Junior Legal Counsel
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Mitchell Cotts, a leading East African logistics provider, is seeking a Junior Legal Counsel based in Nairobi. The role involves reviewing contracts and leases, supporting legal risk management and regulatory compliance, drafting advisory opinions, maintaining litigation databases, and advising on employment-related legal matters across the company and its subsidiaries.
- Review contracts, leases, and legal instruments
- Support legal risk management and regulatory compliance
- Draft legal advisory opinions and maintain litigation databases
- Advise on employment law across company and subsidiaries
- At least 3 years' post-admission experience required
- Logistics and supply chain legal knowledge is an added advantage
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- RequiredAvailability to work in NairobiThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Responsibilities
- Review contracts, leases, and other legal instruments.
- Support legal risk management and regulatory compliance.
- Draft legal advisory opinions.
- Maintain litigation and commercial matters databases.
- Provide guidance on employment-related legal matters across the company and its subsidiaries.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognised university.
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a current Practising Certificate.
- At least 3 years’ post-admission
Experience
- in a busy commercial law firm or legal department.
- in corporate and commercial law, employment law, and data privacy.
- Strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Knowledge of the legal aspects of logistics and supply chain is an added advantage.