Legal Counsel
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Company: Norstella
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted:
Employment Type: Full Time
Job ID: R-221
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About Norstella
At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.
Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:
- Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
- Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
- MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
- Panalgo – turn data into insight faster
- The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics
By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.
As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
Job description
In this role of Legal Counsel, you will be part of the global Legal Norstella team. You will be based in the UK and report into the Head of Commercial Legal. In this role, you will be responsible for providing broad commercial legal support to a leading provider of drug, device, company, clinical trial and market intelligence in the pharmaceutical and medtech markets .
Key duties and responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements with customers, vendors, partners, agents, distributors, resellers and other third parties, including data licenses, SaaS agreements, consulting and professional services agreements, master services agreements, marketing and advertising agreements, procurement contracts and other complex commercial agreements.
- Support the UK, European and international business in achieving its aims by delivering timely and accurate feedback to internal stakeholders.
- Review RFPs for customers (including government entities), identify legal issues and help prepare proposals (including licensing agreements).
- Update various agreement templates to align with changing business policies, legal risks and regulatory and compliance requirements
- Research and respond to general legal inquiries from in-house clients that relate to matters including local regulatory issues, partnerships, and software licensing, litigation, privacy, intellectual property, real estate and corporate and compliance matters.
- Participate in compliance initiatives through training and communications.
- Support management of our IP portfolio
- Participate in local and cross-regional team projects
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, identifying areas for development
Key requirements
- 2+ years experience, preferably some time in-house including via seondment
- Excellent academic credentials
- Hands-on experience in commercial law, drafting and negotiating national and cross-border agreements
- Diversified in-house legal experience is an advantage. International experience preferred.
- Self-starter able to work independently, exercise good judgment and manage competing priorities
- Excellent research and analysis skills. Able to analyse and present complex information clearly and concisely to various stakeholders
- Data licensing, Technology and SaaS experience preferred
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Comfort to perform a broad range of tasks
- Confidence in decision-making and managing ambiguity
- Legal and business-friendly judgment, skilled in building consensus across cross-functional stakeholders. Customer centricity a must.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Excellent English
Our guiding principles for success at Norstella:
01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning
We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a personal day
- 5% pension match
- Group Life Assurance (100% employer funded)
- Group Income Protection (100% employer funded)
- Other voluntary benefits such as: Dental, Cash Plan, PMI Excess Cover, Health Screening & Critical Illness
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