Amsterdam, Netherlands

An employee handing in their resignation is an expensive loss for an organisation. While there can be recruitment costs involved for finding a replacement, there’s likely a loss in production, costs associated with training a replacement, loss of time due to the replacement needing to get up to speed—not to mention the loss of valuable knowledge the exiting employee took with him or her.

As head of legal commercial operations, Tinne will act as a key business partner to the global operations, marketing, medical affairs and market access teams. She will manage a variety of legal commercial matters and manage a team of senior lawyers within a diverse international and complex grown environment.

“The word partner has a unique meaning at MLA – a recognition of outstanding performance over several years, the sustained living of our culture and values, and the ability to demonstrate influence on the core values of improving diversity and inclusion and cross-selling and collaboration,”

Even before the threat of the virus, in October of last year, we had noticed the increased availability of interim legal counsel in our network. As is often the case, this can be an early sign of a declining demand due to a shrinking economy.

Benjamin will provide advice on a range of commercial contracting matters for all teams across the pharma business.

Hiring can continue virtually with the right resources in your corner. Remco Abeln and Nick Spenkelink share how they can help.

In this dual role and as a member of the group steering committee, Harm will support the executive and supervisory boards and play an active part in the preparation and reporting of board activity.

The Sandoz general counsel opens up about the emotional side of management and how to develop a pipeline for female talent.

As the forces of globalization take hold of multinational companies, general counsel need to take on more than an advisory role.