Senior Manager: Legal - MTN Dubai Limited - Dubai

To provide the management of MTN with a comprehensive commercial legal service and act as liaison between the Global Sourcing Company, Global Trading Company, Group Carrier Services, MTN (Dubai) Limited, MTN Group, OPCOs and suppliers.

Detailed Description

Key Performance Areas

• Negotiating commercial interests across various functions and roles within MTN

• Manage and provide legal advice and opinions.

• Manage and participate in various projects undertaken by different departments from a legal perspective.

• Management of litigation and active engagement in on-going disputes resolution matters.

• Advise and decide on litigation strategy and approach.

• Facilitation and structuring of contractual framework.

• Managing the negotiation of legal framework with other parties whilst maintaining uniform standards adopted at group level.

• Manage legal relationships between Operations and management of legal relationships between MTN and its trade partners.

• Effective drafting and reviewing of quality contracts.

• Drive best practise on processes and procedures in MTN.

• Drive compilation of common contract templates and encourage common usage.

• Undertake contract negotiation function.

• Attend to all legal queries from various departments.

• Provide legal support for MTN IP requirements.

• Advise management on new legislation and the impact thereof on the business.

• Liaise with external law firms that provide legal support to MTN and ensure feedback filters through to the intended recipients.

• Ensure all agreements, letters of intent and contracts comply with the Company Framework Agreement, the Company Corporate standards and processes and Country and local legislation.

• Provide assurance that all commercial standards and expectations are delivered throughout program

• Assist in selection and evaluation of contractors and tendering process.

• Identification of possible risk, and manager the implementation of mitigating strategies.

• Tracking and enforcing key contract terms.

• Document the programme service and equipment requirements in support of procurement activities including Service Description, Service Levels.

• Develop Charges Methodologies, Change Management, Governance and Key legal terms and conditions.

• Assist with the evaluation of responses from Vendors on the Key Commercial considerations, Proposed Service Levels, Governance and Key Legal terms and conditions.

• Once vendor is selected, ensure all responses and details are captured in the Master Agreement.

• Tracking and enforcing key contract terms.

• Management of non-adherence to contractual commitments.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on the contract database with the ability to write user guidelines, conduct training sessions, deal with questions and concerns from the user base.

• Initiate and participate in fulfilment of contract requirements. Serve as a business advisor to internal customers on the contracts.

• Manage the process of ensuring subject matter expert opinion is implemented in draft contracts and templates.

Supervisory / Leadership / Managerial Tasks:

• Manage legal support function in MTN.

• Provide legal counsel to various internal MTN stakeholders.

• Manage contractual relationships across MTN departments.

• Manage commercial transactions between MTN and other OPCOs and trade partners.

• Manage OPEX in legal function.

Competencies

Knowledge:

• In-depth knowledge of the Dubai judicial system or the English judicial system

• In-depth global commercial awareness

• Basic understanding of a GSM environment

• Drafting and negotiation skills

• Knowledge of the Telecoms industry and practices

Skills / physical competencies:

• Strong analytical skills

• Strong Negotiating skills

• Management skills

• Leadership skills

• Consulting skills

• Writing and drafting skills

• Effective communication skills

• Good interpretation skills

• Articulate

• Computer literacy

Behavioural qualities:

• Work in a wide range of context

• Perform under pressure

• Self motivated

• Assertive

• Persuasive

• Rational

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Education:

• LLB or equivalent qualification

• Admission as an attorney

Experience:

• 5 years of litigation experience at a senior level.

• 10 years experience and exposure to a commercial environment.

• Experience at handling and negotiating funding transactions.

Training:

• Short courses on various commercial legal subjects, including but not limited to, project finance, drafting and negotiations skills.

• Ongoing training on new legislation.

Additional Details

General working conditions/ Inherent requirements/ Tools of trade

• Drivers license

• Ability to travel locally and internationally

• Compliance with dress code in accordance with the laws of the various jurisdictions.

• Working under extremely tight time lines.