Senior Specialist, Commercial Legal - MTN Ghana

Division: Corporate Services

Department: Commercial Legal

Location: Accra

Position: Senior Specialist, Commercial Legal

Level: MTN Level 3

Reports to: Senior Manager, Commercial Legal

Job Summary:

Provide assistance to:

• Minimize and mitigate legal risk,
• Advise, negotiate and manage commercial legal transactions within MTN and outside MTN
• Ensure corporate governance, compliance,
• Provide guidance and advice to operations in commercial legal activities/transactions requiring MTN input – drafting, structuring,
• Review practices, procedures, policies and business to ensure that these in accordance with the laws of Ghana.
• Manage legal/commercial risk in transactions.

Job Role

• Negotiate, draft and implement legal agreements and provide legal support to company projects
• Incorporate related company policies into contracts and provide legal advice on company matters
• Monitor, manage and provide input into litigation strategy and approach of external solicitors on all on-going litigation and dispute resolution matters
• Monitor the legal and regulatory landscape and reports on laws, regulations, guidelines that can affect the business of the company and provide guidance in legislative aspects
• Manage legal risks in accordance with company policy.
• Provide legal opinions on various legal issues and legal advice on transactions
• Research applicable laws and provide recommendations on the legal consequences of business initiatives and decisions and highlight attendant risks.
• Provide legal support to company projects
• Support the implementation of internal company policies.
• Support efforts towards influencing governmental & regulatory policies affecting the company¡¦s businesses.
• Facilitate timely responses to stakeholders.

Context:

• Dynamic and highly competitive telecommunication & ICT industry
• Highly legal and regulated environment
• Performance Driven Environment
• Diverse cultural environment
• Unionized environment
• Active Media Engagement & Brand Reputation
• Regionalization structure implication

Qualification Required & Experience

Education

A Degree in Law with qualifying certificate in law (i.e. Bar exams)

Experience

• 5+ years post qualification Commercial/Corporate Law experience in a large local law firm or the legal department of a large company. Experience must include exposure and direct participation in:
• Negotiations and drafting of reasonably complex commercial transactions
• Telco/Finance Experience an advantage.

Professional/Technical competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of commercial laws, telecoms laws, labour laws, land laws etc
• Analytical Thinking
• Conflict Management
• Contract Management
• Information Management
• Legal Advice
• Litigation Management
• Reporting
• Research Orientation
• Communication
• Computer Literacy
• Time Management.

Skills/ Physical competencies:

• Ability to manage conflict, accountability, self and team performance.
• Innovative, takes initiative, result oriented and develops self consistently
• Leadership skills, customer centric, collaborative and ability to coach & develop direct ports
• Trustworthy, integrity and ethical in dealings
• Ability to focus on priorities and plans, manages and monitors work effectively
• Good written and verbal communication, presentation Skills,
• Negotiation skills
• Global thinker, Analytical thinking and Problem solving abilities.
• Ability to handle issues with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to manage own time and workload and juggle conflicting priorities

NB: The Incumbent must maintain strict confidentiality at all times