Legal Counsel

Job Purpose:

• Provide ongoing support to the Manager (Legal Advisory) and Group companies. • Advise on contracts, regulatory compliance, risk management, and dispute-related matters. • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and operational contracts to protect the Group’s interests. • Monitor and share legal and regulatory updates relevant to the Group’s businesses. • Liaise with external counsel on advisory, transactional, and dispute matters. • Act as a trusted legal advisor on matters with significant legal, financial, or reputational impact.

Key Accountabilities & Performance Indicators:

Description Performance Indicators

Legal Advisory & Risk Management

· Draft, review, and negotiate contracts,

agreements, MOUs, NDAs, and other

legal documentation.

· Provide legal advice on existing

contracts, operational matters, and

proposed transactions.

· Identify, assess, and highlight legal

risks and exposures, and propose

practical mitigation measures.

· Conduct legal research on laws,

regulations, and procedures and

render clear, commercially sound

legal opinions.

· Support internal stakeholders by

providing timely and pragmatic legal

guidance. i. Accurate, timely, and commercially aligned legal advice and documentation. ii. Clear identification and mitigation of legal risks. iii. Quality and depth of legal research and opinions. iv. Effective support to business and operational teams.

Contract review, drafting and negotiation

· Review, draft, and negotiate

commercial, procurement, services,

and other operational contracts.

· Ensure contracts are aligned with

internal policies, risk appetite, and

applicable laws.

· Support contract lifecycle

management, including amendments,

renewals, and terminations.

· Flag deviations from standard terms

and advise on legal and commercial

implications.

i. Quality and robustness of contracts and negotiated positions. ii. Timely turnaround of contract reviews. iii. Reduction in contractual risk exposure. iv. Effective coordination with business stakeholders.

Creating and maintaining a database of

laws and updating the same. i. To put in place a database and regularly update relevant laws for the Legal department.

· Create, maintain, and regularly update a database of applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. · Track legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Group’s businesses. · Share relevant legal updates and implications with the Manager (Legal Advisory) and relevant business teams. · Support compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws. ii. Share relevant laws and updates with the Manager (litigation advisory) and the relevant business. iii. Ensure compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, and applicable laws.

Support to Manager (Legal Advisory) &

Strategic Matters

• Assist the Manager (Legal Advisory) on

complex, high-impact, or sensitive

legal matters.

• Support cross-functional initiatives,

transactions, and projects requiring

legal input.

• Contribute to continuous

improvement of legal processes,

templates, and best practices.

i. Quality and reliability of support to the Manager (Legal Advisory). ii. Responsiveness on high-priority matters. iii. Contribution to improved legal efficiency and risk