JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott is recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel Benelux and Nordics to be based in Wavre or Zaventem, Belgium.

The Legal Counsel provides commercial and strategic legal advice and support to Abbott’s businesses, also on occasion for specific projects elsewhere in the EMEA region.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Identifies routine to complex legal issues related to strategic matters across Abbott divisions; solutions focused and effective risk management capability.

• Negotiates and provides strategic legal support on significant matters and areas of importance directly to management and lead stakeholders across the divisions

• Maintains a sound knowledge of Abbott businesses in the countries supported and knowledge of the broader business impact to the extent of assigned issues

• Resolves moderately complex to complex legal matters day to day in practice area and elevates appropriately to senior legal leadership and other members of the legal team where support is needed

• Keeps abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas; communicates these to business; represents Abbott externally to customers, suppliers, competitors or government agencies

• Resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise; coaches and directs assigned support staff in their responsibilities

• Manages external counsel in a cost-effective manner to minimize risk to Abbott and provide effective advice to the relevant Abbott EMEA businesses.

Your Profile:

• Master’s degree in Law or equivalent in experience

• Minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience

• In-house legal experience, preferably with some experience in the healthcare sector or other highly regulated industry.

• Strong experience in general commercial law

• Cross border international experience

• Strong drafting, negotiation and client communication skills

• Strong project management skills

• Able to assimilate new areas of law quickly leveraging support from external counsel where appropriate.

• Fluency in English, any other language is an asset

Abbott offers an attractive salary package combined with good opportunities to grow and develop.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Operations & Business Support

DIVISION:

GENC General Counsel

LOCATION:

Belgium > Wavre : Building P2

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

Belgium : Building Figueras Da Vinci Laan, 11 Box F1

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable