Counsel

Job Description Summary

rovide global legal support for People & Organization (P&O) and Trade Sanctions topics by delivering attorney-quality, structured and defensible legal analysis and translating it into clear, actionable business decisions.
The role further encompasses, external counsel governance, represents Global Legal and Compliance in GCC Hyderabad, and contributes to building a strong Legal & Compliance capability in the Hyderabad GCC.

Job Description

t Sandoz, Legal & Compliance enables our global teams to act with integrity while delivering access to high-quality medicines worldwide. In this role, you will provide global legal support for People & Organization (P&O) legal topics and support Trade Sanctions Legal, while helping to build a strong Legal & Compliance capability in the Hyderabad GCC.

You will translate complex legal questions into clear, pragmatic and defensible business decisions and contribute to a scalable, audit-ready legal operating model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide global P&O Legal support, including legal triage, support on reorganizations, disputes, disciplinaries and separation documentation, as well as management of external counsel.

• Support Trade Sanctions Legal through structured case support (research, file building, evidence packs and internal drafting) and monitoring support in coordination with global sanctions owners.

• Draft high-quality legal opinions using structured reasoning (issues → rules → interpretation → application → conclusion), including counterarguments and risk-based options.

Translate legal analysis into decision-ready business guidance (options, risks, mitigations, recommendations) enabling fast and defensible decisions.

• Manage India external counsel engagements, including scope definition, instruction letters, budget discipline, deliverable review and matter tracking.

• Build and maintain playbooks, templates and standards to ensure consistency, scalability and audit readiness.

• Act as a coordination point for Hyderabad Legal & Compliance topics and route matters to the appropriate global functional owners.

• Collaborate across functions, geographies and time zones to ensure aligned, high-quality and compliant outcomes.

• Drive continuous improvement by converting recurring issues into standardized approaches, guidance and training.

Key Success Factors:

• Strong legal reasoning and interpretation skills with the ability to deliver structured, defensible conclusions.

• Ability to translate complex legal topics into clear and actionable business guidance.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across geographies.

• High level of ownership, pragmatism and execution discipline.

This is a global role with broad exposure across legal topics and stakeholders, combining legal expertise, business partnering and operational discipline to support a scalable Legal & Compliance model.

Skills Desired

Business Development, Business Partners, Career Development, Computer Cluster, Data Privacy, Finance, Internet, Law (Legal System), Legal Advice, Litigation Law, Negotiation Skills, Private Equity, Tax