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| Job ID | 209951BR |
| Position Title | Litigation Manager |
| Division | PHARMA |
| Business Unit | AMAC |
| Country | Egypt |
| Work Location | Cairo |
| Company/Legal Entity | Egypt Novartis Pharma S.A.E., Amiria, Cairo |
| Functional Area | Legal & Intellectual Property & Compliance |
| Job Type | Full Time |
| Employment Type | Regular |
| Job Description | • Advise their clients or employers on their legal rights and obligations. As advocates, they may represent companies in both criminal and civil court cases. • Advice on labor relations, employee contracts, tax issues, suits against the corporation, employee injury, patents, and contracts with suppliers of raw materials. • To be familiar with Anti-corruption polices, Marketing Practices, Fair Competition (“Antitrust”), Privacy, Anti-Discrimination, Trade Sanctions and Trade Controls, Capital Markets (Disclosure and Insider regulations, preferably to have a good background of pharmaceutical business, tax matters, trademark, copyright and infringement law. All will have some exposure to research, writing briefs and arguing before a judge (see Resources). • Has a good experience in drafting and reviewing contracts. • Represent Novartis Legal to outside stakeholders, in particular the government and industry associations. • Directly handle legal issues related to business development, alliance management, litigation, corporate governance, and labor law. • Directly negotiate agreements for the local organization, i.e., distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, etc. • Limit litigation risk exposure, including risk derived from clinical trial issues and employee relations. • Manage legal housekeeping (archiving of contracts, minutes of the local organization boards and shareholder meetings etc.). • Ensure adherence to Novartis Outside Counsel Policy, develop the Country Outside Counsel Panel and manage external law firms. • Manage Legal budget in relation to objectives. |
| Minimum requirements | • University degree and Bar admission • Extensive experience in legal practice (> 6 years) • Preferably significant (> 6 years) experience in legal practice related to the pharmaceutical industry • Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically-dispersed organization • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Persuasive negotiator • Strong leadership skills • Sound experience in Pharma litigation • Experience with corporate responsibility and with balancing global standards and local cultures |
