General Counsel

Education : EQUIVALENTEXPERIENCE
**As a leading global animal health company, Elanco delivers innovative products and services to improve the health of pets and farm animals around the world because we believe making animals' lives better, makes life better. Since 1954, we have provided solutions that support veterinarians, farmers and pet owners to advance our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Elanco's promise to employees: Together, we foster an inclusive culture where everyone can make a difference, encouraging ownership, growth and well-being.**
**Position**:
Responsible for legal affairs for the Elanco business in Brazil and Argentina. This role is both strategic and operational.
This attorney will be providing strategic and operational legal support regarding a broad range of legal affairs including commercial, manufacturing, litigation, competition law, anti-corruption, regulatory, environmental and other legal matters. The attorney serves on the Brazil core lead team and on a rotating basis to the LATAM Regional Lead Team.
**Main **Responsibilities**:
- Provide strategic legal counseling to the Brazil and Argentina organization;
- Member of Brazil core lead team;
- On a rotating basis member of the LATAM Regional Lead Team, providing legal and strategic counseling to LATAM regional senior leadership;
- Daft, review and negotiate all types of contracts related to the business;
- Proactively prevent, detect and respond to legal risks in the commercial operations;
- Provide for all legal needs of manufacturing sites procedures, i.e. legal and regulatory issues involving the manufacturing site, legal support to procurement activities for the site;
- Provide legal advice on competition law;
- Develop training plan and provide legal training to staff;
- Manage legal corporate documents for Brazil and Argentina affiliates;
- Legal review of promotional materials;
- Provide legal support to local compliance and privacy officers;
- Manage local litigation with external counsels;
- Monitor and supervise external counsel and legal spend;
- Provide local legal advice on labor issues;
- Provide legal advice for HR issues;
- Evaluate business partnerships with distributors, vendors and industry organizations;
- Provide Ethics and Compliance support, as local point of contact.
**Requirements**:
- Seasoned attorney with 8+ years in practice and experience preferably as in‐house legal counsel in the pharma, animal health industry, food industry, or other consumer oriented or highly regulated industry;
- Additional private practice experience is a plus;
- Juris Doctor or equivalent legal degree;
- Fluent in Portuguese (native proficiency), high level of English fluency and Spanish.
**Required Skills and Experience**:
- Demonstrated skills in providing strategic advice and leadership, including the ability to persuade and influence decision‐making;
- Pragmatic, solution-oriented attitude;
- Sound business acumen and commercial awareness and practically-oriented, ability to identify and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively, ability to provide solution-oriented legal advices;
- Leadership and effectiveness in working with senior management to find innovative solutions to existing and emerging challenges;
- Proven experience in taking a stand, constructive confrontation and challenging leadership as appropriate;
- Experience leveraging external counsel to provide business‐critical, pragmatic legal support in cost‐efficient manner;
- Experience in international business and commercial transactions including competition law and anti-trust matters;
- Experience in international and extra‐territorial legal matters, including US FCPA, trade sanctions, Import/Export, and Anti‐Boycott compliance issues.
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status

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