Legal Counsel. at Kenya Airways

Job description

To identify, communicate and mitigate legal risks to the business to minimize undue financial costs.

• Draft, negotiate, and vet contracts on behalf of the company to protect its interests.
• Ensure disputes are resolved in a manner that safeguards the company’s position.
• Organize and administer subsidiary board meetings to ensure they are efficient and effective.
• Ensure company’s compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements to avoid legal penalties.
• Brief and monitor external counsel to ensure legal representation is effective.
• Prepare proposals and to lobby the Government of Kenya on pending legislation to protect or improve the business environment for Kenya Airways.
• Develop effective working relationships with key user departments to ensure their needs are understood and appropriate solutions developed that support business needs.
• Legal counseling and preventive lawyering so as to ensure legal problems and risks are identified and dealt with before they emerge as significant risks to the business

Qualification

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with three (3) years post qualification experience preferably in commercial law practice.
• Certified Public Secretary
• Excellent communication skills