Country/Regional Lawyer designs strategies and solutions to facilitate the achievement of local/regional business objectives (cross activities) in compliance with applicable laws and provides legal support and counselling in specific local/regional business areas.
Key responsibilities include:
Draft and review complex agreements/ work on local and MCO projects
Research and advice to stakeholders on legislation in the area of medicines, finance, competition, trade and debt collection, manufacturing, corporate, digital, promotion & advertising
Support business projects in terms of legal compliance and provide appropriated solutions with TRT approach
Support litigations in coordination with external lawyers (Turkey and MCO)
Proceed and Support Corporate Law procedures for MCO countries
Follow up sectoral legislation periodically and proceed the necessary internal update with coordination of Head of Legal.
Review translation (TR/ENG) of critical legal documents
Education/Experience:
Legal counsel should have a law degree from an accredited university in Turkey and be admitted to the bar.
Experience in a similar position within Pharma industry is a strong asset
Skills:
Technical: Antitrust Law (Experienced), Litigation Strategy (Experienced), Legal Services (Experienced)
Functional: Contractual Drafting (Experienced), Contract Negotiations (Experienced), Legal Strategies (Experienced), Stakeholder Management (Experienced), Business Initiatives (Experienced), Commercial Laws (Experienced)
Other: Legal Compliance (Experienced), Data Privacy Law (Experienced)
Language:
Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills (English as a business language)
Other Competency Requirements:
Strategic thinking and strategic agility capabilities
Thoughtful risk taking and decision making
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Customer-centric approach
Inspired by purpose, passionate and energetic, resilient
High ethical standards, acting as a role model
Change management and conflict resolution
Authentic - Team player, transparent, open, bold, walk the talk
Ability to influence others and operate at any level of the organization
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
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Skills Required
- Law degree from an accredited university in Turkey and be admitted to the bar
- Experience in a similar position within Pharma industry
Sanofi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sanofi and has not been reviewed or approved by Sanofi.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support stands out through a notably strong 401K matching structure (e.g., 150% match up to a 6% contribution), which materially boosts total rewards for long-tenured employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support is positioned as unusually robust, including a global gender-neutral paid parental leave standard (14 weeks) and added supports such as childcare assistance and adoption/surrogacy/infertility help.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is made more accessible via an Employee Stock Purchase Plan that includes a meaningful purchase discount and matching/free-share mechanics, increasing perceived total compensation beyond base pay.
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