Legal Officer at SportPesa

PEVANS EA LTD seeks to recruit a dynamic and self-driven Legal Officer. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the successful candidate will carry out the following key responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Legal risk management

• Review and provide sound legal advice on all legal matters.
• Draft, negotiate and prepare legal documents including, but not limited to contracts, leases, Memoranda, Service Level Agreements and Legal Opinions to assist and support various business activities.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action are taken.
• Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.
• Provide and interpret legal information, conduct training and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff.
• Review threatened and ongoing cases and advice management accordingly.

Policy development

• Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.

Litigation management

• Review progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers.

Regulatory compliance

• Continuously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise management accordingly.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the department for executive management meetings.

Qualifications

• LLB undergraduate degree
• Post Graduate Diploma From the Kenya School of Law
• Three to five years of post-qualification experience ideally in a busy law-firm or in corporate practice
• Knowledge of and experience in the gaming industry will be an added advantage;
• Proven track record of providing accurate and effective legal counsel
• Proven track record of adding value to an organisation through the development of comprehensive commercial and policy documents that mitigate risk.
• Strong leadership and managerial skills
• Excellent relationship management and communication skills
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and experience with, laws dealing with government and/or commercial contract administration, particularly contract negotiation, preparation and administration
• Ability to provide independent advice (orally and in writing) to senior level management on highly technical matters
• Demonstrate success in managing and conducting a variety of litigation matters
• Good planning and organization skills
• Proven ability to delicately solve sensitive matters.