Job Description

An exciting opportunity for a Head of Legal role for a well established multinational company.

As this role is essential to the organization, it is vital candidate comes with a track record of delivery and proven experience. Among the many responsibilities are listed below:

• Oversee the Legal team and performs complex legal work for and involves close association and coordination with senior management.
• In this management role, you handle strategic leadership and work closely with legal staff in the other region business units.
• Being responsible for setting and delivering regional strategy, based on business objectives and legal risk assessments in alignment with the larger organizational goals.
• Provide higher visibility of legal matters and an undeniable counsel to cross-functional teams on a variety of complex issues including nuances in operating in a regulated environment with external stakeholders and regulators.
• Monitoring and interpreting the legislative environment in which the company operates.
• Experience with Legal support and regulatory advice relevant to the marketing function, relating to digital marketing, product claims and packaging, social media, direct to consumer activation.
• Lead complex legal projects that span legal, business, and functional boundaries (e.g, policy changes, subject matter areas like competition law and marketing laws);
• Being responsible for risk mitigation and governance for the factories, supporting their operations and all legal support required on legal recoveries from incidents, contracting, and guidance on product issues
• Guiding the Company in resolving any Regulator disputes and managing regulator interventions.
• Developing and providing training to the business in a variety of areas, including compliance.
• Managing 2 headcounts in the region.

Market Leader|Multinational Company

The ideal Head of Legal will be confident in leading from the front and be responsible for the growth of the company while possessing the below requirements;

• A commercial lawyer with at least 10 years of experience in the fast-moving consumer goods industry, with at least 4 of those years in a senior legal role at a multi-national food company.
• Law degree and current certification to practice law.
• Strong academic background.
• Experience in advertising and media law, and experience advising big brands.
• Experience of working in a fast paced demanding legal environment.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (including drafting and negotiating) and organisational skills.
• Self-motivated and driven to develop legal capabilities and understand the business.
• Personal presence and professional ability to take ownership of projects as an individual contributor and team leader and be confident and firm with legal positions.
• Track record of collaborating with multiple functions and demonstrating strong leadership in complex matters.

Our client is a market leader in the industry. With the rapid growth of the business, they are expanding their operations and looking to hire more talents. The company is currently hiring a legal expert to be a business partner to the commercial team.

Being part of a market leader in the industry, you will be entitled to:

• Joining a fast growing company.
• Be part of a key position.

Michael Page