Senior Legal Counsel, LMS Americas

For over 170 years, Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future by developing groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. As a global leader, we’re driven by continuous improvement to excite our customers and to create the best work environment for our people. Customer focus, innovation, and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation of our success.

Leica Microsystems is one of the market leaders in the fields of microscopy, imaging, and analysis. We reveal the invisible and empower our customers to create a better and healthier world. Together with our customers, we transform scientific discovery. We empower surgeons to take well-informed decisions in life-changing procedures. We enable users to gain insights which help answer key questions concerning development and engineering. All of this is achieved with the combination of cutting-edge microscopes and AI-based image analysis.

Want to be part of a company whose products are part of cutting-edge research around the world? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliant solutions and insight.

Leica Microsystems is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

The Senior Legal Counsel, Americas will be the lead legal advisor for the Leica business operations in the US, Canada, Central and South America and Caribbean (LMS Americas). The successful candidate will oversee, manage and develop the Legal function located in and supporting LMS Americas and will work closely with the LMS Americas commercial and operations leadership teams, participating in team meetings and providing necessary legal support for both the daily business operations and strategic initiatives. Additionally, the Senior Legal Counsel will participate in global projects and initiatives to create or improve processes and standard work for use by the LMS Legal team and its clients.

The Senior Legal Counsel, Americas will be responsible to:
• Negotiate, develop strategy for, and draft commercial transactions, contracts, and other legal arrangements including key collaboration agreements, distribution, dealer and sales transactions, public tenders
• Support governance activities of legal entities across the region with support from local counsel where required and partner with Regional leadership to drive compliant business practices in the sale and marketing of medical devices and research products
• Develop appropriate approaches to dispute resolution, lawsuits, and arbitrations; provide regular, clear communication of litigation issues and opportunities and manage litigation and government investigations with the support of local/external counsel;
• Conduct internal, inclusive of Compliance investigations in the Americas or support Legal, Compliance, HR or other colleagues in conducting investigations in the Americas as well as conduct Legal and Compliance training in a variety of areas (for example General legal topics such as Attorney-Client Privilege, Good Communications, Anti-Competition, Anti-Bribery, Compliance policies, Privacy, Grants/Donations/Sponsorships, HCP Interactions, etc.);

• Assist Leica and Danaher with mergers & acquisitions in the Americas, from due diligence to documentation and integration

 
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and skills:

• At least 8 years of experience working at both a reputable law firm, and in-house in the Health Care sector, preferably in a multinational Medical Devices or Pharma company. Extensive exposure to and success in a dynamic business environment. Excellent academic credentials and a qualified lawyer (Bar member) in the US.
• Business minded. A positive, energetic, self-motivated personality, able to explain complex legal points to business leaders with varying degrees of sophistication about legal matters; able to take business leaders’ concerns and demands into account in how best to pursue legal strategies. Intelligent and articulate with excellent written and verbal communication skills; nimble and quick-minded; able and willing to engage in debate.

• A team player who is able to command the respect of, and influence, business leaders and outside counsel across a wide spectrum of experience and sophistication. Able to work effectively with lower level employees, yet communicate with effectiveness and polish at the most senior levels. 
• Experience in Health Care Compliance, including with anti-corruption programs and Data Privacy and with managing other lawyers and/ or paralegals.
• High integrity and ethics in all dealings – internal, external and personal; non-political in conduct, while understanding internal and external dynamics. Able to refuse to accept, and to correct unethical conduct or outcomes that threaten the business.

We currently offer the following position in our office in will be Deer Park, IL or Waltham, MA onsite.

The salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $160,000-$180,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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