Legal Counsel

At Evotec’s headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, we are seeking a highly motivated and dedicated

Legal Counsel (all genders)

Full-time and permanent

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide legal support for Evotec's global Commercial teams on all matters of contracts, commercial and ideally intellectual property laws: this includes drafting, reviewing and negotiating all kinds of commercial agreements (in particular Master Services-, Collaboration-, Licence-, Material Transfer-, Consultancy-, Confidentiality Agreements and other types of Life Sciences contracts 

• Prepare and review contract specimen, standard templates and approval processes  

• Provide legal advice and support for interdisciplinary and strategic projects  

• Ideally preparation and review of standard operating procedures, policies, contract templates and contribute to process improvement initiatives in the legal team 

• Develop a deep understanding of the full range of Evotec capabilities and platform technologies 

• Ideally managing legal trainings for internal stakeholders  

Required qualifications  

• Fully qualified lawyer with at least 3 years post qualification experience 

• Ideally In-house and/or law firm working experience in a similar role 

• Clear and open communication style to interact effectively across functional, geographic and cultural boundaries within the company and externally  

• Solid negotiation skills with the ability to influence at all levels  

• Self-starter who is resourceful and able to work effectively both independently as well as with a team 

• Ability to handle complexity of work under pressure and meet deadlines while remaining highly organized, prioritise and manage multiple tasks, and provide high quality work 

• Well-developed analytical and critical thinking skills; exceptional attention to detail with a focus on accuracy in all contractual documents   

• Highly motivated attitude  

• Fluency in written and spoken English and German 

Further ideal qualifications: 

• experience in the Biotech, Pharma or Healthcare sector 

• additional academic degrees in biotechnology and/or biomedical engineering sciences 

Our offer:

• A position within a vigorous and exciting professional environment promoted by an open culture and a spirit of community
• A diverse, international workforce with a dynamic working environment that fosters creativity, innovations and teamwork
• 30 days of annual holiday, flexible working hours, and in-house canteen
• Capital forming benefits, holiday allowance, annual bonus depending on performance, and monthly allowance for public transportation (Deutschlandticket - JobTicket Premium)

To apply, please click on the “Apply” button and provide your application documents (CV and cover letter, including earliest possible start date and salary requirements). We are looking forward to getting to know you and to your application.​

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.