Legal Associate

2 weeks ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates PepsiCo Full time

Overview

  • Develops and maintains timely business trackers for Legal, Control and Franchise in all FOBO including SKELTA processing and offline channels, coordinating the flow of information relating to control testing, unauthorized exports and sales, compliance with governance processes, and ecase checking.
  • Maintains the corporate data register and liases with all 15 markets to ensure uptodate data is always held.
  • Translates complex Arabic language legal documents into English and advises on the local interpretation of such wording.
  • Leads on the preparation and drafting (under supervision) of all power point presentations needed to provide clear legal advice to the concerned BU markets.
  • Support risk mitigation initiatives such a template reviews, business practice reviews etc.;
  • Preparing draft legal advice (within a confirmed scope of authority and with appropriate supervision) to all stakeholders in relation to all corporate, civil, commercial, and labor law queries that are raised.
  • Undertaking research on a wide range of legal issues and providing legal analyses.
  • Support management of external counsel by coordinating and obtaining country specific legal data/opinions, consolidating multijurisdiction opinions, filing, and searching archived opinions.
  • Document management (e.g., following up on feedback, managing document execution and filing etc.);

Responsibilities

  • To support manager in carrying out all their duties.

Responsibilities (supervised by manager) include:

  • Preparing first draft of legal documentation for Franchise Owned Bottling Operations business.
  • Attending monthly Stagegate meetings, acting as the sole legal representative (from 2021), ensuring all proposed innovations follow legal requirements (eg, Right TMs in place, artwork and packaging approvals, approval memos secured, EBA amendments undertaken if necessary).
  • Acting as first point of contact for all TPDD matters for FOBO Legal thirdparty agreements and then liasing with C&E to ensure all third parties have been duly approved if required.
  • Overseeing sanctioned markets document management and managing OFAC compliance matters to include annual GCS testing, license renewals and governance trackers.
  • Assists Legal Manager in drafting internal executive memos for governance renewals, terminations, new product launches in 7 markets.
  • Assists Legal Manager executing Senior Legal and Senior Franchise leadership with negotiations on governance renewal strategies and developing risk assessments on bottler governance
  • Provides group and 1:1 cross functional CONTROL and SKELTA related training ad hoc to Franchise leadership and all DRs to ensure governance and key controls and SOA enforcement
  • FOBO is a complex BU with multiple market/regulatory environments, sanctioned markets, and war zones. This role requires support for fast turnaround time in accurate contract drafting and management of Franchise documentation to ensure key controls and franchise governance is achieved.

Qualifications

  • Law Degree from a midtop tier school.
  • Preferred to have 3~5 years of experience in law firm or inhouse.
  • Experience in drafting reviewing and negotiating corporate contracts and dealing with suppliers, customers, and different stakeholders.
  • Fluency in English both spoken & written. Arabic language spoken & written is a plus.

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