Associate General Counsel, Africa & Europe

Min 7 yrs required

Full-time

No

Associate General Counsel, Africa and Europe
The candidate will independently manage the Africa and Europe Legal Team to ensure the delivery of high-quality, customer-focused legal services to assigned Conservancy business units. Report to the General Counsel. Assist the General Counsel in managing the Global Legal Function, steering the overall enterprise risk of the global organization. Ensure that Legal staff are fully engaged, motivated, and have the requisite training, tools, and demonstrated skills to meet the needs of the organization. Identify, develop, and implement standards and best practices to effectively marshal organization's legal talent to achieve organization-wide results on a global basis. Implement consistent, organization-wide practices that minimize legal risks having organizational impact. Establish and maintain optimal standards of performance for the department while controlling costs. Actively promote and help to implement the organization's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work. Provide strategic and tactical input on a wide range of issues relating to legal and enterprise risk management. Clearly articulate complex legal concepts and options as well as work in coordination with subject-matter experts across the organization to identify and address regulatory developments with a focus on areas of emergent regulation (. carbon markets, human rights, corporate transparency, privacy, and security). Facilitate strategic dialogue with clients and senior-level stakeholders, probing to identify key issues and requirements, negotiating, and developing solutions, and synthesizing plans for action tailored to the audience. Serve as a key advisor to the General Counsel on risks related to their assigned areas of responsibility and areas of expertise. Lead key legal, risk, and compliance management work in Africa and Europe.

Not specified

Health care, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, and other wellbeing benefits

Not specified

Negotiation, Communication, Leadership, Project Management, Legal Research, Risk Assessment

Juris Doctorate or equivalent

Job ID: 55052

Qualification and Experience The candidate should have a Juris Doctorate or equivalent and license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction. Must have 7+ years of relevant legal experience as a general corporate attorney with specific depth and experience with financial transactions, such as joint venture, project finance, M&A, securities law, sovereign debt restructuring, and impact investments. Some global experience across multiple countries and generally well-versed in working across cultures is required. Experience negotiating complex, high-profile, or sensitive transactions and agreements is needed. Experience developing, implementing, and managing diverse projects and implementing strategic program goals is essential. Relevant legal work within some African and European countries is desired. People management experience is ideal. In-house experience is appreciated. Multilingual skills are a plus. Nonprofit experience is ideal.

Legal