Senior Legal Counsel

About the Role

Are you an experienced commercial lawyer ready for a new in-house challenge?

We are looking for an experienced commercial lawyer to join our in-house team to lead on all commercial and procurement related matters.

This is an extremely varied role in which you'll be working with a number of core business areas within Synnovis.

It will also involve providing some additional support on other legal matters including property, employment, company secretarial and data protection as well as giving day-to-day ad hoc advice.

You will be part of the Legal, Risk & Compliance team reporting into the Director of Legal, Risk & Compliance, with excellent exposure to the Synnovis and UK & I leadership teams.

Prior in-house and/or procurement experience would be preferable but is not essential. The role will be hybrid working based in our London office.

This is a temporary role (9 months) to cover the maternity leave of our Deputy Director of Legal.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts including reagent rental agreements, asset purchase agreements, equipment leases, new customer and supplier contracts, clinical trials and research agreements (including letters of intent, collaboration agreements, funding agreements and MTAs), pathology testing, logistics, software development and maintenance agreements, settlement agreements and NDAs

• Provision of day-to-day legal advice across the business on a broad range of matters including contract, property, IP, employment, data protection, regulatory compliance and procurement law

• Provision of commercial legal support to new business opportunities including participation in tender dialogue and negotiations, contract drafting in collaboration with external legal advisors and legal oversight of operational and clinical proposals and responses

• Facilitate and influence negotiations to achieve the best legal and commercial outcomes to maximise value and minimise risk

• Deputising as Company Secretary for the Group including attending and minuting Board meetings and Board committees, drafting resolutions and Companies House filings

• Managing the team paralegal/trainee solicitor