Overview
Legal Counsel Jobs in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt at The HEINEKEN Company
Title: Legal Counsel
Company: The HEINEKEN Company
Location: Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
At ABC, We Brew The Joy Of True Togetherness To Inspire a Better World. A Big Part Of That Means Brewing Better People With The Heart Of Our Company In Our Four Values
Passion for consumers and customers
Care for people and planet
Enjoyment of life
Courage to dream and pioneer
Job Purpose
Legal Counsel role is key role in ABC with responsibility for providing legal advice to various departments. You will be responsible for in-house legal matters including drafting agreements, addressing compliance issues, and participating in negotiation discussions. In order to succeed, this candidate should feel comfortable working with in-house and outside counsels on a variety of legal matters.
Duties And Responsibilities
Contracts:
Negotiate, review and draft all types of agreements for the different departments such as (commercial, HR, Finance, Operational etc.). Hold required internal & external meetings with stakeholders to negotiate terms of agreements.
Ensuring the update of the templates with any new requirements to be added or removed, according to company policies, laws and regulations.
Maintaining and updating a shared database for all contracts to ensure smooth accessibility to templates.
Ensure that the legal function has the originals of all agreements and legal documents
Manage the archiving system of contracts to ensure proper physical and soft location of contracts
Litigation
Follow up with the external lawyers on the court cases and maintaining a record for hearing dates.
Follow-up on the litigation reports by the law firm and written pleadings and preparation of documents
Ensure proper communication to the relevant department on the progress of the cases
Compliance and Legal Operation
Conduct legal research and provide legal opinions to all ABC departments.
Provide legal advice and opinions in all legal aspects, in addition to interpreting legislation, rulings and regulations
Ensure the company operation, daily practice and internal documents are in line with legal requirements and especially competition law and company’s policies.
Provide legal trainings to ABC business departments and raise legal awareness per function
Assist the Senior Legal Counsel in strategic pillars such as (IP, License to Operate and Corporate Governance).
Act as the compliance officer for their concerned departments
Handle other administrative and corporate tasks including but not limited to in preparing presentation materials, drafting minutes for meetings, OGMs, etc, depending on the business.
Education & Experiences
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Law
Years of Experience:
2-3 years of relevant experience preferably in FMCGs. Previous experience in Corporate Law and contracts
Qualifications & Other Requirements
Excellent command of English and Arabic Languages
Excellent Microsoft Office knowledge especially Outlook and PowerPoint
Excellent legal skills and knowledge of Egyptian Laws
Keep up to date on relevant changes in laws
Personal Skills
Critical and Challenging
Analytical Skills
Confident in communicating at all levels of seniority
High Persuasion and Negotiation skills
Pro-active & Teamwork oriented
Functional Competencies
1- Agile Mindset
2- Stakeholder Management
3- Problem Solving
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