Legal Counsel, Global Legal Business, Innovation

**Date**:12 Jun 2025

**Department**:Global Legal, Compliance & IP

**Business Area**:Legal, Compliance & Internal Audit

**Job Type**:Direct Employee

**Contract Type**:Temporary

**Location**:Parma, IT

**_About us_**
- Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries with more than 7,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas**:Discover more here**
- We are proud to to have been awarded with **B Corp Certification**, a recognition of **high social and environmental standards**. We are a **reliable** company that adopts and promotes a **transparent and ethical behavior** at all levels.
- We believe that the success of **Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors**. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.
- We are committed to **embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities.** In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

**_Chiesi Corporate Functions_**
- These are the functions supporting the business:

- Global HR
- Global Finance, Procurement & IT
- Group Legal & Corporate Affairs
- Global Communication & External Relations
- Transformation
- Global Strategy, Sustainability and Growth (SSG)

**_Who we are looking for_**

**Purpose**
- We are looking for a Legal Counsel Global Legal Business, Innovation & Protection to join our corporate team on a temporary contract.**Main Responsibilities**
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts (Distribution Agreements, Service Agreements, Consultancy Agreements, NDA’s etc.);
- Providing general corporate advice (including on internal corporate re-org & restructuring matters) and commercial advice;
- Supporting the business on key transactions (M&A, licencing options, risk management etc);
- Provision of advice and rationale for decisions on general legal issues/queries raised by various departments within the organisation;
- Identification of risks and exploring innovative solutions with a focus on developing and improving more efficient and effective processes;
- Create, update and amend templates and guides to meet business and internal legal requirements;
- Training and educating staff on legal issues; and
- Engage and manage external counsel in multiple jurisdictions.

**Experience Required**
- 3+ years of experience either in private practice and/or in the industrial sector with a specific focus on healthcare/life sciences field.**Education**
- Academical background: Law degree; LLM or equivalent post-graduate qualifications/certifications will be conisdered a plus**Languages**
- Fluent English; other languges will be considered a plus**Technical Skills**
- Good knowledge of healthcare/pharma sectors
- Good knowledge of business and commercial transactions
- Drafting and negotiating of legal and corporate governance documents, including commercial contracts
- Ability to translate legal matters for a non-legal audience
- Ability to elaborate issues and provide efficient, rapid and business-oriented solutions

**Soft Skills**
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Team-building-oriented
- Interaction with and influencing the relevant stakeholders
- Results focused
- Effective communication in an international environment
- Strategic thinking

**Location**
- The position is based in Parma with possibility of hybrid working arrangement.**_ What we offer_**
- You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that **our people are our most valuable asset**, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular** attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.**
**We want our people to come to work happy every day**, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.