Temporary Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel

Your Responsibilities Legal Counsel & Commercial Support • Provide practical legal advice to business functions. • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts with a focus on distribution and service agreements. • Support indirect sales models including distributor lifecycle management. • Advise on competition law matters. • Provide export control and trade compliance support, including sanctions screening and regulatory guidance. • Manage local litigation and liaise with external counsel. • Support corporate governance requirements. • Advise on data privacy compliance including GDPR, local data protection laws, and cross-border data transfer requirements. • Coordinate with regulatory affairs on product registrations, licensing, and local regulatory requirements. Compliance Advisory & Program Execution • Implement and monitor Compliance Management System at country level. • Conduct compliance risk assessments and due diligence. • Support internal investigations and remediation. • Guide compliant interactions with healthcare professionals and channel partners. • Monitor and advise on sanctions compliance and evolving trade restrictions. • Oversee government tender processes and public procurement compliance. Indirect Sales & Third-Party Governance • Advise on distributor onboarding, contracting, oversight, and termination. • Strengthen regional third-party compliance frameworks. • Align commercial objectives with compliance requirements. • Monitor interactions with third party intermediaries, government officials and public healthcare entities to ensure antibribery compliance. Training, Communication & Awareness • Deliver training on healthcare compliance, general compliance, anti-corruption, competition law, privacy, data protection, export control, and distributor compliance. • Communicate legal and compliance updates to leadership and teams. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Partnering • Partner with Commercial, Finance, HR, Supply Chain and Operations • Support business projects early to manage risks. • Provide guidance on employment law matters and support HR on complex cases. Your qualification - Degree in Law (LLB/LLM or JD equivalent), Business Administration, or similar. • Experience: Minimum 6 years PQE, ideally in life sciences or similarly regulated industries, with experience in multi-national/regional roles; demonstrated experience with Eastern European and/or Central Asia legal and regulatory environments preferred. • Knowledge & Complexity: High-level proficiency in risk & compliance frameworks, laws, and internal governance; adept at solving ambiguous, complex challenges across countries • Customer Focus: Rooted in a culture of integrity, deliver customer or client-centric solutions to advance patient outcomes and drive shareholder value. Your benefits - Flexible working hours • Free parking • A motivated team and an interesting customer structure About Olympus At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states. For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world. For more information, visit www.olympus-europa.com and follow our LinkedIn account: linkedin.com/company/OlympusMedEMEA

Degree in Law (LLB/LLM or JD equivalent), Business Administration, or similar. Experience: Minimum 6 years PQE, ideally in life sciences or similarly regulated industries, with experience in multi-national/regional roles; demonstrated experience with Eastern European and/or Central Asia legal and regulatory environments preferred.

Provide practical legal advice to business functions. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts with a focus on distribution and service agreements. Support indirect sales models including distributor lifecycle management. Advise on competition law matters. Provide export control and trade compliance support, including sanctions screening and regulatory guidance. Manage local litigation and liaise with external counsel. Support corporate governance requirements. Advise on data privacy compliance including GDPR, local data protection laws, and cross-border data transfer requirements. Coordinate with regulatory affairs on product registrations, licensing, and local regulatory requirements. Implement and monitor Compliance Management System at country level. Conduct compliance risk assessments and due diligence. Support internal investigations and remediation. Guide compliant interactions with healthcare professionals and channel partners. Monitor and advise on sanctions compliance and evolving trade restrictions. Oversee government tender processes and public procurement compliance. Advise on distributor onboarding, contracting, oversight, and termination. Strengthen regional third-party compliance frameworks. Align commercial objectives with compliance requirements. Monitor interactions with third party intermediaries, government officials and public healthcare entities to ensure antibribery compliance. Deliver training on healthcare compliance, general compliance, anti-corruption, competition law, privacy, data protection, export control, and distributor compliance. Communicate legal and compliance updates to leadership and teams. Partner with Commercial, Finance, HR, Supply Chain and Operations. Support business projects early to manage risks. Provide guidance on employment law matters and support HR on complex cases.