Legal Affairs Officer

Pre-emptive and pro-active legal counselling

• Builds strong, respectful relationships, based on integrity, with all designated stakeholders
• Provide legal advice to business leaders
• Identify potential areas involving legal risk and take pro-active measures
• Manages interactions with 3rdparty contractors, including Attorneys, to provide specialist advice and support, in particular as it relates to Court matters.
• Analyze and interprate Legal issues, identifies core problems , and develop solution options;
• Reprsent the company in Judicial and quasi-judicial organs;
• Prepares statement of claims,defenses, petitions, appeals and other written memoranda concerning legal disputes;

Contract Management

• Collects, records and analyzes data necessary for the preparation of contracts, negotiations, pleadings and defenses;
• Draft and revise contractual agreements concerning the company;

Function Support

• Participate in disciplinary hearings and provide legal opinion
• Participate in the investigation and taking appropriate legal actions to rectify theft, and other criminal offenses;
• Assist in managing the companys regulatory affairs