Senior Legal Counsel (Africa)
Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of |
Date Posted | January 1, 2024 |
Category | Legal Management |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | TZS |
Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
We invite you to rock with us in our band.
The role offers the perfect opportunity for professional and personal development in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. As a rock band, teamwork and collaboration are at the center of what we do. But in order to be in a band, you also have to have your own unique groove.
Your Mission: You’ll be in charge of creating innovative solutions for commercial transactions, compliance programs, and staff training.
Your Goals/Activities
In this exciting role, you'll be instrumental in:
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts for our various business units (today a lease for space in Cairo, tomorrow an MSA for a client in California, and next week a DPA for a vendor in Romania!).
- Evaluate our the risk and compliance levels of our business operations to create compliance maps, risk reports and business improvement plans.
- Manage commercial risk and entity structuring, oversee our litigation portfolio, manage outside counsel, and conduct due diligence on potential business partners
- The LeCoR band plays in these stages (functions & projects):
- Privacy: ensuring that the organisation is compliant with data protection laws worldwide (frmo GDPR to POPIA to CCPA).
- Company Secretary: ensuring corporate compliance and up-to-date corporate records in +10 countries!.
- Intellectual Property: registering our trademarks and patents across the world.
- J.A.N.I.S (just a nonconformist innovative system): Develop and test JANIS - our automated interactive tech solution for our legal & compliance products.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
We are a data-driven band. We collect data to track how well we perform individually, and as a band. Some of the most important things we track to ensure we hit our goals are:
- CSAT (customer satisfaction score - how much do our fans love us?)
- OTD (on time delivery - are we shipping those CATs and TRAPs on time?)
- AHT (average handle time -how long did it take to get those CATs and TRAPs ready?)
- FRR (feedback response rate - are we getting enough feedback from our fans/customers?)
- FCR (First Contact Resolution, are we solving problems in one hit?)
We want to rock with you if have:
- a law degree
- 5 to 7 years experience working for a boutique law firm or startup
- Relevant experience in Corporate Law, Employment Law, Data Protection Law, or Intellectual Property Law
- Project Management experience in executing projects from start to finish and on time.
- G-Suite: proficient in G-Suite tools such as Google Sheets, Slides, and Docs and
- Robocop Mindset: You are curious about the intersection of law and technology
- Magician Mindset: You believe things are never what they seem to be
- Spartan Mindset: You don't give up. No retreat, no surrender!
- Rockstar Mindset: You make it happen. The show must always go on!
- Lego Mindset: You like to build. Every piece fits somewhere; every piece is movable!
- Master Yoda Mindset: Do or do not, never try! This is a place for doers, not just talkers; for the extraordinary, not the ordinary; and for the fearless, not the fearful.
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience in cross-border projects & transactions, including M&A or corporate finance
- French and/or Arabic language proficiency.
- You are qualified to practice law in Egypt or Morocco.
- Knowledge of contract management tools (like Docusign, Concord, PandaDoc, etc)