Senior Associate Legal Advisor at NTT Ltd

The Senior Associate Legal Advisor is a developing subject matter expert who provides Legal support on engagements of moderate legal complexity and/or scope, often varied and non-routine where analysis requires a review of a variety of factors. This role focuses on providing standard professional advice and creating initial analysis and solutions for review and may assist with the analysis of Legal documents or other assignments.

What you’ll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides standard legal support to business and/or operations.
• Prepare and offer credible and reliable legal opinion and advice
• Supports the team with the implementation of internal and sector specific policies and the dissemination of regulatory information within the assigned operating unit.
• Contract cycle management including negotiations and reviews to protect company interest
• May support other Legal Counsels in the team or functional area.
• Prepares regular reports on the status of legal issues being dealt with based on detailed instructions and templates.
• Performs such legal work as may be assigned by Senior Legal Advisor/Management.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Possesses legal qualifications and may have some legal practice experience.
• Able to review and provide standard advice on simple agreements and/or on a specific functional area or legal discipline.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain good stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues.
• Ability to work in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to manage urgent tasks simultaneously.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Law.
• Post graduate diploma in law
• Current practising certificate and in good standing with LSK

Required Experience:

• 2-4 years post admission experience in a similar role as an in- house counsel or in a law firm dealing with corporate/commercial law practise.
• contract review, negotiation and life cycle management
• demonstrated success in providing sound legal advice and support.
• esolves and assesses a wide range of issues in creative ways and suggests variations in approach.