Google Africa Jobs: Legal Counsel, Sub-Saharan Africa - Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg

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Google Africa is currently recruiting for the following position(s):

Job Title: Legal Counsel, Sub-Saharan Africa - Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg
The area: Legal
Location: Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria or Johannesburg, South Africa

Descriptions:
You'll play a vital role in our growing team by advising the company on a wide range of legal issues throughout the Sub-Saharan African region. You are a technology lawyer by heart and experience; a fully qualified lawyer in the US or the United Kingdom and preferably you are also a fully qualified lawyer in a Sub-Saharan African country.

Responsibilities:
•   Oversee the entire spectrum of legal work in the Sub-Saharan African region.
•   Advise the regional business, product and engineering teams. Consult with other members of Google Legal on any number of challenging legal issues, whether commercial or contentious.
•   Draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements (including content licensing, advertising, online application licensing, mobile distribution and syndication agreements).
•   Prevent and resolve legal disputes.
•   Represent Google before legal and regulatory stakeholders.

Requirements:
•   BA/BSc/LLB degree preferred with a strong academic record.
•   Qualified lawyer with dual qualification in the US or UK and in another country in the Sub-Saharan African region preferred.
•   Strong business judgement and ability to build relationships cross-functionally and across multiple geographies.
•   Excellent written and oral skills in English.
•   Hard working, organised and able to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.
•   Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
•   Flexibility (including some travel), willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters, and a sense of humour!

For more information and application: Legal Counsel, Sub-Saharan Africa - Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg.

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