About Organisation:

Aldelia is a global leading human resources company founded in 2005 and specialised in recruitment, outsourcing and payroll management services to blue-chip multinationals and fast-growing SMEs. The group operates in more than 30 countries across all industries and disciplines on four continents. Our mission is to create a better future for people by delivering compliant, world-class and innovative HR solutions to the companies and communities we serve.

Job Summary:  The Senior Legal Manager shall be responsible for deputising the Head of Legal and shall be responsible for providing support and having oversight on matters related to customer and vendor management, legal advisory, litigation management and regulatory support.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and steer the team supporting on the legal, compliance, risk and regulatory functions within the department.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key external stakeholders to achieve business goals.
• Undertake comprehensive, timely and accurate review of contracts, and where required develop/draft legal instruments, including but not limited to contracts, leases, licenses, notices etc.
• Handle the organization’s litigation portfolio including but not limited to pre-trial briefing, assisting in the review and response to pleadings, collating supporting documentation,
• identifying potential witnesses, attending Court sessions, maintaining litigation files and ensuring proper maintenance of such files.
• Provide sound legal advice in all operational matters including emerging laws and regulations, commercial transactions and HR issues among other areas.
• Management of external counsel i.e. development of SLA, undertaking firm audits, issuance of instructions in consultation with the Head of Legal, performance appraisal etc.
• Facilitate debt recovery by issuing demands and notices to debtors and guarantors as well as responding to demands issued to the organization.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of the organization’s litigation matters in order to reduce litigation portfolio by closing cases where recovery chances are slim.
• Support as a key account manager for Tier 1 customers and address and respond to customer complaints, customer demands and offer legal advisory as required.
• Management of legal costs and ensuring departmental cost reduction by at least 10% of budgeted amount.
• Supporting other departments as business partner to ensure compliance and risk prevention.
• Facilitate legal awareness on litigation and commercial transactions to mitigate risk.
• Development of compliance checklist and work status reports.

Others duties:

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• LLB Degree or equivalent foreign qualification.
• Admitted lawyer with 8 + years relevant experience in applying general commercial and corporate law.
• Three years of property law and/or telecommunications law experience.
• Excellent drafting skills
• Ability to work with all levels of management
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Able to multitask and meet deadlines, getting things right the first time
• Analytical, problem-solver who is able to identify key issues quickly
• Effective self-leadership as an individual contributor in a high-performance environment
• High level of integrity
• Conflict management capabilities
• Ability to analyze data and formulate recommendations
• Ability to make sound business decisions
• Relationship management competency
• Strong negotiation skills
• Accuracy oriented with strong attention to detail
• Expert knowledge of relevant compliance legislations
• Expert knowledge of corporate and commercial law
• Well organized
• Leadership skills
• Teamwork-driven
• Results-oriented