Legal Counsel

Are you looking for a career where you can use your legal and compliance expertise to manage a dynamic and high-performing group of people? Novo Nordisk Korea has opened a role for a Legal Counsel. If this is you, continue reading and apply today
Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.

About the department
Novo Nordisk South Korea is a dynamic affiliate in a high growth phase, with a strong purpose to bring life-changing products to people living with Diabetes, Obesity and other serious chronic diseases. Recently certified in APAC as a Great Place to Work, we pride ourselves on continually striving for the best performance to meet our purpose, and to live the Novo Nordisk Way, which includes an absolute commitment to Business Ethics, Compliance and Quality. This position will report to the Head of Legal, Compliance and Quality, who manages 5 direct reports in L&C team in addition to Quality team. The Legal & Compliance team is part of Legal, Compliance, Quality (LCQ) department.  

The position
The person in this position will assume the responsibility for supporting effectiveness in decision-making and hence, adding value across Novo Nordisk Korea (NNPK) by providing proactive and operational advice and solutions. The person is in charge of preventing the potential risk and post handling all disputes, including suits and claims from the business partners. Additionally, the person is responsible for establishing simple, efficient and aligned legal structure, systems and processes for value adding trend identification and risk management. Last but not least, the person is responsible for establishing Business ethics (BE)-based mindset in decisions and ingraining in the company culture. This position is a permanent position.
As the Legal Counsel, your key accountabilities include:

• Contracts Review: The role involves drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and amending NN template contracts while carefully managing high-risk contracts as identified by TPR. It requires ensuring compliance with the Contract Management Procedure in NNPK, potentially collaborating with a law firm when necessary. Additionally, the position entails developing standard templates in partnership with the Legal & Compliance (L&C) team.
• Legal Advice: The role involves providing day-to-day legal advice to lines of business (LoBs), reviewing activities to ensure compliance with local laws and identifying potential risks. By offering proactive and operational legal guidance, the position supports effective decision-making and adds value across NNPK. 
• Dispute and Claim: The role focuses on preventing and managing disputes with competitors, customers, and business partners, as well as strategically handling litigation, suits, and injunctions in collaboration with external counsel. It includes reviewing potential legal and product liability issues in relation to local regulations and engaging with other teams to discuss strategies for mitigating current disputes and preventing future issues.
• Government Investigation: Handling and Support legal issues from government authorities (e.g. KFTC, KFDA, MOWH, Prosecution investigation or other government inquiries).
• Global Alignment: Handling and Support legal requests from HQ, IO and APAC.
• Others: The role involves managing matters related to the General Meeting of Shareholders and ensuring that all NNPK employees receive necessary legal training and complete mandatory tests. It focuses on protecting NNPK's reputation and involves monitoring changes in laws and court precedents, sharing updates with relevant departments, and applying these changes to NNPK’s systems and policies. Additionally, the position includes managing communications with local law firms and overseeing legal costs.

Qualifications

• Experience in law for 2+ years are required. Korea licensed lawyer (Member of Korea Bar Association) is highly preferred. 
• Korean language fluency as well as English communication skills are required.
• Strong understanding and expertise in regulations and laws.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with supportive, persuasive, passionate and energetic mindset.
• Self-motivated and capable of proactively driving the legal and compliance agenda.

 
Working at Novo Nordisk  
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.
 
Contact 
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
 
Deadline     
Until the completion of recruitment. Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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