A brilliant opportunity has arisen for a senior corporate lawyer to join a leading APAC healthcare and life sciences business in a newly elevated legal leadership role.

This organisation operates across multiple jurisdictions throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is experiencing significant growth across its commercial, manufacturing, and strategic partnership activities. As part of this expansion, they are seeking a commercially astute Senior Legal Counsel to help shape and scale legal, governance, and compliance frameworks across the region.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will play a key role in enabling the company's growth agenda by leading strategic transactions, strengthening governance structures, driving compliance initiatives, and optimising contracting processes across APAC.

Key areas of responsibility include:

- Leading the legal structuring, negotiation and execution of complex cross-border transactions and strategic commercial deals
- Advising senior executives and business leaders on legal risk, commercial strategy and transaction execution
- Designing and maintaining APAC-wide governance frameworks, corporate structures and intercompany arrangements
- Developing and embedding scalable compliance programs across areas including anti-bribery and corruption, competition law, privacy and ESG obligations
- Driving best-practice contracting frameworks, templates, negotiation playbooks and approval processes




- Supporting business growth while balancing commercial objectives with effective risk management

About You

- 10+ years' PQE gained in a leading law firm and/or in-house environment
- Strong corporate and commercial legal background with significant exposure to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical products or broader life sciences sector
- Demonstrated experience advising on complex acquisitions, strategic transactions and cross-border matters
- Deep understanding of APAC regulatory environments and stakeholder management across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience with corporate governance, intercompany arrangements and compliance framework implementation
- A commercially minded adviser who can confidently influence and partner with C-suite executives

What's on Offer

- High-profile regional role with significant strategic influence
- Direct exposure to executive leadership and key business decision-makers
- Flexible working arrangements
- Competitive remuneration package
- Opportunity to shape and build legal capability across a growing APAC business

This role will suit a senior lawyer who enjoys operating in a dynamic, quick-paced environment and wants to make a tangible impact on business growth across the Asia-Pacific region.

For a confidential discussion, please get in touch

Contact For a confidential discussion, please contact Morgan Elder at [email protected] or call 0415 914 803.

📌 Senior Corporate Counsel - Pharmaceuticals APAC- 10 + PQE (Sydney)
🏢 Wolf u0026amp; Williams
📍 Sydney