Senior Legal Counsel(Lagos) at Seven Up Bottling Company

Details

• Develop, oversee and evaluate the efficacy of control systems to prevent or resolve violations of legal guidelines and internal policies. 
• Regularly assess the efficiency of control systems and recommend effective improvements.
• Perform regular audits on company procedures and processes, revising them when necessary 
• Assess the business’s future ventures to identify likely compliance risks
• Coordinate with different department managers to review all departmental compliance policies
• Collaborate with corporate counsels and HR departments to monitor enforcement of standards and regulations
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments, evolving best practices in compliance control
• Prepare reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate.
• Resolving all disputes at Pre-litigation/Arbitration/Mediation stage(s) (arising at plant-level)
• Addressing Consumer Complaints
• Keeping the Company’s Trade Mark records, and ensuring Intellectual Property protection
• Ensuring regulatory compliance i.e: Factory Compliance, Engineering, Project Compliance & Product Compliance
• Providing advice at plant level in the following areas:
• Regulatory & Ethical Compliance
• Intellectual Property
• Property management (tenancies, leaseholds, freeholds) of SBC’s and related parties’ holding & real estate transactions
• Drafting and reviewing Plant-level contracts

Requirements

• Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
• At least 10-years’ post-call experience 

Industry Skills (product development and regulation, product liability, advocacy and engagement, illicit trade, trade and distribution, marketing, manufacturing)