IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.
Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Legal Counsel, Corporate Commercial
Location: Lagos
Reports To: Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Commercial
Summary
- Assist in drafting, negotiating and executing all contracts and ensuring all executed contracts are available to internal users for direct application.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure that contracts are properly negotiated to achieve the company’s objectives.
- Draft, review and close commercial agreements.
- Provide legal advisory to assigned functions as required.
- Draft correspondences to customers, vendors and regulatory authorities.
- Document, file and store all agreements and correspondence.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Law.
- Minimum 2 years’ relevant work experience.
Functional Competencies:
- Client Engagement
- Legal Professional Skills
- Litigation Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Auditing
- Commercial Awareness
- Contract Management
- Networking Savvy
- Service Level Management
- Negotiation
- Business Consulting
- Customer Industry Knowledge
Application Closing Date
1st February, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover letter to:
[email protected] indicating in the subject the name and location of the role.