Job Description

The Position

The Legal Counsel contributes to the success of Roche (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd by supporting the organization and working with various stakeholders throughout the business to provide sound commercial and legal advice across a wide variety of matters affecting the business.

Your principal responsibilities will be to

Draft, review, negotiate and finalize a wide range commercial contracts

Provide comprehensive legal support with a view to ensuring the Company achieves its goals and appropriately manages legal risk (to take into account laws and regulations relating (but not limited) to the pharmaceutical industry, employment, commercial, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, employment law, competition law, marketing and advertising, anti-bribery law, litigation and disputes)

Systematically review and manage contractual obligations and provide continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions are met

Assist in driving critical key projects to ensure activities are both commercially sound and legally compliant

Identify risks and opportunities derived from changes in legislation/regulations and ensure that the key legal aspects are taken into account in both planning and decision processes

Build legal compliance knowledge through training, knowledge sharing and awareness

Play a crucial role in ensuring business is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Identify and manage commercial and legal risks and issues and work for the creation and delivery of sound commercial proposals that meet corporate goals and protects the Company\xe2\x80\x99s risk/liability levels, reputation and financial interests.

Your profile

For this role our ideal candidate fits following requirements:

Professional and Technical Requirements

Essential minimum requirements:

A Qualified lawyer (preferably Malaysia) with strong post-qualification experience or equivalent experience in private practice and/or an in-house legal function.

Strong technical skills and knowledge, good communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts fostering a culture of collaboration.

Teamwork and collaboration \xe2\x80\x93 Builds bridges across geographical, cultural and functional boundaries to enhance collaboration.

Communication \xe2\x80\x93 strong communication skills, capable of clearly articulating and bringing clarity to even the most complex concepts.

Inspiring and Influencing \xe2\x80\x93 Infuses the organisation with a sense of purpose. Rallies support throughout the organisation to get things done.

Decision Making \xe2\x80\x93 Understands the broad context for decisions and reflects that context in how decisions are made. Capable of making sound decisions even in the face of ambiguous circumstances or contradictory requirements.

A commercial flair and an eagerness to learn from and work with the business as you will consider yourself as their partner.

You are

A smart and confident individual with a professional and mature approach

Meticulous and clearly passionate about your job

Open minded, dynamic with a pragmatic/hands-on approach

Business oriented, strong service oriented

Taking responsibility and being proactive

A real team player with a sense for escalation of matters as and when needed

Ability to evolve into working independently and with minimal supervision

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we\xe2\x80\x99ve become one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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