Job Description
- Application Deadline: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT
- Position: Senior Legal Counsel(Lagos)
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 8 - 10 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field Law / Legal 
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)