Role Overview
The Legal Manager will support the Legal Leadership team in providing proactive, commercially focused legal advisory services while ensuring effective management of legal, regulatory, and contractual risks across the General Insurance, Partnerships & Digital, and Britam Microinsurance business units. The role is responsible for safeguarding the organization’s interests by ensuring compliance with applicable laws, strengthening contractual governance, and supporting business growth through sound legal guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Legal Advisory: Provide timely and practical legal counsel to the assigned business segments to support strategic and operational objectives.
- Risk Mitigation: Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks arising from business activities in collaboration with business leaders.
- Compliance Oversight: Ensure that all business activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Governance Frameworks: Undertake legal reviews and provide guidance on key policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
- Contract Management: Review all contracts and related documentation to evaluate legal implications and escalate critical risks to senior management. Draft, review, and negotiate contractual instruments to support partnerships, digital initiatives, insurance operations, and microinsurance programs.
- Litigation Management: Monitor the progress of outstanding litigation and manage relationships with external counsel. Review ongoing cases and advise management on exposure, strategy, and potential outcomes.
- Cost Efficiency: Monitor legal fees and expenses from external advisors and recommend cost-effective approaches.
- Internal Support: Liaise with internal departments to ensure appropriate action is taken where legal risks have been identified.
- Training & Research: Conduct legal research and investigations, develop well-reasoned oral and written advice, and conduct training to promote awareness of legal and regulatory requirements.
- Strategic Structuring: Support business teams in structuring transactions and partnerships in a legally sound manner.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree.
- Postgraduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law (KSL).
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate.
- 7–10 years of progressive legal experience in a busy, fast-paced organization, preferably within financial services or insurance.
- Demonstrated experience in contract negotiation, litigation management, and legal advisory.
- Exposure to microinsurance frameworks will be an added advantage.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online via the Britam Taleo portal through the following link: https://www.myjobmag.co.ke/apply-now/1155143
