Job Description

Are you a qualified solicitor with UK in-house or private practice experience in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector? Are you ready to influence and be part of an exciting journey with Evotec? If so, we want to hear from you, as this could be an opportunity for you!

Role: Legal Counsel \xe2\x80\x93 Corporate and Compliance, Permanent

Direct report: to Head of Corporate Legal & Compliance UK

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Salary: Competitive salary, dependant on skills and experience and grading, excellent benefits package plus annual bonuses

Location: either -

This role offers the flexibility of some hybrid or office-based work with the main location in Abingdon, UK.

Our Company

Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model focused on delivering highly effective new therapeutics to patients. The Company leverages its multimodality platform, the \xe2\x80\x9cData-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures\xe2\x80\x9d, for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including Pharma, Biotech, academics, and other healthcare stakeholders. With more than 4,500 highly qualified people across 16 sites, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics. For additional information please go to and follow us on Twitter and .

Role and Responsibilities for our Legal Counsel

As our legal counsel, you will be an experienced lawyer with a strong background in commercial contracts, corporate and compliance matters, preferably with some experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries. As part of a team, you will handle a variety of matters from the full spectrum of Evotec\xe2\x80\x99s commercial activities, provide legal advice to the business on a range of topics and support the UK business on data protection, regulatory and other compliance matters.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be supporting the UK operations and UK enabling functions on all matters of contracting, compliance and corporate transactional and legal matters: this includes drafting, reviewing, and negotiating all kinds of commercial agreements (in particular supply and procurement related agreements, license, collaboration agreements, material transfer agreements, software and IT agreements, confidentiality, consultancy agreements, and other types of commercial contracts).
• Support company secretarial activities for the UK affiliated companies.
• Support operations and other functions in the UK on legal and compliance matters.
• Develop an understanding of the full range of Evotec capabilities and platform technologies, the company\xe2\x80\x99s approach to risk, and work to enhance the existing relationship of the legal team with internal stakeholders.
• Prepare and review standard operating procedures, policies, and contract templates, and contribute to process improvement initiatives in the legal team.

Skills & Competencies

• Can demonstrate continued professional development.
• Ability to work independently and with a closely interacting team to deliver to tight timelines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including remote interactions, as well as good organisational and time management abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent data capture and analysis standards as well as written and oral presentation skills.
• A natural enjoyment of working with people, highly empathetic and connecting with those who do the job and their leadership.
• Enthusiastic and flexible, positive \xe2\x80\x98go the extra mile\xe2\x80\x99 approach.

Education and Experience (essential)

• Qualified UK lawyer with at least 5 years post-qualification experience.
• In-house and/or private practice experience in the Pharmaceutical/life sciences sector.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Clear and open communication style to interact effectively across functional, geographic, and cultural boundaries within the company and externally.
• Well-developed analytical and critical thinking skills. 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.
• Solid negotiation skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Can handle the complexity of the work under pressure and meet deadlines while remaining highly organized, prioritising, and managing multiple tasks, and providing high-quality work.

What we offer you in return

We offer a competitive salary and a fantastic benefits package and annual bonuses, plus, expenses covered where travelling is required.

• Pension on completion of (but not subject to) your 3-month probationary period. Contributions 6% for employees (salary sacrifice) and 6% for the employer. The employee can opt to increase their contribution and the employer will match the increase up to a maximum of 7.5%.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the anniversary, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme.
• Private dental cover, after 3 months of service.
• Life assurance at four times your annual base salary.
• Wellbeing support 24/7 and counselling services.
• Permanent health insurance provides 75% of the base salary after the qualifying period.
• Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit.
• Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme, team and annual events, recognition awards and many more!

Onsite Facilities

• On-site parking and discounted gym.
• Subsidised Restaurant, which offers an excellent breakfast and lunch selection.
• Good public transport links with bus service.

Interested?

Apply NOW \xe2\x80\x93 please upload your up-to-date CV and cover letter to Workday.

Interview process

This will be a two-stage interview process where you can meet team members and senior stakeholders. The interviews will consist of competency and behavioural-based questions.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Lomas, Senior Specialist, Global Talent Acquisition via LinkedIn. To view our current vacancies and more information about the company visit our website at .

Evotec is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, welcoming individuals regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, religious denomination, or disability. We match our role based on your suitability and experience.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. We will consider European applications with the right skills and experience. All roles will be subject to a security screening check.

Due to the high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy at any time once we find our perfect match.

• Direct applications only - No agencies.

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