SUMMARY:

• The Senior Legal Manager is responsible for providing expert legal advice to support business stakeholders and ensuring legal compliance in respect of business decisions, processes, and documentation.
• The role holder is also responsible for communicating to, staff about any legal developments that may impact their areas.
• He/she is also responsible for managing any outsourced Legal partners to ensure KPIs are met and that a professional service is provided to the business that meets or exceeds expectations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Provide corporate/ commercial legal advice for the company’s operations.
• Provision of expert legal advice to support business stakeholders and ensure legal compliance of business decisions, processes, and documentation.
• Effective self-leadership as an individual contributor in a high-performance environment
• Coaching, training, and change communication to staff on any legal developments impacting the business.
• Management of Legal and Regulatory outsourced partners.
• Management and interface with regulatory authorities and external counsel.
• Drafting key commercial agreements for the company.
• Perform due diligence review on various real estate documents, including ground leases and title deeds with a high level of detail.
• Handle litigation issues with the support of external counsel.
• Perform company secretarial duties.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• None

OTHER:

• Other duties as assigned.

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge of corporate/ commercial law principles
• Knowledge of land law principles, including title and legal document requirements.
• Experience in drafting commercial agreements.
• Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office.
• Litigation experience.
• Telecoms/infrastructure experience
• Regulatory experience
• Ability to work with functional groups and different levels of employees throughout the ATC Nigeria organization to effectively and professionally achieve business results
• Strong follow-up skills; ability to organize applicable department timelines and follow up with internal and external customer needs as needed
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively
• Strong organizational skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed-upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment
• Strong track record of building and maintaining solid relationships with both internal and external customers and vendors.
• Self-motivated, able to work both independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests as well as collaborating with others to utilize resources and knowledge in identifying high-quality solutions

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law
• 5 – 8 years at the Nigerian Bar and UK/ US Bar Qualification if applicable.
• 5+ years of legal work experience in general commercial and corporate law. International exposure is an advantage.
• American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.