Legal and Compliance Officer at BASF The Chemical Company

Job ID: 59401
Job Field: Legal, Tax & Insurance
Job Conditions: Permanent 

Job Description
What you can expect:

• The incumbent will be responsible to provide immediate legal troubleshooting and drive the local compliance culture across the BASF Group Companies in West Africa.

Duties will include the following:

• Contribute as an in-house legal counsel for all legal matters and all governance and compliance matters in West Africa
• Provide professional advice for ODs and Service Units of BASF with a high degree of independence and responsibility
• Represent BASF with external stakeholders and possible involvement with regulators
• Offer full-service legal support for projects and operations in West Africa including drafting/review commercial contracts
• Assess business cases from a variety of legal viewpoints
• Budget responsibility for and management of outside counsel
• Be a competent and trusted partner for business and management on all levels
• Living the matrix: involving relevant counterparts in headquarter to contribute to virtual legal teams for the respective ODs and Service Units
• Provide legal inputs into the development of new business models for market entry
• Develop, recommend compliance measures and assist in implementing those measures, including the compliance program
• Monitor business activities and provide regular general alerts or notices on potential legislative transgressions to relevant business units
• Structure, negotiate and draft/review contracts
• Provide input into the development of the Legal, and Compliance Strategy
• Provide support in strategic projects
• Oversee risk assessments & processes and make the relevant recommendations to minimize risks
• Arrange and present awareness and training seminars and sessions on relevant legislation to affected business units, and monitor post-training compliance
• Coach, support, mentor and challenge team members and line managers in the application of legislative laws, policies and practices.

Requirements
What we expect:

• University qualification: LLB Degree
• Minimum 5 years working experience including corporate law, contract law, international trade law experience and experience of interaction with Regulators
• Demonstrate understanding of current legal rules and regulations 

Remuneration
We Offer:

• Responsibility from day one in a challenging work environment and on-the-job training as part of a committed team.
• Competitive compensation including attractive benefits as well as excellent career opportunities in an international. company.