Role Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Legal, the individual selected for this role will be required to provide legal support to other functions of the business in order to achieve team targets and corporate goals in a timely and professional manner. (S)He will oversee the drafting, reviewing, renewing and termination of all commercial contracts of the company and ensuring that they do not expose the business to frivilous litigation.

Key Responsibilities

•   Provide general legal advice to the business and bring a commercial outlook to the law;
•   Draft and review contracts and documents on transactions affecting the business and participate in meetings and negotiations (where necessary) to ensure minimal exposure by the company to external parties;
•   Review and proactively identify legislative, regulatory and other legal developments and threats that affect or can potentially affect existing and anticipated contractual arrangements;
•   Set up and monitor a central contracts database;
•   Analyse commercial cases/issues affecting the company and advise on strategy, settlement, litigation or ADR as the case may require;
•   Provide commercial legal opinions and follow up on issues arising in consultation with the Head of Legal;
•   Prepare and circulate monthly updates on legislative/legal developments to relevant internal stakeholders;
•   Attend court hearings, meetings and workshops which have commercial legal implications affecting Millicom as requested by the Head of Legal;
•   Liaise with external legal Solicitors to submit monthly Litigation Update to the Finance department to facilitate the planning of a possible financial exposures;
•   Assist in the General administration of the Legal Department;
•   Assist with any other legal work assigned by the Head of Legal.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) qualification;
•   Qualifying Certificate in Law (admitted to practice in Ghana);
•   Minimum of four (4) years’ experience at the Bar with at least two (2) years’ experience working in a similar role;
•   Ability to prepare and conduct PowerPoint presentations on legal issues;
•   Must possess satisfactory interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team and should be results oriented;
•   Ability to communicate, influence and lead teams.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

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Closing Date: 26 September, 2016

When you join Tigo, you join a team where your skills, ideas and technical know-how can do more than contribute to the bottom-line. You'll be exposed to enormous experience, great network and a workforce full of talents with youthful exuberance.

At Tigo we are all salesmen and we are responsible for our own development. We consider each vacancy as a development opportunity for Tigo Employees and we develop both the business and people together.