Senior Counsel

About the Role

The **Senior Counsel** enables Leica Biosystems’ global business strategy by serving as the lead legal advisor (“mini-GC”) for two or more of the company’s business units and related support functions. This role delivers legal guidance across a broad range of complex issues in a dynamic, multinational environment, with a focus on driving business transformation and innovation. The Senior Counsel will be the lead day-to-day attorney for the leaders of their assigned functional areas, while simultaneously working directly with associates at all levels of the business, from individual contributors to senior leadership, in many different functional areas, including business units (R&D, product management, etc.), commercial (sales and marketing), operations (supply chain, manufacturing, EH&S, real estate, etc.), compliance and enablement (QRA/MAPSS, clinical affairs, etc.), and strategy and business development.

This position reports to the Assistant General Counsel, is part of the Legal and Compliance department, and will be **fully remote**.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Enable your business units’ strategy and operations by providing practical, solution-oriented approaches to a broad range of complex legal issues and risks, then writing and negotiating agreements addressing those issues and risks.
• Be a leader and person of influence at the company, serving as one of the legal and compliance team’s primary contacts globally; directly partner with and advise leaders of your assigned business units on their most significant strategic and operational challenges.
• Serve as a legal subject matter expert and strategic advisor on cross-functional projects with associates from all parts of the business, often operating outside of your comfort zone, helping to organize and lead teams to solve complex business problems and effect strategic transactions.
• Partner with specialist attorneys and other professionals, including external counsel, on IP, employment, regulatory, compliance, M&A, joint venture/strategic partnership, and other matters.
• Manage commercial and other disputes, including litigations.
• Using Danaher Business System (DBS) tools, help the legal and compliance team identify, design and implement continuous process improvement initiatives.
• From time to time, support matters for other Danaher operating companies in the Diagnostic/IVD and Life Sciences markets.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• JD from an accredited U.S. law school.
• Active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 6+ years of experience with complex commercial and corporate transactions, including 3+ years of experience in a large law firm transactional practice.
• Excellent writing and contract drafting skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate and work effectively with associates at all levels of the company.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – approximately 15% or less (flexible).

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience in the diagnostic/IVD industry.
• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience with healthcare regulation, including fraud and abuse (e.g., anti-kickback), FDA and CE/IVDR for medical devices, and data use and privacy (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR).