Legal Counsel - CRO/Pharma
- Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum, Bengaluru
- Legal
- ICON Full Service & Corporate Support
- Hybrid: Office/Remote
About the role
Legal Counsel - India, Bangalore - Office-Based or Home-Based
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
Are you one of them?
This is an exciting opportunity for a legal counsel to join ICON’s professional and award winning in-house legal department to support the negotiation and execution of contracts for our Study Start Up business.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of industry’s largest legal teams 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 ICON and its clients’ clinical operations and Study Start Up teams in relation to all legal aspects of the setup of new global clinical trial studies.
It is likely you will begin the role focusing on Asia-Pacific contracts, and then develop and take on experience and responsibility for global contracts.
What you will do:
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts on ICON’s behalf such as confidentiality agreements, clinical study service agreements, ancillary service agreements and consultancy agreements.
• Managing client relationships with client legal teams in relation to clinical study start-up.
• Maintaining and revising standard contract template library for ICON.
• Creating and applying fall-back to ICON standard contract templates for the negotiation of contracts.
• Supporting the management of contract disputes and investigations which arise from time to time.
• Acting as a trusted legal advisor to ICON clinical and study set up operational teams.
• Maintaining and updating standard process documents for contract negotiation.
• Provide training to clinical staff on key aspects of ICON’s commercial contracts.
• Advising 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.
You will need:
• LLB or equivalent law degree.
• Qualified lawyer (3-5 years PQE)
• Commercial contract review and drafting experience working in-house or for a law firm, pharma/CRO experience preferred.
• Ambition to grow within ICON legal team over time.
• Possess strong negotiation, diplomacy and excellent organizational ability.
• Great teammate and relationship builder with strong intrapersonal, communication, organization and time management skills.
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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