Legal Officer - Mombasa Road at Brites Management

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