Job Overview
The Legal Director will provide commercial and corporate legal advice and support to AstraZeneca Korea.
The Legal Director will report to the Country President, South Korea, with a dotted line reporting to the Asia Area Legal Director. Based in AstraZeneca office in Seoul, the Legal Director will be a member of the Country Leadership Team, and work under the functional direction and oversight of the Asia Area Legal Director. The Legal Director will have the relevant experience and judgment to be able to work independently, to provide skilled, objective, professional, business-focused legal advice and will also need to work closely with the cross-functional teams and the Global Legal department, as necessary.
The range of work includes:
Legal Advice and Contracting Support
Provide pro-active, value-added and practical legal advice and contracting support, including for: (i) distribution arrangements and business development matters; (ii) commercial, regulatory, policy shaping, market access, tendering, pricing and HR matters; (iii) patent and patent litigation matters (in collaboration with AZ IP experts); (iv) clinical study activities and (v) any other legal matter affecting AstraZeneca’s business and operations in South Korea.
Litigation, Disputes, Investigations
Manage and provide legal advice to the business in connection with (i) litigation and disputes initiated by or against AZ; and (ii) any significant internal investigations and all external investigations, including dawn-raids as well as assisting markets in developing / implementing appropriate Standard Operating Procedures to effectively manage such investigations.
Training
Develop and provide training to relevant stakeholders, covering key legal risk areas.
Developments in the Legal Environment
Proactively: (i) monitor legislative and regulatory changes in areas relevant to the commercial business; (ii) monitor enforcement trends of key external authorities in such areas; (iii) provide value added analysis and advice to key stakeholders on the potential impact to the AZ business of such changes and trends in order to allow the business to make more accurate risk assessments and informed decisions.
External Counsel Management
Retain and manage external counsels on legal matters. This includes ensuring that the business seeks appropriate guidance from external counsel, receives high-quality advice, and that each engagement is established and managed in a cost-effective manner. Support the Market Access and Government Affairs functions in liaising with/overseeing external counsels on environment-shaping matters.
Risk Management
Assess, advise on and manage effectively, all manner of legal risks as they apply to the current business strategy and the activities undertaken by the company, as well as to the medium to long-term strategy and decision making. Provide support in assisting with and closing any issues identified in any internal or external audits.
PIPA
Data privacy and personal information protection matters, including compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and related regulations, in collaboration with the Compliance team.
Leadership and Strategic Partner
Serve as a member of the AstraZeneca Korea Leadership Team and act as a trusted strategic partner to the business by providing clear, pragmatic, and commercially focused legal advice. Demonstrate strong leadership, sound judgement and the ability to influence senior stakeholders to support effective and compliant decision-making.
Essential for the role
The successful candidate will have a recognized law degree and be a qualified lawyer with preferably at least 15 years of experience as a lawyer in a major law firm or a lawyer in an in-house counsel role, preferably in the life science industry. He or she will be required to work collaboratively as part of a team, while appropriately assessing and advising on legal risks and offering creative solutions to legal problems.…