Legal Counsel at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• To be a first-level legal adviser and other legal service provider.

Responsibilities

• Resolving disputes at Pre-litigation/Arbitration/Mediation stage(s)
• Managing the company’s ligation portfolio
• Legal counselling to affiliate companies
• Providing advice to the company in the following areas:
  • Competition Law
  • Advertising Regulation
  • Labour Law/Disciplinary proceedings
  • Data Protection
  • Taxation (excluding excise)
  • Governance and Corporate Law
  • Contract Law/Sale of Goods.

Qualifications

• Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
• At least 7-years’ post-call experience
• Industry Skills (product development and regulation, product liability, advocacy and engagement, illicit trade, trade and distribution, marketing, manufacturing)
• Practice Skills (conflict management, intellectual property, competition law, labour law, taxation, corporate law and company
• General Skills (drafting, negotiation, communication, external counsel management, corporate financial management.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2024.