Summary
The Head, Corporate Commercial will build and maintain strong communication channels with IHS current and potential customers, both externally and internally and also represent and promote IHS by maintaining a presence at professional events and networks.
Personal Profile
The Individual must be committed to understanding and exceeding our customers’ needs and developing trusted, reliable and collaborative relationships; consistently operating at the highest standards of good ethics.
Responsibilities
Identify and advise on appropriate contracts and transactions in alignment with the Company’s business and growth plans;
Ensure that all contractual documents of the Company are in compliance with applicable laws, guideline, regulations and best practice;
Provide and interpret legal document/opinions/information;
Lead, deal with, and handle complex and significant legal matters that cut across the business segments of the Company;
Instruct, manage and support external counsel on legal matters that require external legal services (e.g. high value or complex deals and acquisitions);
Provide general legal support to other business segments of the Company;
Develop and maintain an enterprise-wide contract management system, framework contract templates, structures, policies, processes and templates;
Build effective working relationships with the various business functions within the Company, and with customers to support business decision-making and foster long term customer relationship.
Competencies Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
In-depth knowledge and experience of the telecommunication sector preferred;
Research skills required;
Business-oriented and computer literate;
Experienced in negotiating commercial contracts and demonstrate ability to handle and close commercial and legal negotiations with minimal supervision;
Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced and high-performing, business results-driven corporate environment;
Demonstrated ability to think and decide quickly, and to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely.
Professional Qualifications
LLM in Commercial Law/ MBA;
10+ years of corporate commercial law experience in leading law firms in the country and/or corporate legal department.
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