Senior Legal Counsel

Job Descriptions

• Provide proactive legal advice and guidance on corporate, commercial, and regulatory issues affecting the business.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex contracts including concession agreements, project finance documentation, construction contracts, service-level agreements, joint venture agreements, and procurement contracts.
• Support project development, financing, and implementation from a legal perspective, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulatory frameworks.
• Establish and implement appropriate legal policies for processes across the business
• Provide corporate governance and company secretarial support to the Boards of Directors across the business
• Monitor and interpret relevant legislation, regulations, and case law, advising the business on implications.
• Deploy legal protocols and toolkits as necessary to ensure practices are effective and compliant with regulations
• Liaise with auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers, investors, shareholders and other relevant stakeholders
• Manage highly contentious litigation and dispute resolution, including overseeing external counsel, developing case strategies, and ensuring timely and cost-effective resolution of disputes.
• Foster constructive community and stakeholder relations by promoting open communication, addressing grievances promptly, and ensuring that the Company’s activities build trust, goodwill, and mitigate risks arising from stakeholder engagement.
• Generally, provide all necessary legal support across the business.
• Review all relevant laws and regulations applicable to the business.
• Ensure that business activities are conducted in conformity with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures
• Ensure that all regulatory permissions remain current and appropriate for business needs, and carry out required reporting
• Continual compliance risk assessment of business practices together with the development of internal policies and procedures, compliance training and protocols.
• Serve as liaison for all regulatory bodies as well as maintaining relationships with relevant legal bodies and trade associations
• Keep abreast of global regulatory developments and industry initiatives and advise management accordingly
• Partner with colleagues in each of the Business Units’ key stakeholders to develop and implement compliance standards, processes, programs, and best practices.