General Manager – Legal Commercial at Equity Bank Kenya

Description

We are looking for a senior manager to serve as a general manager in the legal commercial team at Equity Group Holdings Plc and its subsidiaries. You will be expected to provide legal advice and strategies to the organisation, facilitate the group’s business strategies development and limit risk exposure. You will also be expected to work closely with other members of the organisation to provide legal and strategic guidance in all aspects of the business.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Managing, drafting, negotiating, reviewing and closing various legal contracts
• Preparing legal opinions and providing strategic advice to the business
• Managing the organisations legal matters
• Review of policies to ensure compliance with laws
• Keeping abreast of new and existing laws and trends relevant to the organisation’s operations
• Keeping a record of all legal documents for the company
• Communicating with external parties (regulators, external counsel, clients, stakeholders etc)
• Anticipating issues and evaluating risks and opportunities to the organisation considering the evolving regulatory and commercial environment
• Identifying and executing proactive solutions
• Preserving and maintaining accurate and systemised legal records
• Managing the organisation's intellectual property including executing patent, trademark, and industrial design protection procedures
• Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience with a dynamic corporate in-house team or tier 1 or tier 2 corporate law firm
• Qualified as an Advocate in Kenya
• Masters’ degree in any discipline

 
Required Skills:

• Comprehensive commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills
• Ability to anticipate legal issues and risks
• Ability to develop legal strategy and objectives
• Leadership and collaborative teamwork abilities
• Interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent oral and communication skills
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and accountability
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills
• Management skills
• Ability to analyse and interpret issues and to prepare legal opinions
• Commercial awareness and acumen
• Highly innovative