Legal Associate at Hayat Holding

Hayat Holding is among Turkey's top 100 industrial companies, employing over 10,000 people both in Turkey and abroad. Hayat Group is a conglomerate that operates mainly in two industries. Kastamonu Entegre is the leading company in the wood-based panel industry and Hayat Kimya is among the top FMCG companies.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Legal Associate

Location: Lagos

Job Description
Contract & Policy Development:

• Review and advise on internal policies and ensure that they comply with all business, regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Review and draft legal documents, contracts and correspondence.

Litigation Management:

• Review progress of outstanding litigation or other forms of dispute management initiated.

Compliance:

• Formulate compliance checklists to be used for the purpose of ensuring that all information required is provided accordingly.
• Prepare reports for the department.
• Collaborate with other departments to direct compliance issues to appropriate existing channels for investigation and resolution.
• Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develops/implements corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues.

Requirements

• Legal Associate must have between 2 - 3 years PQE in both FMCG and private practice to support HKN’s legal Operations.

Education:

• Law degree from an accredited university.
• Called to the Nigerian Bar.
• Completed the mandatory NYSC program.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience post call.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience with corporate-commercial laws applicable to FMCG;
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in dealing with government/regulators, enforcement agents.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office, Excel and Presentation packages.

Attributes:

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Ability to work with large amount of raw data;
• Self-driven, analytical and willingness to learn.

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected]