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Legal Associate

Location: Madrid

ICON plc, a leading Contract Research Organisation, employing approximately 13,100 employees across 97 offices in 38 countries, seeks an experienced and highly motivated Legal Associate to join its Legal Department in it's Madrid offices.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and hardworking Legal Associate to join ICON’s highly professional and experienced in-house legal department to support the negotiation and execution of contracts on a global basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Top 5 global CRO in a position where you can make an impact globally and support ICON’s mission to help its clients to accelerate the development of drugs and medical devices that save patient lives and improve their quality of life.

The Role

The successful applicant will be part of a global legal team that supports the negotiation of clinical trial contracts with healthcare institutions and healthcare professional across the world. You will provide legal support to ICONs clinical operations and Study Start Up teams in relation to all legal aspects of the setup of new global clinical trial studies.

Role responsibilities include:

Review, draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts on ICON’s behalf such as confidentiality agreements, clinical study service agreements, ancillary service agreements and consultancy agreements.
Create and apply fall-back to ICON standard contract templates for the negotiation of contracts.
Maintain and update standard template commercial agreements.
Assist senior lawyers in managing negotiations, disputes & investigations across the regions in a diverse range of subjects.
Lead and manage various administrative tasks such as power of attorney renewals, amendments to existing agreements, letters of termination etc.
Support the legal team in maintaining database of instructions and advising on appropriate contract language.
Providing training to clinical staff on key aspects of ICON’s commercial contracts.
Advise non-legal staff on contract language and negotiations, requests outside of established negotiation parameters, and all other pertinent information toward the execution of contract-related documents for a given clinical study.

Experience & Knowledge Requirements:

Experienced Legal Associate with significant commercial contract negotiation and drafting experience working in-house or for a law firm.
Fluent English.
Contract law experience.
Excellent attention to detail.
Large law firm or corporate plc or pharmaceutical/CRO/biotech industry experience, a plus but not necessary.
Self-starter, who can work independently and make sound decisions when under pressure.
Ability to manage a high volume of work.
Solutions focused with a strong work ethic.
Possess strong negotiation, diplomacy and excellent organizational ability.
Team player and relationship builder with strong intrapersonal, communication, organization and time management skills.

Education Requirements:

LLB or equivalent law degree or legal diploma preferred.
Third level degree in other disciplines considered with suitable contract negotiation experience.

Benefits of Working in ICON:

ICON enjoys a strong reputation for quality and is focused on staff development. We make it our mission to attract the most diverse and creative minds into the business and we continually strive to provide opportunities for our people to excel, grow and build a great career.

We understand that our greatest asset is the skills and talents of our people and they are truly what set us apart. Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive benefits package. This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage. We care about our people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to develop their long term career.

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Our people are our greatest strength, are the core of our culture and the driving force behind our success. Throughout all levels of the company, our people have a drive to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well. We help you build exciting and rewarding careers, deliver results to help bring life-changing medicine and devices to market and maintain ICON’s success as an industry leader.
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