Legal Counsel
2025-09-05T07:21:40+00:00
AB InBev Africa
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FULL_TIME
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Beverages
Legal
2025-09-12T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
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The Key Purpose of this role is to provide value added legal support to the organisation, assist in identifying and managing legal risk and manage external legal resources, as well as provide advisory services on all legal matters pertaining to the company.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
LITIGATION
- Establish data base of all cases in court, oversee their conduct, negotiate settlement where possible to avoid costs
- Identify appropriate providers of external legal/other services ensuring best value
- Supervise and review progress and ensure agreed outcomes are achieved.
- Manage costs
- Advise developments of all cases through a monthly up-date
CONTRACTS
- Draft, peruse and approve legal documents and undertakings to be concluded between the organisation and third parties.
- Ensuring that the Company’s interests are protected and its liability kept to minimum
CREATING AND PROMOTING LEGAL AWARENESS
- Identifying and promoting awareness of new and old pieces of legislation, regulations or directives impacting on the operations of the business so as to proactively identify risk and problem areas in the business
LEGISLATION & REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
- Monitor and assess all current changes and developments in legislation, especially in respect of legislation affecting the Company.
- Ensure the Company holds all requisite licenses, permits and approvals for lawful operation of its business
- Compliance with Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) listing requirements
OPINIONS AND ADVICE
- Providing the Company and Company employees with regular and ad hoc information having legal content, as well as providing advisory services on various legal matters
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Overseeing and implementing the application for Intellectual Property rights owned by the Company
- Monitoring the Companies Intellectual Property Rights and ensuring that they are not being infringed
- Maintaining the Intellectual Property Register with the Companies registry to ensure that renewals are made in time.
- Reporting on Intellectual Property matters to the group.
DEBT COLLECTION
- Attend to all debt collection matters, to include drawing up of acknowledgements of debt, negotiating settlements, issuing letters of demand, collection of outstanding monies and liaising with external Advocates should same reach litigation.
COMPANY SECRETARIAL
- Provide secretarial services to the Board to include:
- Managing of the preparation collation and distribution of notices, agenda and board packs for board and board committee meetings
- Responsible for managing the preparation of the Annual Report
- Responsible for preparation for the preparation of Annual General Meeting in compliance with the Companies Act
- Taking and keeping an accurate record of the minutes and resolutions of all board meetings and the Annual General Meeting and ensuring all proceedings at such meetings are in conformance with the Articles of Association
- Filing of the minutes of all minutes with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the law
- Managing the statutory requirement of filing of returns with the Companies registry and such other reports as by law required.
- Maintenance of statutory records to ensure company is in compliance
- Monitoring Corporate Governance regulatory and statutory developments to ensure the company is conducting affairs in accordance with best practice.
- Formulating standards and policies in relation to Secretarial practice and corporate governance
- Be the focal point of communication between the company and its non-executive directors and ensure that they are promptly apprised of any information in relation to the Company which is of major significance and is likely to be in the public domain.
- Responsible for monitoring significant share movement in respect of listed shares
- Monitoring and maintaining relations with the Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission and Transfer Secretaries
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Identify self-training needs and address them accordingly
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Work independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- High level of integrity
- Excellent reporting skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Strong technical legal ability
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB).
- Advocate of the High Court & Supreme Court of Zambia
- 5 years post qualification experience
LITIGATION Establish data base of all cases in court, oversee their conduct, negotiate settlement where possible to avoid costs Identify appropriate providers of external legal/other services ensuring best value Supervise and review progress and ensure agreed outcomes are achieved. Manage costs Advise developments of all cases through a monthly up-date CONTRACTS Draft, peruse and approve legal documents and undertakings to be concluded between the organisation and third parties. Ensuring that the Company’s interests are protected and its liability kept to minimum CREATING AND PROMOTING LEGAL AWARENESS Identifying and promoting awareness of new and old pieces of legislation, regulations or directives impacting on the operations of the business so as to proactively identify risk and problem areas in the business LEGISLATION & REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS Monitor and assess all current changes and developments in legislation, especially in respect of legislation affecting the Company. Ensure the Company holds all requisite licenses, permits and approvals for lawful operation of its business Compliance with Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) listing requirements OPINIONS AND ADVICE Providing the Company and Company employees with regular and ad hoc information having legal content, as well as providing advisory services on various legal matters INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Overseeing and implementing the application for Intellectual Property rights owned by the Company Monitoring the Companies Intellectual Property Rights and ensuring that they are not being infringed Maintaining the Intellectual Property Register with the Companies registry to ensure that renewals are made in time. Reporting on Intellectual Property matters to the group. DEBT COLLECTION Attend to all debt collection matters, to include drawing up of acknowledgements of debt, negotiating settlements, issuing letters of demand, collection of outstanding monies and liaising with external