Senior Legal Counsel

Support Evotec’s global business development/operations functions on all day-to-day legal commercial matters: this may include drafting, negotiating and approving all kinds of commercial agreements (in particular confidentiality agreements, terms and conditions, master service agreements, amendments, novations, assignments and single service agreements, supply agreements, license, collaborations, and consultancy agreements) as well as representing the company in the corresponding negotiations with customers/third parties. Support operational teams in Italy on legal matters, as necessary. Key Responsibilities or Core Accountabilities: Review and negotiate agreements related to the research and development activities at Evotec, as assigned. Prepare and review contract specimen, standard templates and approve contracts and legal agreements in the internal pre-signature approval process. Problem Solving: provide solutions to daily enquiries of internal stakeholders. Serve as a point of contact for contract questions within Evotec. Participates and contributes to special projects, as needed. Skills or attributes: Bachelor’s Degree in Law or Economics and a minimum of 5 years of experience drafting, negotiating and executing contracts in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry. Fluency in written and spoken English. Exceptional attention to detail with a focus on accuracy in all contractual documents. Self-starter who is resourceful and able to work effectively both independently as well as with a team. Motivated and enthusiastic. Ability to handle complexity of the work under pressure and meet deadlines while remaining highly organized, prioritising and managing multiple tasks, and providing high quality work. Team player with a proactive and organised approach. Outstanding organizational, written and verbal communication skills both internally with personnel of all levels and externally with clients. Strong networking ability and able to be decisive in decision making when facing ambiguity. Demonstrated flexibility in adjusting to a rapidly changing workload providing support to colleagues during times of increased workload. Ability to lead change in processes and responsibilities as a result of process improvement initiatives and manage any conflict that is a result of this change. In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities. About Us Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients. The Company’s multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and production of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products. Evotec leverages this “Data-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures” for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders. Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases. Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics and has to-date established a portfolio of more than 200 proprietary and co-owned R&D projects from early discovery to clinical development. Evotec operates globally with more than 5,000 highly qualified people. The Company’s 17 sites offer highly synergistic technologies and services and operate as complementary clusters of excellence. J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Verona, IT

Posted Date: 11/9/2024