Legal Counsel to company in Southern Sweden
About this role
About the Company
You will be proivided with more information regarding the company during the recruitment process.
Asta Agency is partnering with the company in this recruitment process. The recruitment is managed by Asta Agency, and you will be employed by Asta Agency – with the possibility of being directly recruited by the company over time.
About Asta Agency AB
You will be proivided with more information regarding the company during the recruitment process. Asta Agency is partnering with the company in this recruitment process. The recruitment is managed by Asta Agency, and you will be employed by Asta Agency – with the possibility of being directly recruited by the company over time. About the role As Legal Counsel, you will be the legal anchor for the entire Group, the person who holds the threads together across commercial, corporate, capital-markets and regulatory matters. Reporting directly to the Group CEO, this is a broad and genuinely independent role with real autonomy to shape the legal function from the ground up. You will engage and coordinate a network of external advisers, including patent portfolio agents, legal counsel and the company's certified adviser, acting as the internal hub through which all external legal relationships are channelled and directed. Day to day, you will draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, oversee capital-markets compliance and disclosure obligations, and support the ongoing corporate transformation alongside the CEO, Managing Directors and the board. With operations spanning two countries and a listed environment with both equity and debt instruments in play, the legal agenda is varied, consequential and genuinely yours to own. Key responsibilities include: Supporting the board with meeting preparation and acting as keeper of minutes. Managing corporate governance and company-law matters across the Group. Overseeing capital-markets compliance, insider logs, press releases and Nasdaq regulatory requirements. Managing IP matters including applications, renewals and licensing agreements across jurisdictions. Supporting management on GMP compliance, manufacturing authorisations and engagement with regulatory authorities such as the Swedish Medical Products Agency and EMA. Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, research agreem