Senior Legal Counsel(Lagos)

We are seeking an experienced professional for this opening. Details - Develop, oversee and evaluate the efficacy of control systems to prevent or resolve violations of legal guidelines and internal policies.  - Regularly assess the efficiency of control systems and recommend effective improvements. - Perform regular audits on company procedures and processes, revising them when necessary  - Assess the business’s future ventures to identify likely compliance risks - Coordinate with different department managers to review all departmental compliance policies - Collaborate with corporate counsels and HR departments to monitor enforcement of standards and regulations - Keep abreast of regulatory developments, evolving best practices in compliance control - Prepare reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate. - Resolving all disputes at Pre-litigation/Arbitration/Mediation stage(s) (arising at plant-level) - Addressing Consumer Complaints - Keeping the Company’s Trade Mark records, and ensuring Intellectual Property protection - Ensuring regulatory compliance i.e: Factory Compliance, Engineering, Project Compliance & Product Compliance - Providing advice at plant level in the following areas: - Regulatory & Ethical Compliance - Intellectual Property - Property management (tenancies, leaseholds, freeholds) of SBC’s and related parties’ holding & real estate transactions - Drafting and reviewing Plant-level contracts Requirements: - Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria - At least 10-years’ post-call experience  Industry Skills (product development and regulation, product liability, advocacy and engagement, illicit trade, trade and distribution, marketing, manufacturing)