Senior Legal Counsel

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Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, CHN
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Healthtech • Telehealth
The Role
This role involves providing legal support for Philips' diverse portfolio, managing compliance risks, overseeing contracts, coaching junior lawyers, and improving legal efficiency.
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Job TitleSenior Legal Counsel

Job Description

In this role, you have the opportunity to

  • Becoming an important business partner to enable business sustainable and accelerated growth through innovative way of think, calculated risk taking and compliance enforcement.

  • Have legal exposure to the extensive product portfolio of Philips from consumer products to medical devices and the complex business model that Philips has of B2B, B2C, B2G etc.

  • Be part of the transforming journey of Philips to improve health & well being of 2.5 billion people each year.

You are responsible for

  • Lead the legal support to handle all the legal challenges/requirements to enable the business, e.g. Contract review & negotiation, form business model together with business stakeholders, M&A projects, Dispute Resolution, investigation, crisis handling and etc.

  • Identify, prevent, and respond to legal and compliance risks in the areas of anti-trust, anti-bribery, healthcare professionals, data security, privacy, export control etc.

  • Independently drive projects for best results through comprehensive planning, close teamwork and engagement of other stakeholders.

  • Continuously improve the efficiency of legal service and optimizing the quality of legal advice to address practical business needs.

  • Training, implementation, and enforcement of compliance in the organization.

  • Coach junior lawyers within the legal department of Philips Greater China when in need

You are a part of

The Greater China Legal team. You will report to Head of Legal, Greater China

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

  • Bachelor and preferably Master in Law with at least 10 years' work experience in legal practice, admitted to PRC Bar;

  • Candidates shall have strong self-motivation and eagerness to learn new things and take new challenges

  • Excellent communication skills in Chinese and English

  • Candidates with a good mixture of in-house and private practice experience in an multinational company and international law firm have preference

  • Candidate with experience in medical device industry are preferred.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

• Learn more about our business.

• Discover our rich and exciting history.

• Learn more about our purpose.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor and preferably Master in Law
  • At least 10 years' work experience in legal practice
  • Admitted to PRC Bar
  • Excellent communication skills in Chinese and English
  • Experience in medical device industry
  • Mixture of in-house and private practice experience

Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Philips and has not been reviewed or approved by Philips.

  • Retirement Support Retirement support is positioned as a standout, including a strong 401(k) match (often described at 7%) alongside pensions in some contexts.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexible benefits are emphasized through choice in health insurance options and a broad “Total Rewards” approach that combines compensation, health and wellness, and work-life support.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous paid time off and policies covering parental leave, caregiving responsibilities, volunteering, and family medical leave.

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The Company
Alpharetta, GA
80,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1891

What We Do

Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. As a leading health technology company, it is our purpose to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Our goal is to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. ​ ​ We also strive to be the best place to work for people who share our passion, by promoting personal development, inclusion and diversity while acting responsibly towards our planet and society.

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