Legal Counsel

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Legal Counsel
Duties: Support the BPD/LCD Divisional Counsel and work with other Legal team members to provide guidance to business leaders and global team members on, and address a range of, Legal, operational and business issues that impact the BPD and LCD businesses and sites. Draft and negotiate agreements of varying complexity with pharmaceutical, chemical, academic, research and manufacturing companies to enable BPD and LCD businesses to sell products and perform services, purchase raw materials and services, license technologies (in and out) and manage quality requirements. Resolve commercial and other Legal disputes related to same. Obtain a general working knowledge of applicable United States and other regions’ regulations and compliance rules impacting environmental, compliance, safety, trade, and related liability associated with the sale, transportation, and disposal of BPD products and LCD chemicals in region. Work with Legal and business teams to support a risk-based compliance program for BPD and LCD consistent with Thermo Fisher policies and procedures and applicable country-specific laws, rules and culture. Support regulatory, trade, and chemicals compliance efforts by BPD and LCD sites. Coordinate compliance with United States and other applicable regulations with internal and external subject matter experts and outside counsel, and consult on resolution of agency enforcement actions. Partner with compliance colleagues to ensure effective prevention, detection and remediation of violations of law, regulations and internal policies, and periodic reporting on risk assessments regarding BPD/LCD site compliance. Support internal BPD/LCD investigations of any allegations of misconduct or reported compliance concerns. Help drive use of Securimate (third party distributor tool) within BPD/LCD and resolve open trade compliance items. Respond to inquiries and advise BPD/LCD employees on laws and internal policies to help ensure business planning and activities are done in accordance with applicable requirements. Deliver Legal training programs relevant to business matters and contractual obligations for BPD and LCD sites. Promote PPI (process improvement) initiatives and adopt a process improvement culture within the BPD/LCD businesses. Partner with BPD/LCD business teams on a variety of commercial matters (e.g. sales, customer documentation support, product labelling requirements) and quality matters (e.g. customer notifications, quality agreements, regulatory audits). Facilitate review and resolution of customer concerns and complaints. Help implement strategic Legal purchasing, quality, commercial, regulatory initiatives at applicable BPD/LCD sites. Support litigation, IP, M&A, company secretarial, regulatory, employment matters impacting BPD/LCD businesses. Effectively build relationships with external counsel for BPD/LCD businesses.

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