Job title: Authorized Counsel (Lagos, Nigeria)
Firm: Solar King
Job description: Authorized Counsel (Lagos, Nigeria)Division: Finance & AuthorizedEmployment Kind: Everlasting – Full TimeLocation: NigeriaReporting To: Senior Supervisor, AuthorizedDescriptionJob Location: Lagos, Nigeria.Concerning the Position:
Solar King is searching for a Authorized Counsel who will handle authorized technique, guarantee compliance, oversee authorized transactions, and deal with partnerships and initiatives. The best candidate will oversee numerous company authorized processes, together with mergers, compliance issues, transactions, partnerships, and authorized due diligence. Success on this function requires distinctive negotiation talents and robust individuals abilities.What you’ll be anticipated to do1. Authorized Technique and Compliance
- Take part and contribute to cross purposeful initiatives and initiatives to attenuate authorized dangers and guarantee achievement of the enterprise objectives.
- Develop threat mitigation methods and implement preventive measures.
- Make sure the group complies with all relevant legal guidelines, rules, and {industry} requirements.
- Monitor adjustments in laws and rules, adapting the corporate’s insurance policies and procedures accordingly.
2. Fundraising – Negotiations and Documentation
- Deal with authorized due diligence by traders and their advisors.
- Guarantee completion of all situations associated to funding (each pre-and-post) in a well timed method and deal with periodic reporting/compliances associated to authorized.
- Develop commonplace templates used often in fundraising, like NDAs, time period sheets, ESG coverage issues, requirements disclosures, and many others.
3. Mental Property
- Register, shield, and handle the corporate’s mental property rights, together with logos, patents, and copyrights
- Deal with proprietary property disputes and licensing preparations.
4. Contract Administration and standardization – Prospects, Suppliers, and Service Suppliers
- Oversee the drafting, assessment, and negotiation of contracts, and authorized paperwork
- Present steerage on contract phrases and be sure that they’re within the firm’s greatest curiosity.
- Guarantee any and all obligations with respect to ESG are mirrored in buyer and provider contracts to the extent relevant.
- Handle contract disputes and resolutions as needed.
5. Litigation and Dispute Decision (together with Tax and HR)
- Handle and oversee litigation and authorized proceedings involving the corporate.
- Work with exterior authorized counsel when needed.
- Search cost-effective options and negotiate settlements the place doable.
6. Company Governance
- Be certain that the corporate operates in compliance with company governance Requirements.
7. Regulatory Affairs
- Preserve information of industry-specific rules and compliance necessities.
- Set up relationships with related regulatory businesses and oversee regulatory submissions as wanted.
8. Networking & Administrative features
- Create and develop a roster of most popular attorneys and legislation companies throughout geographies for numerous actions listed above.
- Present authorized recommendation and steerage to numerous departments inside the firm
- Develop and ship authorized coaching and teaching programs to boost authorized consciousness all through the group.
You is likely to be a powerful candidate if you happen to
- 3- 5 years of expertise in authorized follow, with vital expertise in company and litigation background.
- Bachelor of legislation diploma from a good establishment.
- Important expertise/publicity to coping with authorized enforcement authorities and regulatory our bodies.
- Sound essential considering, problem-solving, and drawback decision talents.
- Familiarity with fundraising documentation requirements like NVCA, LMA, and many others.
- Sturdy evaluative, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities
- Glorious communication and other people abilities.
What Solar King Presents
- Skilled progress in a dynamic, quickly increasing, high-social-impact {industry}
- An open-minded, collaborative tradition made up of enthusiastic colleagues who’re pushed by the problem of innovation in direction of profound impression on individuals and the planet.
- A very multicultural expertise: you’ll have the prospect to work with and study from individuals from totally different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailor-made studying and improvement packages that make it easier to grow to be a greater chief, supervisor, {and professional} via the Solar Middle for Management.
Anticipated wage:
Location: Lagos, Lagos State
Job date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 05:53:12 GMT
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