Senior Legal Counsel

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At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the role:

As Senior Legal Counsel for Brazil, you will provide sound legal advice, compliance guidance, and solutions to your business clients under the direction of the Associate Legal Director, Brazil. This role is based in São Paulo, Brazil and supports business activities in Brazil.

As a legal generalist, your expertise will impact a wide range of legal and compliance areas within the medical device sector and broader business operations. Serving as a business partner is essential to this position, enabling you to deliver strategic counsel and provide effective legal solutions for complex Brazilian matters as well as global projects. 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our São Paulo office at least three days per week.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide clear advice to business clients and senior management on applicable Brazilian laws and regulations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements such as complex supplier agreements, pricing, rebate agreements, capital equipment agreements, consulting agreements with healthcare providers (“HCPs”), and other agreements.
• Support review, approval, and documentation for the engagement of Brazilian  HCPs and cross-border interactions with HCPs following the relevant policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with US-based and international in-house counsel on specific matters or projects; and cross-functionally, both at local and global level, and find solutions for business clients consistent with applicable law, company policies and procedures, and Boston Scientific’s Code of Conduct.
• Collaborate with Global Privacy, Latin America Data Protection Officer, to implement required data protection measures, maintain up-to-date privacy policies, ensure employee training, and establish clear protocols for data handling, retention, and incident response.
• Work with various functions, including Sales, Marketing, HEMA, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, HR, Legal, and Global Compliance, to ensure a cohesive approach to compliance.
• Stay current on legislative changes, laws, and regulations impacting the medical device industry, including applicable Public Law.
• Operate as a proactive, self-assured professional with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrate excellent judgment, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Take ownership of legal matters and develop creative, actionable solutions.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Law degree from a recognized institution in Brazil.
• Duly registered with the Order of Attorneys of Brazil.
• Solid experience practicing law.
• Expertise in healthcare, medical device, or pharmaceutical industries, a plus.
• Ability to prioritize and manage business expectations in fast-paced environment.
• Highly effective at building collaborative relationships, with ability to gain alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent legal and business judgment with ability to synthesize complex data and deliver clear, objective risk assessments.
• Strong negotiation skills; exceptional at drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements with a solution-oriented approach.
• Proven ability to provide strategic legal guidance in highly-regulated, business-driven environment.
• Portuguese and English fluency (spoken and written).
  
  
  

Requisition ID: 632616

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.