Legal Learner (Intern) at Cepheid

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. 

Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.

Provision of High-Quality Legal Advice/Services:

• Provide high-quality legal and related advice/analysis on all areas of company business;
• Draft, interpret, and negotiate company contracts, letters, filings, and other documentation;
• Liaise with other parties’ legal advisors/representatives as required;
• Undertake legal research as required;

Management of External Legal Providers

•  Manage the sourcing of external legal services;
•  Draft briefing material for external providers of legal services;

Ensuring Corporate, Contractual and Regulatory Compliance

• Implement and manage appropriate systems and processes to ensure ongoing compliance with company and director/officer responsibilities and obligations under law, regulation, license, contract and other applicable codes, including, inter alia:
• Implementing and managing appropriate systems and processes for identifying, and monitoring changes to Company’s obligations in a timely manner;
• Apprising staff and management, as applicable, of the nature of those obligations;
• Providing legal and related advice regarding the actions and measures necessary to secure/facilitate compliance with the aforementioned obligations;
• Development of guidance, policies, handbooks, manuals, etc., as required to secure/facilitate ongoing compliance;

Provision of Company Secretarial Services

• Contract drafting. Ensure favorable T&C’s for the company, including facilitating contractual risk management.
• Act as an escalation point within a Business Group for contractual matters.
• Resolution of referred commercial contractual matters during the contract lifecycle, including escalations of disputed contractual changes
• Interaction with several internal departments to ensure suitable contractual alignment is achieved with sub-contractors/suppliers;
• Support Contract changes, renegotiations and extensions with customer where required.

Education or Experience :

• Law degree and completion of articles