Senior Legal Counsel EMEA

Job title : Senior Legal Counsel - EMEA

Department : Legal

Location :   Delta Park, Fareham

Working hours : 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri (mix of office and home working)

A brighter future awaits you

CooperVision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses with a presence in over 100 countries. Being part of CooperVision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures – for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.

Job summary – What to expect :

As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll provide legal advice and support to the business on commercial and operational matters. This will include supporting local market regions within EMEA (such as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)) and across CooperVision as needed.

You’ll be the first point of contact for all legal matters arising in the designated market regions as well as being legal lead for various projects arising across CooperVision.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities :

• As part of the EMEA legal team, provide guidance and support on all legal matters in the designated market regions, as well as being legal lead for various projects in EMEA and across CooperVision.
• Responsible for structuring, negotiating and drafting various significant strategic and operations commercial contracts including supply, distribution, purchase and outsourcing agreements.
• Proactively assess potential legal risks to the business and work with management and the EMEA / Global legal team to devise and implement systems and solutions to manage these potential risks, including delivering preventative training and communications.
• Support Sales and Marketing teams, including advising in relation to EMEA promotions, campaigns and advertising, ensuring compliance with EU law (including competition laws), local laws and governance.
• Instruct and manage external counsel, where required, to ensure local law compliance and effectively manage litigation.
• Support all enabling functions (including Sales and Marketing, HR and Finance) on legal issues.
• Have a good understanding of competition laws in the EU, and their application and interpretation in an international organization.
• Proactively partner and work with other CooperVision and The Cooper Companies, Inc lawyers to drive local alignment with global best practices and action knowledge sharing.

A full job description is available upon request.

About you :

You’ll be a fully qualified, experienced UK commercial lawyer, with relatable experience of working within a practise or an in-house lawyer role. Minimum of 6 years PQE, although candidates with slightly less experience who meet the other criteria are encouraged to apply.

You’ll have a broad base of generalist commercial experience, be an excellent communicator at all levels and ideally have operated within an international environment within a large organisation..

What we offer :

You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including, bonus, 25 days holiday pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!

We are committed to our employees’ personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals, we’ll give you everything you need to help you achieve yours.

We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop in you career and grow with CooperVision

What you can expect :

As a CooperVision employee, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride, African Descent, Woman’s Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups, we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.