About the job
Moove is looking for an experienced, highly skilled and competent lawyer to be its Senior Legal Counsel to:
Ensure that we have an in-country legal resource with the primary responsibility of identifying, mitigating and managing legal risk in the Kenya and Uganda business & operations;
Provide legal advisory services and transactional support to the business and operations in Kenya and Uganda; and
Grow and deepen the capacity of the in-house Legal function.
What You’ll be Doing
Draft, review and/or negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements and contracts.
Provide legal and regulatory advice to other departments and business units within the organisation.
Be the first port of call for all regulatory and licensing issues relating to the business and operations in Kenya and Uganda.
Advise on the impact of specific Kenya and Uganda laws and regulations on Moove’s business and operations in Kenya and Uganda.
Monitor trends and developments in the legal and regulatory framework in Kenya and Uganda and work closely with Compliance and other business teams and senior stakeholders to ensure compliance.
Support local and global Product, Strategy, Operations and Management teams on launch of new products or business initiatives.
Draft and maintain internal policies to ensure compliance with Kenya and Uganda laws and regulations.
Liaise with and manage relationships with external counsel.
Provide training to other departments on legal and regulatory compliance.
Supervise and have line management responsibility for mid to junior level legal counsel as may be hired in Kenya and Uganda.
Keep Line Manager informed of key legal and regulatory risk issues affecting the business and operations in Kenya and Uganda.
Perform such other responsibilities as may be assigned by Line Manager.
What You will need for this position
LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree.
Qualified to practice law in Kenya and/or Uganda
Minimum of 8 years post qualification experience
Strong corporate & commercial law experience in in-house legal team in the finance, fintech, consumer products or technology sectors.
Experience in a senior role leading and managing others.
Experience working in a rapid growth, scale-up business is desirable but not essential
Good judgement.
Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and to take initiative.
Ability to work under pressure, effectively manage competing priorities and manage tasks proactively.
Ability to innovate and think creatively.
Strong interpersonal and team working skills.
Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders effectively.
High professionalism, self-driven and results-oriented.
Strong written and verbal communication skills. (English).
Comfortable working in an unstructured ever changing environment
Adaptable and flexible
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