About this role
The Senior Legal Manager will serve as a legal business partner to the commercial organisation, with majority of the role focused on commercial transactions, contracting and customer-related legal matters. This will include leading the drafting, review, negotiation and management of customer master agreements and related transaction documents, advising on commercial structures and contractual risk, and managing claims, breaches and disputes where required. The remaining time of the role will involve advising Human Resources on employment related matters, supporting the tax team on tax related matters and providing ancillary legal support in relation to risk, compliance, regulatory affairs, governance and other key operational areas of the business. The successful candidate must be an exceptional legal drafter and negotiator, possess strong commercial judgement and business acumen, and adopt a pragmatic, solution-orientated approach that enables the business while appropriately managing legal risk.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Excellent drafting and strong negotiation skills
• Strong legal and commercial judgement
• Ability to work with all levels of management
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong organization, prioritization and meet deadlines under pressure
• Analytical, problem-solver who is able to identify and resolve key issues quickly
• Effective self-leadership as an individual contributor in a high-performance environment
• High level of integrity and professional accountability.
• Ability to analyze data and formulate recommendations
• Ability to make sound business decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Accuracy oriented with strong attention to detail
• Expert knowledge of relevant compliance legislations
• Expert knowledge of corporate and commercial law
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• LLB Degree or equivalent foreign qualification.
• Admitted lawyer of the High Court of Kenya in good standing.
• 7 + years relevant experience in applying general commercial and corporate law.
• 5+ years of property law and/or telecommunications law experience.
• The candidate must have some experience working in a medium-to-large law firm and/or large multinational. Experience and the ability to apply skillset is central to the evaluation.
• Substantial experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements and advising on commercial transactions, contractual risk and dispute resolution.