About Sol-Millennium: Sol-Millennium is a global healthcare company dedicated to improving the safety and well-being of patients and healthcare providers. With innovative solutions and a commitment to excellence, we strive to deliver products that enhance the quality of care. Our team is passionate, driven, and committed to making a difference in the healthcare industry.
Job Overview: We are seeking a Corporate Legal Counsel who will serve as a hands-on, business-oriented legal advisor across Sol-Millennium’s global operations. This role is highly transactional, supporting contracts, governance, and compliance matters, while also engaging with stakeholders across North America, Europe, and APAC.
This is not a role managing a large legal department, it is suited for a self-starter and generalist who thrives in a dynamic environment, is comfortable coordinating across time zones, and brings a commercial mindset to legal challenges.
This role is located at our global HQ in downtown Chicago and operates on a hybrid schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial and transactional agreements including sales agreements, vendor contracts, MSAs, NDAs, and SaaS agreements.
- Provide practical, business-minded legal advice that supports commercial objectives while ensuring compliance.
- Strategically and cost-effectively manage and partner with outside counsel.
- Partner with internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, Commercial, Operations) to align legal solutions with business priorities.
- Support corporate governance matters, including board resolutions and entity compliance.
- Assist with transactional work such as M&A diligence, restructuring efforts, and strategic projects.
- Advise intellectual property matters including trademarks and licensing.
- Public company filings and board oversight
- Stay updated on relevant legal developments and proactively communicate potential impacts to the business.
Required Qualifications:
- 4-6+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from a law school accredited by the ABA.
- Member of a state bar in good standing.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment and to navigate ambiguity with ease.
- Strong background in transactional and commercial contracts, with demonstrated ability to draft and negotiate
- Experience interacting with or coordinating external counsel across global regions (APAC experience strongly preferred)
- Comfortable balancing competing priorities and working across time zones.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience with healthcare, manufacturing, and/or distribution.
- Experience in one or more of the following: commercial transactions, litigation, contracts, employment law, or corporate governance.
- Exposure to corporate governance and public company matters.
- Familiarity with employment and compliance law.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders across geographies.
Why Join Us: At Sol-Millennium, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial environment, contributing to meaningful advancements in the healthcare industry. We value our employees and offer a collaborative culture that encourages growth and professional development.
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What We Do
We are one of the world's largest manufacturers of needles and syringes. We are vertically integrated with locations across the globe. Our innovative technology helps reduce unnecessary injuries, saves on medication and enhances both clinician and patient experience. Our international sales team is dedicated to delivering knowledge and outstanding customer service. Our goal is to partner with those in healthcare, focusing on a healthier tomorrow. Originally a leading producer of plastic moulds for the global medical industry - we were the first syringe mould producer in China and now supply over 60% of China’s syringe mould needs, as well exporting globally. This background sets the stage for our current focus in developing high quality and affordable safety medical devices that support best clinical practice – whilst also protecting healthcare workers (and their patients) from the risks associated with needlestick injury and accidental blood exposure. We currently manufacture a range of safety syringes, needles and blood collection devices under the Sol-Care and Sol-Guard brands. We also produce syringes and needles for the veterinary industry under the Sol-Vet line of products, as well as an extensive range of standard (non-safety) needles and syringes. We have a rich pipeline of new product innovation, and ambitious plans to grow our brands and our business. Close collaboration with frontline healthcare professionals is critical to the way we work – by sharing knowledge and ideas together we continuously improve our offer and work toward our goal of ‘Building a Heathier Tomorrow’. Sol Millennium has global presence with sales and marketing offices in Brazil, Poland and USA and a European R&D Centre, based in Switzerland
