Group Legal Counsel

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

Change is everywhere at ConvaTec. It’s transforming our business, and helping us improve millions of lives. And we’re nowhere near finished. Across every part of our business, we’re pushing for better.

Join us as a Group Legal Counsel, based in the UK, and you’ll do the same.

We are looking for a highly motivated Legal Counsel to join our high-performing legal team. Reporting into the VP, Deputy General Counsel; this is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting Convatec’s continued successful growth. The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing strategic legal advice, guidance, direction and partnership across a wide variety of legal matters including Corporate Transactions.

YOUR PROFILE

• Track record of delivering high quality work and ability to prioritise through excellent organisation and ability to understand key business drivers.
• 3-5 years PQE in a Corporate/M&A or Transactions role, preferably with a combination of law firm and in-house experience; either through a permanent role or a significant period on secondment.
• 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.
• Exercise strong commercial judgement, through a considered approach which anticipates the needs of the business and appropriate weighs benefits and risk.
• Tech-savvy and demonstrable interest in adopting legal tech tools to increase efficiency and impact across the organization.
• Create 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.
• Adaptable, with a proactive approach suited to a fast-growing, mission-driven business.
• Experience within the medical devices sector is desirable but not essential.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide accurate and timely legal advice to stakeholders across the business on a variety of group legal matters, including coordinating closely with other business areas such as Compliance, Treasury, Tax, Finance, and HR.
• Transaction management: working with VP, Deputy General Counsel to lead and manage M&A transactions and strategic projects across the Group, including due diligence, negotiation, drafting, and review of transaction documents,
• Provide strategic legal advice to senior management and other stakeholders on M&A opportunities, risks, and implications.
• Conduct thorough due diligence investigations to identify potential legal risks and liabilities associated with target companies.
• Assisting with major Corporate and Finance transactions including fundraisings.
• Drafting and negotiating key commercial contracts including logistics and distribution agreements.  
• Collaborate with cross-functional legal and compliance teams to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Drive efficiencies and consistent best practices across the legal function, including contributing to know-how and maintenance of template agreements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies and procedures and drive legal initiatives.
• Manage external counsel including effective budget management.
• Support ongoing training and preparation of educational resources to promote legal awareness and compliance within the organization.

Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen, too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it.

This is stepping up to a challenge.

This is work that’ll move you.

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