Job Summary
- The Legal Counsel will be responsible for managing the legal
affairs of the Company to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance and
limited legal risk/exposure.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice to the Company
and members of staff on a variety of legal topics that relate to the
business sector and our products or services.
- Ensuring that the company operates within the confines of the
law, guiding decision-makers on course correction when this does not
happen and foreseeing risks where the decision is made to pursue business
outcomes with possible negative legal and regulatory consequences to the
Company.
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial
contracts and agreements;
- Providing legal interpretation of laws, regulations,
Government circulars policies and procedures.
- Providing legal Drafting, reviewing, and updating various
clauses in company policies and SOPs.
- Auditing departmental operating procedures and proposing
improvements and disciplinary action plan.
- Managing and mitigating legal risks by designing and
implementing company policies and procedures.
- Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice
throughout the company.
- Ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations that apply
to the business. Communicating with and managing any third-party bodies
such as external lawyers or auditors.
- Reviewing, attending, monitoring progress and diarizing of all
Court matters involving the Company and recommending necessary action.
- Designing and delivering legal training to the business.
- Staying up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly
in relation to laws, rules and regulations that directly affect the
company’s business and the industry.
- Create and maintain documentation that demonstrates evidence
of legal and regulatory compliance.
- Support in regulatory compliance including the timely
preparation and submission of regulatory filings such as annual returns or
timely response to regulator circulars
- Reviewing the Company’s publications and innovations and
facilitating registration acquisition intellectual property.
- Issuing briefs to external lawyers as approved and writing
reports on updates of cases handled by external lawyers.
- Any duties assigned or communicated from time to time.
Key Requirements
- Bachelors of Law Degree (LLB), Post graduate Diploma from KSL
- Valid Practicing License
- 5 years work experience, 3 years as an in house legal counsel
- Admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
- Membership to the Law Society of Kenya;
- Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work
performance and results
How To Apply
If you meet the above qualifications, skills and
experience send CV to recruitment@britesmanagement.com
