UK Commercial Lawyer

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com
Position Overview:
Convatec is looking for a highly motivated Commercial Lawyer to join the legal team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting Convatec’s continued successful growth. It requires a high-potential individual with strong commercial acumen and business judgement, the emotional intelligence to read situations and influence accordingly, excellent legal skills, and drive and high levels of self-motivation. The role will report into the VP, Deputy General Counsel.
At Convatec, we’re transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We’re aiming for nothing short of excellence. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as our UK Commercial Lawyer and you’ll do the same.

Your Key Responsibilities will include :

• Providing accurate and timely legal advice to stakeholders across the business on a variety of commercial matters, including coordinating closely with other business areas such as Compliance, Treasury, Tax, Finance, and HR.
• Acting as legal lead to draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial contracts to support the organization across the UK and Europe (working with local counsel as appropriate), including indirect and direct procurement agreements, distribution agreements and wholesale agreements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional legal and compliance teams to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Driving efficiencies and consistent best practices across the legal function, including contributing to know-how and maintenance of template agreements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies and procedures and drive legal initiatives.
• Reviewing sales and marketing materials to ensure legal compliance.
• Managing external counsel including effective budget management.
• Supporting ongoing training and preparation of educational resources to promote legal awareness and compliance within the organization.

We are looking for the following in our successful candidate :

• 2-5 years PQE with a track record of delivering high quality work and ability to prioritise through excellent organisation and ability to understand key business drivers.
• In-house experience; either through a permanent role or a significant period on secondment desirable.
• Experience operating in an international context, through law firm engagement or as part of a multinational corporate organisation.
• Strong technical legal skills, with experience in a broad range of commercial contracts, highly solutions-focused and agile, able to see the bigger picture.
• Exercises strong commercial judgement, through a considered approach which anticipates the needs of the business and appropriate weighs benefits and risk.
• Tech-savvy and demonstrates an interest in adopting legal tech tools to increase efficiency and impact across the organization.
• Creates a sense of purposes or vision for self, group or team, demonstrating a strong team-orientated and collaborative mind-set.
• A motivated self-starter, comfortable taking the initiative and leading on issues, and the ambition to develop an in-house career within a general counsel function.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience within the medical devices sector is desirable but not essential.

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