Legal Counsel (Fluent French)

S&P Global · Nigeria (On-site)

The Team: You will work in a high-energy, client-facing, multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment and will have the opportunity to apply and develop negotiation and drafting skills, work in a collaborative environment and be part of a team that provides crucial support to the organisation across multiple countries and legal systems. This position reports to Head of S&P Global Energy Legal – EMEA.

Responsibilities And Impact

• You will be responding to internal client inquiries, providing valuable support in the handling of legal matters and in all aspects of the contract process, reviewing contracts, training the commercial organisation on legal and contracting procedures, negotiating and drafting contracts for financial information and analytical products and services and assisting with special projects outside of routine client facing contracting as needed.

• Strategic, emotionally intelligent thinker with an ability of instilling trust and confidence in cross-functional and cross-divisional team members and stakeholders

• Primary responsibility for legal negotiation and advice on complex commercial agreements and related matters impacting products and services.

• Draft, negotiate and assess data rights for a variety of agreements, including but not limited to, complex distribution, channel partner and strategic agreements, customer agreements for products and services, services, data and technology vendor agreements, and marketing agreements

• Ensure that the Company’s intellectual property and general practices are protected, and liability and risk exposure are mitigated

• Identification, enforcement and training on appropriate policies and procedures, including areas concerning competition law, privacy and other regulatory matters.