Legal Counsel - Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Auckland, Highbrook, East Tamaki - 3-6 years’ PQE
About The Role
This is a unique opportunity to join our international sales legal team, providing legal support for our sales organisation both in NZ and overseas. The role is diverse and covers a wide portfolio of legal work in a dynamic environment where you are constantly learning and developing.
Reporting to our Head of Legal – International Sales, the role includes providing timely and effective legal advice, drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, researching legal issues, establishing legal entities in overseas markets, managing ongoing corporate governance and compliance requirements for our overseas legal entities and providing training to our sales organisation on company procedures and relevant legal developments. In this role you can expect to have a seat at the table with senior management and key stakeholders as a valued member of the international sales legal team.
We encourage our legal team to take advantage of the many opportunities we offer to learn about and engage with our products and other areas of our business. This is a chance to make your own contribution to a company whose products change people's lives.
Skills & Experience
Our ideal candidate will have around 3 - 6 years' post-admission experience in corporate or commercial law from a recognised law firm and must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and a strong academic record. We're looking for someone with a can-do and customer focused attitude who can demonstrate a pro-active, pragmatic and commercial approach to legal issues. To be successful you will need to be a team player capable of forming constructive relationships within a business setting. Ideally, you will be interested in a role with an international focus and be keen to make connections with our global team. In addition, the role may require international travel on occasion.
Benefits
- Employee share purchase scheme
- Bi-annual Profit share
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
- Life, Critical illness and Income Protection Insurance
- Discounted Health Insurance
- Active Social clubs & community groups
- In-house training programs from external providers
- Purchasing privileges for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Medela products
- School holiday programme subsidy
- Banking and Insurance discounts
- Free Parking
- Beautiful campus with green spaces
- Subsidised Café’s
- Annual Salary Review
- High rates of internal promotion
About Us
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, exporting to over 120 countries globally. We are an iconic New Zealand company with a consistent growth strategy ensuring an expanding range of innovative devices for use in respiratory care, acute care and the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
We focus on nurturing a positive and inclusive culture based on trust and respect. In New Zealand, our employee-led communities, Spectra (rainbow), Manaaki (Māori) and Women in Engineering play an important role in this culture. We also have a commitment to creating a positive lasting impact on society, shown by our support of New Zealand organisations such as Diversity Works NZ, Pride Pledge and Global Women.
If you're ready for a more diverse opportunity, then apply now!
We are dedicated to designing our recruitment process with care and empathy to support all candidates, regardless of identity, background, and experiences. Should you require support or adjustments during our process, please let us know at [email protected].
