Legal Counsel- Africa

4 weeks ago

القاهرة, Egypt Bridgestone Full time

**Legal Counsel
- Africa**:
**POSITION SNAPSHOT**:

- JobReq ID: 53240- Type of work: Hybrid- Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent- Full/Part Time: Full time- Location: Cairo, EG:
**Our company**:
Tokyo-headquartered Bridgestone Corporation is the one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tires and other rubber products as one in five vehicles in the world drives on our Bridgestone, Firestone or Dayton tires. We employ over 140,000 people around the world and sell our products in more than 150 countries.

Bridgestone Middle East & Africa (BSMEA) operates from locations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, CIS, Ivory Coast & Kenya. From these locations BSMEA covers 68 markets.

**Summary**:
The Legal Counsel reports directly to the Director of Legal and Compliance in Africa and Middle East and will have a dotted line reporting to the Regional Director for Africa. The role will be based in our office in Cairo, Egypt.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Drafting, reviewing and supporting negotiation of business agreements and transactions such as (but not limited to) customer sales contracts, strategic alliance agreements, public tenders, franchises and distribution agreements.
- advising the business on all legal matters and drive solutions.
- Providing hands on legal advice on regulatory, privacy, antitrust and advertising/promotional matters - in conjunction with the regulatory experts in the BSMEA legal team and the Chief Compliance Officer.
- Supporting coordination of any restructuring of our legal entity structure and set up in the region.
- Driving legal and compliance projects to improve efficiency and business responsibility, including using influencing skills to achieve buy-in from all levels of the business.
- Data protection officer for Jordan
- All MEA IP issues

**Required Qualifications / Capabilities**:

- JD,L.L.B( Or Equivalent)
- 6 -8 years’ PQE experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Good commercial awareness and pragmatic point of view.
- An ability to work in a team at all levels of seniority within Bridgestone and outside.
- Strong values in line with Bridgestone’s Leadership Essence and behaviors
- High level of business and personal ethics.

**Preffered Qualifications/Capabilities**:

- Admission as an attorney or Equivalent
- Proficient knowledge of Arabic and/or French is a strong plus.
- Prior Government relations experience is a strong plus
- Knowledge of the automotive industry is a strong plus.
- Experience in an industrial B2B setting and/or retail experience is desired.
- Excellent Knowledge of MS Office Tools.

**Experience**
- At least 3 years of business law expreince at alarge law firm or corporate/commercial Legal department in-house.
- Previous experience in identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively.
- Previous experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in a fast paced environment.
- Previous experience in legal compliance specifically in relation to sanctions and bribery and corruption.

**Bridgestone BEHAVIORS**
- Agility - to work in a matrix and complex environment where change happens at a rapid pace
- Courage - to share ideas, think out of the box
- Ownership - to see the bigger picture and take ownership by thinking and acting beyond the role

**Bridgestone LEADERSHIP ESSENCE**
- **Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision**: Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction
- **Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others**: Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
- **Promotes and enhances company culture**: Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs
- **Effectively manages across cultures**: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
- **Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence**:Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Understands emotions and their effects
- **Embraces and leads change and innovation**:Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization
- **Identifies and develops organizational talent**:Attracts high calibre diverse talent, leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on-going development and collaboration

**MORE INFORMATION**:
**We are looking forward to hearing from you**

**DISCLAIMER**:
Diversity and inclusion are a central part of Bridgestone EMEA’s values at the highest level. This is key for our people to show a passion for excellenc

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