply activities? Are you an experienced transactional attorney who wants to be part of a high-performing legal team with global impact in one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies?We are looking to expand our Legal Business Development team with a transactional Associate General Counsel to support on global M&A matters. Start your application for a life-chnaging career!The positionAs an Associate General Counsel, your main responsibilities will focus on drafting, negotiating and related legal counselling for complex global M&A agreements and other strategic transactions and integrations across all Novo Nordisk areas and geographies, including Research & Development, Commercial and Global Product Supply organisations.You will be expected to develop solutions to new and challenging issues in a changing environment; and contribute to the ongoing development of the legal team and cultivate a highly collaborative culture.Your collaboration will be with a diverse range of stakeholders within the business and across Global Legal, including working closely with Research & Development, Global Product Supply organisation, the global Business Development teams, headquarters staff, as well as other global legal colleagues on various strategic projects.The key responsibilities of this role will be to:

• Lead drafting, negotiating, structuring and advising on M&A and other complex life science transactions, strategic collaborations and acquisitions
• Be a key business partner with Business Development and line of business for such transactions
• Advise Novo Nordisk leaders on critical legal issues and work closely with other Novo Nordisk functions such as Global Product Supply, R&D units, strategic finance, and tax
• Manage risk and help ensure Novo Nordisk obtains the benefit of the transactions
• Supervise and direct outside counsel for transactions
• Contribute to Global Legal & Patents initiatives

You will be reporting to the Head of Legal M&A and Integration- part of the Legal Business Development, Digital Health & Trademarks Team.QualificationsTo succeed in this role, you hold a law degree from a recognized university and are authorised to practice law, and you have minimum 7 years of experience from a major law firm or relevant in-house legal department, with proven track record of drafting and negotiating M&A and general corporate law matters.Furthermore, as an ideal candidate, we expect you to have following qualifications:

• Strong work ethic and personal drive, “can-do” approach and results-oriented attitude, which enables you to establish strong professional relations internally and externally
• Well-developed business partnering skills, including a proactive approach to understanding our customers’ needs and enabling business results through best-in-class legal advice
• International mind-set and enjoy being part of a global work environment
• Ability to manage numerous and changing priorities effectively, meet deadlines and work independently as well as in cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Strong stakeholder management skills that enable you to collaborate with peers and convey complex issues and navigate among stakeholders from different business functions

We expect you to have excellent interpersonal skills and solid attention to details, with creative and practical problem-solving approach.About the departmentYou will be a key member of the highly collaborative and high-performing Legal Business Development team, providing legal support to global Business Development activities such as M&A transactions and integration, and other global strategic collaborations. The position is located is in Novo Nordisk’s headquarters in Bagsværd, Denmark, as part of Global Legal & Patents. Novo Nordisk’s Global Legal organization has more than 300 global legal colleagues situated at +40 locations around the world.Working at Novo NordiskAt Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.ContactFor further information, please contact Mille Praastrup, Head of Legal M&A and Integration at +45 3075 1423.Deadline23 June 2024.We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to submit your application at your earliest convenience.Please submit your application, CV, and transcripts/diploma, in English, as interviews will be conducted in English.To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please do not include a photo in your CV.We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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Location

Bagsværd, Hovedstaden

Job date

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 05:49:02 GMT

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