Legal Clerk

**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.