Legal Counsel for general legal guidance and business support

­­Gubra is expanding and looking for a skilled and experienced Legal Counsel to join Gubra. The Legal Counsel will play a critical role in providing legal guidance and support across various aspects of our business, with a focus on contract management, compliance with relevant laws and regulations as well as general legal guidance and support. Furthermore, the Legal Counsel will on an ad hoc basis support our BD and M&A activities as well as undertake the responsibilities of a Data Protection officer (DPO). Reporting to Chief Business Officer, you will collaborate closely with various departments within the organization. This position offers flexibility, with the possibility of being either full-time or part-time.

Primary tasks

• Contract Management: Responsible for reviewing and processing standard commercial and academic contracts e.g. CDA, MSA, MTA, data processing agreements, as well as preparing and finalizing Work Orders in the CRO business.
• Legal Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards relevant to the CRO/biotech sector as well as Danish and EU legislation in general.
• Data protection officer (DPO): Responsible for ensuring compliance with data protection laws and regulations and overseeing the Gubra data protection policies, procedures, and practices to safeguard the privacy and security of personal data and ensure compliance with GDPR.
• BD and M&A activities: support the BD and M&A team ad hoc and help coordinate the work of external legal counsel in due diligence processes and negotiations.
• General legal guidance and support: Provide general legal guidance and support within e.g. HR, IT, ESG, and marketing. Support organization in developing and implementing policies and procedures where relevant.
  

Desired skills professional and personal qualifications

• Hold a master’s degree in law or business administration combined with Law (e.g Danish cand.jur. or cand.merc.jur.)
• Have minimum 3-5 years of experience from working in a law firm, a large company, Venture Capital or tech transfer – ideally within life science
• Comfortable working within many different Fields of Expertise
• Structured and detail-oriented person with hands-on approach
• Flexible and able to comply with deadlines while staying calm and without compromising on quality
• Open-minded and good a cross organizational communication
• Fluent in spoken and written Danish and English

Please apply no later than 21 April, 2024, by uploading your motivated cover letter, resume and relevant diplomas on our website. We will invite candidates for interviews continuously, so we look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible. If we find the right candidate, we will close the job before the deadline. If you have questions about the position, please contact CBO at [email protected].

About Gubra

Gubra is an ambitious CRO & Biotech company striving for excellence at all levels. We insist on doing things efficiently – and often differently - to reach the results we aim for. Our vision is to become leaders in the fight for a more sustainable and healthier world. We do that by facilitating the discovery of new medicine, and by acting and inspiring others to fight the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises.

We have two primary areas of business: Preclinical contract research (CRO) services, as well as peptide drug discovery partnerships. We generate our revenue by performing research for life science companies as well as by partnering projects from our discovery and development pipeline.

Our therapeutic focus is within metabolic and fibrotic diseases, and we specialize in in vivo pharmacology, ex vivo assays, drug profiling, histology, stereology and whole brain and organ imaging. In addition, we offer a full palette of advanced transcriptomics. Our ML/AI-driven peptide drug discovery platform streaMLine enables us to rapidly develop a peptide hit into a non-clinical candidate ready for development. Through a constant focus on high quality, scientific excellence, speed, and solid teamwork we have established ourselves as a highly professional and competent partner in the market.

People are our greatest asset, and our team consists of +220 employees all located in Hørsholm, Denmark. The mix of people from different cultures and educational backgrounds combined with our entrepreneurial mindset have greatly impacted our working environment, which is characterized by drive, scientific curiosity, and teamwork – we join forces!