Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate and Regulatory Mpliance at Coca-Cola

About The Job

• The Senior Counsel Corporate & Regulatory as a member of the legal team is responsible for legal advice on regulatory matters, delivering on all significant corporate transactions involving the business and is a key member of the incident crises management team.
• The Senior Counsel is an expert on CMS (Contract Management Tool) for managing transactions and ensuring business wide compliance with targets on Template Use and Approval systems.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct legal and corporate due diligence for property acquisitions and development projects and handle the legal aspects of development projects.
• Negotiate, review, and standardize procurement contracts.
• Support execution of strategic business projects.
• Protect the company’s interests by ensuring statutory compliances, mitigating legal risks and exposures thus safeguarding the company’s reputation.
• Support partner functions with initiatives & trainings to strengthen capability on negotiation / contracts management.
• Share expertise with leadership team and provide advice and guidance on legal matters.
• Manage legal risk through negotiations, drafting and execution of contracts and other legal documents; and Transformation departments (Partner Functions).
• Provide strategic and practical legal advice to Partner Functions and leadership team.
• Collaborate with partner functions to evaluate policies to promote compliance with legal requirements and group policies.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Law; and Qualification as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
• 10+ years of related professional work experience
• Demonstrated ability to challenge and influence employees at all levels to build a culture of high integrity and compliance.