Legal Manager {Job Location - Tanzania}

Role & responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for providing in-house legal expertise and support in driving various legal cases, legal issues, legal compliance and advise the company on all legal and strategic initiatives.
• File cases in different courts and handle it till execution (recovery) stage.
• Review Pending litigation and attend till the closure of litigation.
• Facilitate preparation of litigation in line with group interest, by co-coordinating with concerned person within the group.
• Provide regular updates to directors in terms of legal proceedings
• Update management and key executives with important developments in ligation generally concerning the laws.
• Collate / Consolidate supporting documents in a chronological order to manage the case efficiently.
• Corporate Governance including all company and trade mark related issues.
• Review laws, amendments and support General Management with commercial and legal opinions and recommend measures to mitigate exposure and risks.
• Review and take corrective actions on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Formulate compliance check-lists to be used for the purpose of ensuring that all information required is provided accordingly.
• Organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and annual general meetings (AGMs) quarterly, mid-year and annually.
• Provide leadership and ensure efficient and effective management of staff and resources in the Legal department and other stake holders i.e. Business Unit Heads, General Managers other functional heads and external statutory bodies, auditors, legal counsel/law firms.
• Any other assignments assigned by the company requirements.

Legal risk

• Review laws, amendments and support General Management with commercial and legal opinions and recommend measures to mitigate exposure and risks.
• Provide and interpret legal information, conduct training and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff.
• Review and provide legal advice, draft, negotiate, execute and perfect Agreements including but not limited to

a) Sales of Goods

b) Sales of Services and Maintenance

c) International Agreements

d) Financial and Operating Leases

e) Mergers & Acquisitions

f) Distribution \ Franchise Agreements

g) Land, Properties, etc.

h) Employment.

i) Overdraft, loan and other agreement with Banks.

• Manage directly or in conjunction with external Counsel ongoing litigation cases in Courts, Arbitration and other venues.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where Corporate, Statutory, Corporate, Compliance and other Legal risks are identified, action plans and drawn up and progress is made to always mitigate all external and internal risks.
• Review and ensure all contracts are timely reviewed, amended, negotiated and Deeds of Variation are executed.
• Managing the teams delivery of expert, accurate and cost effective legal advice ensuring it is readily understandable to non-experts, delivered within relevant timescales, is commercial and proactive and manages/minimizes legal risks.

Litigation management

• Collate / Consolidate supporting documents in a chronological order to manage the case efficiently.
• Prepare files and arguments of cases.
• Legal research.
• Prepare legal opinions
• Manage litigation and recovery with internal team.
• Provide extended support to the external lawyers.

Company Secretarial and Compliance:

• Organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and annual general meetings (AGMs) quarterly, mid-year and annually.
• Taking minutes and draft Board resolutions.
• Registration of company and compliance thereon.
• File forms and annual returns with Regulatory and all company related matters for all companies within the Group.
• Management of all registered Trade Marks and registration of Trade Marks as and when required.
• Make sure that there is no infringement of existing Trade Marks.

Property Management

• To have complete records of the immovable assets of the company
• To ensure compliance in form of payment of land rent.
• To draft agreements and instruments of transfer and finalize registration of transfer on acquiring properties.