Legal Officer at KPMG Ghana

Role Summary

The role holder will provide assistance to minimize and mitigate legal risk, provide legal advice and services to the various departments and the organisation as a whole, ensure corporate governance, compliance, manage the organisation's contractual arrangements regarding drafting, legality, structuring, and ensure that all practices, policies and business activities are in accordance with the laws of Ghana.

Key Accountabilities

• Assist in the preparation of agreements, legal documents and other documents in relation to the organisation's business
• Liaise with the relevant regulatory bodies and assist companies that seek to operate in the organisation to acquire relevant licences and permits for their business
• Review for compliance purposes, relevant legal documents on oil and gas transactions across upstream and downstream activities by companies that develop and operate within the organisation
• Provide advice and legal opinion on all types of agreements with respect to joint ventures, joint venture partners, agents and contractors that will deal with the organisation and ensure compliance with the law
• Assist the Manager to negotiate, draft and implement legal agreements
• Provide legal support to organisation's projects
• Assist in documenting related company policies into contracts
• Monitor legal and regulatory landscape and report on laws, regulations, guidelines that can affect the activities of the organisation and provide guidance in legislative aspects
• Assist in managing legal risks in accordance with the organisation's objectives
• Assist in providing legal opinions on various legal issues and legal advice on transactions
• Research applicable laws and provide recommendations on legal consequences

Position Details

• Company: KPMG Ghana
• Location: Accra, Ghana
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Category: Legal