Advocates should same reach litigation. COMPANY SECRETARIAL Provide secretarial services to the Board to include: Managing of the preparation collation and distribution of notices, agenda and board packs for board and board committee meetings Responsible for managing the preparation of the Annual Report Responsible for preparation for the preparation of Annual General Meeting in compliance with the Companies Act Taking and keeping an accurate record of the minutes and resolutions of all board meetings and the Annual General Meeting and ensuring all proceedings at such meetings are in conformance with the Articles of Association Filing of the minutes of all minutes with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the law Managing the statutory requirement of filing of returns with the Companies registry and such other reports as by law required. Maintenance of statutory records to ensure company is in compliance Monitoring Corporate Governance regulatory and statutory developments to ensure the company is conducting affairs in accordance with best practice. Formulating standards and policies in relation to Secretarial practice and corporate governance Be the focal point of communication between the company and its non-executive directors and ensure that they are promptly apprised of any information in relation to the Company which is of major significance and is likely to be in the public domain. Responsible for monitoring significant share movement in respect of listed shares Monitoring and maintaining relations with the Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission and Transfer Secretaries PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Identify self-training needs and address them accordingly
Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB). Advocate of the High Court & Supreme Court of Zambia 5 years post qualification experience
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Vacancy title:
Legal Counsel
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Beverages, Category: Legal]
Jobs at:
AB InBev Africa
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 12 2025
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 5 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The Key Purpose of this role is to provide value added legal support to the organisation, assist in identifying and managing legal risk and manage external legal resources, as well as provide advisory services on all legal matters pertaining to the company.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
LITIGATION
- Establish data base of all cases in court, oversee their conduct, negotiate settlement where possible to avoid costs
- Identify appropriate providers of external legal/other services ensuring best value
- Supervise and review progress and ensure agreed outcomes are achieved.
- Manage costs
- Advise developments of all cases through a monthly up-date
CONTRACTS
- Draft, peruse and approve legal documents and undertakings to be concluded between the organisation and third parties.
- Ensuring that the Company’s interests are protected and its liability kept to minimum
CREATING AND PROMOTING LEGAL AWARENESS
- Identifying and promoting awareness of new and old pieces of legislation, regulations or directives impacting on the operations of the business so as to proactively identify risk and problem areas in the business
LEGISLATION & REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
- Monitor and assess all current changes and developments in legislation, especially in respect of legislation affecting the Company.
- Ensure the Company holds all requisite licenses, permits and approvals for lawful operation of its business
- Compliance with Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) listing requirements
OPINIONS AND ADVICE
- Providing the Company and Company employees with regular and ad hoc information having legal content, as well as providing advisory services on various legal matters
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Overseeing and implementing the application for Intellectual Property rights owned by the Company
- Monitoring the Companies Intellectual Property Rights and ensuring that they are not being infringed
- Maintaining the Intellectual Property Register with the Companies registry to ensure that renewals are made in time.
- Reporting on Intellectual Property matters to the group.
DEBT COLLECTION
- Attend to all debt collection matters, to include drawing up of acknowledgements of debt, negotiating settlements, issuing letters of demand, collection of outstanding monies and liaising with external Advocates should same reach litigation.
COMPANY SECRETARIAL
- Provide secretarial services to the Board to include:
- Managing of the preparation collation and distribution of notices, agenda and board packs for board and board committee meetings
- Responsible for managing the preparation of the Annual Report
- Responsible for preparation for the preparation of Annual General Meeting in compliance with the Companies Act
- Taking and keeping an accurate record of the minutes and resolutions of all board meetings and the Annual General Meeting and ensuring all proceedings at such meetings are in conformance with the Articles of Association
- Filing of the minutes of all minutes with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the law
- Managing the statutory requirement of filing of returns with the Companies registry and such other reports as by law required.
- Maintenance of statutory records to ensure company is in compliance
- Monitoring Corporate Governance regulatory and statutory developments to ensure the company is conducting affairs in accordance with best practice.
- Formulating standards and policies in relation to Secretarial practice and corporate governance
- Be the focal point of communication between the company and its non-executive directors and ensure that they are promptly apprised of any information in relation to the Company which is of major significance and is likely to be in the public domain.
- Responsible for monitoring significant share movement in respect of listed shares
- Monitoring and maintaining relations with the Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission and Transfer Secretaries
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Identify self-training needs and address them accordingly
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Work independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- High level of integrity
- Excellent reporting skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Strong technical legal ability
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB).
- Advocate of the High Court & Supreme Court of Zambia
- 5 years post qualification experience
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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