Team size:  13 legal employees + 5 IP employees 

Jurisdictions your role covers: Global 

What are the most significant cases or transactions that your legal team has recently been involved in?

Amid a demanding global environment, our legal team has effectively facilitated numerous strategic commercial collaborations with international partners in the medical device industry. The team expertly negotiated complex commercial agreements to safeguard Ambu’s technology roadmap and enhance commercial agility.

On the regulatory front, the legal team has focused on strengthening Ambu’s global compliance framework, addressing global data privacy requirements, EU Market Abuse Regulation, and emerging issues related to global trade, tariffs, and supply chain resilience.

What factors influence your team’s decision to use external legal services versus handling matters in-house, and what criteria are used to evaluate their performance?  

The starting point for our team is always a ‘right work, right place’ assessment. We prioritise keeping legal work in-house where it requires deep business understanding, recurring commercial judgement, or close day-to-day interaction with stakeholders. This strategic choice promotes uniformity, expedites processes, and enhances cost-effectiveness.

External legal services are typically used where matters involve high complexity, jurisdiction-specific regulatory risk, litigation exposure, or significant capacity peaks, such as large M&A transactions, highly specialised regulatory questions, or disputes requiring local law expertise.

When engaging external counsel, we apply clear performance criteria focused on:

Legal quality and commercial judgement
Responsiveness and ability to work as an integrated extension of the in-house team
Strategic risk awareness rather than purely technical advice
Cost discipline, transparency, and predictability
Practical, business-oriented communication

We actively manage and review external legal support to ensure continued alignment with Ambu’s values, expectations, and ways of working.

How does your team contribute to the overall business strategy of the company? Can you share an example of a recent legal-led initiative that had a significant impact?  

At Ambu, the legal function serves as a strategic business partner, going beyond traditional risk management. We facilitate growth, safeguard value, and assist decision-making by transforming complex legal concepts into straightforward, actionable recommendations.

A key initiative in recent years has been the professionalisation of Ambu’s legal operating model, prioritising scalability, consistency, and efficiency. Efforts included clarifying global versus local responsibilities, standardising core processes, and investing in advanced digital tools such as AI.
The change in our operating model has enabled our team to make the critical shift from primarily providing reactive legal support to a proactive support model. We are now involved early in all strategic projects, ensuring that legal risks are addressed at the outset, speeding up execution and minimising later risks, especially in our innovation-driven initiatives.

Overall, the team’s impact is now measured not only by our risk mitigation but by our ability to help Ambu move faster and more confidently.