ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 145,000 people
Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel & Integrity Officer
Location
Lagos
Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, Law, Legal
Tasks
Counselling of Country Divisions concerning all legal including intellectual property, corporate governance and compliance issues
Provide legal advice to Country Divisions and Local Business Units on establishment, protection and transfer of intellectual property rights e.g. patents and know-how license agreements
Establish, maintenance and management of Group and Country policies and procedures; management of roll-out and compliance auditing of new policies and regulations e.g. Group Instructions and Guidelines
Provide legal support to LBUs with regard to commenting customer’s general terms and conditions, contract drafting, risk review process including waiver applications
Support in contract negotiations with customers and suppliers
Responsible for legal claims management and for handling of all ABB Egypt litigations, arbitrations and administrative proceedings including foreign affiliate matters
Engage and manage all external counsel when necessary
Train all the LBUs e.g. ABB’s contract standards and Group Instructions
Responsible for labor and employment law counseling to Country Management
Monitoring of developments in the national and cluster legal environment
Support the Legal counseling including structuring, drafting and negotiation regarding mergers & acquisitions, divestiture transactions leadership or key role
Requirements
Ideally you’ll hold Bachelor Degree in Law with a minimum of 12+ years of experience as in-house counsel or external counsel and fluency in both spoken and written English language is a must.
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