The Commercial Legal Manager will have the primary responsibility of
managing external legal counsel and litigation, intellectual property
and antitrust, provide legal advisory to the whole spectrum of the
business in procurement, supply, distribution, agency, production,
marketing, logistics, finance and commercial; employment matters;
compliance; innovation; product liability; counterfeit products;
Marketing Code review of advertising and promotions.
The role reports to the Legal Adviser.
Job Title: Commercial Legal Manager
AutoReqId: 29453BR
Function: Legal
Type of Job: Full Time
Level: L5 (M1)
Reports To: Legal Adviser, Guinness Nigeria
Context/Scope:
The key functions of the Legal department are proactive legal
counseling and legal support to the business, compliance; corporate
governance and knowledge / information centre.
Market Complexity:
Guinness Nigeria is the second largest brewing company in Nigeria with a significant proportion of the total alcohol market.
Qualifications and Experience Required:
- Not less than seven (7) years post-qualification experience as a practising lawyer in a reputable commercial law firm (or equivalent)
- Strong commercial law background especially in the negotiation and documentation of commercial contracts relevant to the company’s business and giving advice in relation to marketing, sales and promotion activities.
- Confident, relaxed and robust personality with excellent inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Sound commercial lawyer with exceptional analytical, drafting and negotiating skills.
- Well organised and detail oriented, working well to deadlines and comfortable working on his/her own matters or as part of a larger team on a project.
- Open and outward looking attitude
- Ability to work confidently and stand ground with more senior managers
- Strong commercial and pragmatic approach
Barriers to Success in Role:
- Inability to constantly reprioritise and manage expectations from a large and demanding business in a role that interacts with a high proportion of senior level managers
- Inability to effectively communicate complex legal concepts in an manner that non-lawyers can easily comprehend
- Inability to properly appreciate the full commercial context in which legal contracts are managed.
Flexible working options:
Lagos based with some travels within/outside Nigeria