Responsable Juridique (H/F)
RMO, a temporary and temporary employment firm established in Africa, recruits for one of its clients, a company specialized in Human Resources, a Legal Manager. The position is based at Abidjan and is part of a full-time, telecommuting-free CDI and requires more than five years of experience.
RMO offers HR solutions adapted to companies in all sectors of activity: agro-industry, agribusiness, telecoms, banking, insurance, petroleum, mining, industry, transit, service, NGOs, marine maintenance, transport and logistics, among others. To best meet the expectations of its clients and candidates and offer them the best level of expertise, its teams are local and master the employment pool and the economic market of their perimeter. The team dedicated to the recruitment of middle management profiles and expert trades puts its expertise at your service to support you in your professional development.
Main duties
In close collaboration with the Management, the Legal Officer will be primarily responsible for advising, proposing and participating in the validation of strategic legal recommendations for the company, thus allowing to comply with current legislation or anticipate regulatory changes. It also controls the registration of legal documents, such as minutes of meetings and the production of mandatory documents from listed companies.
To this end, he will have to advise the operational staff and organize information and legal advice within the company. It will provide support to operational staff in various forms: responses to tenders, drafting of framework agreements or negotiated procedures, commercial contracts, management of insurance and banking conditions in their legal aspects, general terms and conditions of sale, partnership contracts, subcontracting, etc. He will analyze and propose legal arrangements, including monitoring, creation, transformation of companies or subsidiaries, asset sales, commercial leases. It will analyse the legal risks of operations and make all employees aware of these risks. He will participate in the negotiation of contracts with clients and service providers, draft, validate and follow up contracts ensuring legal compliance, and organize a base of standard contracts (commercial, work, etc.).
Management of pre-litigation and litigation
The incumbent will participate in the definition of procedures for managing pre-litigation and litigation in conjunction with the operational staff concerned and, where appropriate, with the assistance of external advice: debt recovery, litigation, commercial litigation. It will monitor disputes, assess their nature, monitor them and limit litigation.
Preparation of legal documents and external representation
He will represent the company and manage relations with the various actors: lawyers' councils, commissioners of justice, police authorities, regulatory bodies. He will participate in the management and the examination of the files with the various actors and will follow up on them.
Setting up a legal watch
It will organize a permanent legal watch on the activities of the company or customers by following both the evolution of national and international regulations as well as jurisprudence, so as to also inform the general management and / or operational directorates on the practices of other companies in the sector. He will propose and participate in the selection of external expert firms to provide advice on specific topics, and validate the choice of legal databases corresponding to the specific activities of the company.
Other missions
It will organize the collection of legal advice needs of all operational directorates: documentary sources, competitive intelligence, internal achievements.
Responsibilities
He will supervise, evaluate and train the team’s employees under his responsibility.
Profile of the candidate
The holder of the position must have obtained a higher education at Master 1/2 or Master’s level in private law or equivalent, and justify seven (07) years of professional experience as a Legal Officer. He must have an excellent knowledge of commercial law, employment law, contract and company law, as well as legal proceedings and monitoring. Proficiency in the English language and office tools is highly desired.
This position requires an ability to advise the company on legal issues, to make representations to public or private bodies, to provide advice on dispute resolution procedures, to carry out a documentary watch (collection, analysis, etc.) and to constitute pleading files. It is recommended to be rigorous, objective, and to have a good capacity for analysis and synthesis, as well as strong editorial and managerial skills. In addition, the incumbent of the position must demonstrate a good sense of communication and argumentation, be proactive, responsive, available, and have convictions.
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