Legal Clerk Lazio

Legal Clerk
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Description**:

Legal Clerk's primary role will be to provide legal advice to all divisions based in Italy, including diagnostics, nutrition and medical devices. He/she is based in Rome alongside the business divisions and reports to the Legal Head of Italy.

**Role**:

Individual to provide timely commercial legal advice and support to Abbott's businesses based in Italy. Duties will include analysis and provision of simple and basic legal advice focused on business-oriented solutions on a wide range of matters, including general commercial agreements, public procurement advice, litigation tracking, Corporate governance and data protection law.

**Core Job **Responsibilities

- Builds robust working relationships with clients that foster a proactive, transparent dialogue.

- Meets clients' sense of urgency in handling matters and able to prioritize.

- Communicates legal advice clearly and concisely to mid and junior levels of the organization.

- Possesses excellent legal analysis skills and provide advices looking at the broader context and environment, using a 360° thinking approach.

- Identifies basic legal issues related to assigned matters; proposes alternative solutions.

- Negotiates independently on basic matters.

- Resolves routine legal matters day to day in practice area with mínimal supervision from more senior attorneys.

- Resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise.

**Position Accountability/Scope

- Advises Legal Head of Italy or other legal departments of critical project developments /matters in a timely manner.

- Assigned matters may have a moderate impact on business activities and operations.

- Advises mid and junior levels of the business across Italy.

**Personal Aptitude

**Professional Qualifications and Work Experience

- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts (including but not limited to distribution agreements, agency agreements, provision of services agreements, confidentiality agreements);

- Public procurement law advice and litigation;

- Commercial litigation matters;

- Data Protection/Privacy law matters;

- Corporate governance.

- Medical devices or other healthcare product sector experience;

- Consumer law matters;

- Anti-bribery and corruption matters, including compliance programs under Law 231/2001 matters;

- Anti-Trust/Competition law matters.

Languages: Italian, English.