Head of Legal

Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.

Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a Head of Legal for our office in Stockholm.

What’s in it for you?

• Shape the legal agenda for an international healthcare business.

• Work directly with senior leaders on M&A, commercial growth and strategic projects.

• Combine broad ownership with hands-on work and visible business impact.

• Grow your international experience across markets, functions and legal topics.

What you’ll be doing

• Be a trusted legal partner to senior management and teams across the business, providing practical advice on commercial and business law, including contracts, competition, marketing, consumer health and regulatory matters.

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, including distribution, manufacturing/CMO, supply, consultancy, logistics/3PL, tender, licensing, settlement and confidentiality agreements.

• Lead the legal workstream for M&A, licensing and other strategic transactions, covering due diligence, transaction documentation, negotiations, signing, closing and post-closing integration. Coordinate external advisers and work closely with internal stakeholders and counterparties.

• Own and develop Karo’s legal and compliance framework, policies and processes. Provide legal training, support responsible business practices and manage correspondence with authorities when required.

• Support group corporate governance, including board and shareholder documentation, restructurings, new legal entity establishment and the maintenance of corporate records.

• Oversee data privacy and GDPR compliance, including related policies and records.

• Manage Karo’s intellectual property portfolio, including trademarks, patents, designs, licensing arrangements and IP-related disputes. Support freedom-to-operate assessments for new product development.

• Manage disputes and litigation, including strategy, evidence, external counsel and settlement negotiations. Identify and communicate material legal and compliance risks to management.

• Manage external legal counsel across relevant European and international jurisdictions, balancing quality and cost effectiveness. Oversee legal spend and invoices, contract archives and access to appropriate external expertise.

• Law degree and 10–15 years of relevant legal experience in a senior in-house role, leading law firm or a combination of both.

• Strong expertise in commercial law, contract drafting and negotiation, with the ability to turn complex issues into clear business advice.
• Solid M&A experience, including due diligence, transaction documentation, negotiations and post-closing matters.

• Practical experience in compliance, corporate governance and risk management.

• Experience working across European markets and navigating different legal and regulatory environments.

• Previous experience in the healthcare industry is highly favourable, particularly in consumer health, pharmaceuticals or another regulated international business. FMCG experience is also a strong advantage.

• Commercial, pragmatic and solution-oriented, with sound judgement on when to decide and when to escalate.

• Confident managing complex matters independently and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.

• Experienced in managing external legal counsel and balancing quality with cost effectiveness.

• Collaborative and hands-on, comfortable contributing in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.

• Excellent written and verbal English; additional European languages are an advantage.

• Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage

• Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions

• Flexible schedule and life work balance

• Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry

• Very positive work environment in an international, and motivated team

• Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values

Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.