Senior Legal Counsel

Cardinal Health

23d

About The Position

What Commercial Transaction contributes to Cardinal Health Legal provides the company with strategic, proactive, practical and cost-effective legal advice and services in order to protect the organization's assets, operations and image. This function provides legal counsel related to commercial, corporate securities, intellectual property, labor and employment, and regulatory law, among other areas. This function also litigates all company legal matters, manages outside counsel and manages legal operations. Commercial Transaction provides legal advice, counsel and services to domestic and international businesses in support of customer, vendor, supplier, and strategic relationships, including drafting and negotiating contracts, participating in and providing input on business strategy, and otherwise acting as primary day-to-day legal contacts for business clients. Job Summary The Senior Legal Counsel, serves as the primary legal partner to leaders of a division within a business unit, providing counsel on legal issues and risk mitigation guidance. The Senior Legal Counsel reviews and negotiates commercial agreements with external parties on behalf of the business, protecting the business’ interests and ensuring that contracts are compliant. This job also reviews external communications to confirm legal compliance and liaises with a variety of Legal and other internal teams to resolve legal issues.

Requirements

8-12 years of experience, preferred
Juris Doctorate degree
License to practice law in Ohio or licensed in the jurisdiction in which you live and work
Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
Projects may have significant and long-term impact
Provides solutions which may set precedent
Independently determines method for completion of new projects
Receives guidance on overall project objectives
Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Responsibilities

Provides excellent client service, counsels assigned division leaders on a variety of legal questions and issues, such as contract compliance and confidentiality.
Determines appropriate legal actions and projects associated costs for business leaders.
Drafts initial format and terms for commercial agreements and delivers agreements to customers and vendors to initiate negotiations.
Interfaces with Contract Administration teams in order to set-up contracts.
Meets with external parties to negotiate terms of agreements and to achieve the most favorable terms for the business.
Based on combination of legal considerations and business acumen, counsels business leaders on the acceptance or refusal of external party terms.
Reviews all terms and revisions from external parties and manages the iterations of commercial agreement terms.
Reviews a variety of marketing and public relations communications in order to ensure the compliance of all product information and messaging.
In cases when the business’ legal issues do not fall within the purview of commercial and transaction law, identifies and liaises with appropriate Legal and Compliance teams on behalf of the business to achieve a resolution.
As a trusted partner to the business, proactively identifies legal risks and provides insights on how the business can incorporate risk mitigation into strategic planning.
When the business engages in litigation, serves as a primary liaison and expert on the business in support of the Litigation team.
Advises business unit leaders on terms, risks and due diligence during mergers and acquisitions activities.