Legal Counsel (Fluent French)

At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value. We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel (Fluent French)

Job ID: 324724
Location: Abuja
Categories: Legal
Grade Level (for internal use): 10

About the Role
The?Team:

• You will work in a high-energy, client-facing, multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment and will have the opportunity to apply and develop negotiation and drafting skills, work in a collaborative environment and be part of a team that provides crucial support to the organisation across multiple countries and legal systems.
• This position reports to Head of S&P Global Energy Legal – EMEA.

Responsibilities and Impact

• You will be responding to internal client inquiries, providing valuable support in the handling of legal matters and in all aspects of the contract process, reviewing contracts, training the commercial organisation on legal and contracting procedures, negotiating and drafting contracts for financial information and analytical products and services and assisting with special projects outside of routine client facing contracting as needed.
• Strategic, emotionally intelligent thinker with an ability of instilling trust and confidence in cross-functional and cross-divisional team members and stakeholders
• Primary responsibility for legal negotiation and advice on complex commercial agreements and related matters impacting products and services.
• Draft, negotiate and assess data rights for a variety of agreements, including but not limited to, complex distribution, channel partner and strategic agreements, customer agreements for products and services, services, data and technology vendor agreements, and marketing agreements
• Ensure that the Company’s intellectual property and general practices are protected, and liability and risk exposure are mitigated
• Identification, enforcement and training on appropriate policies and procedures, including areas concerning competition law, privacy and other regulatory matters.

Qualifications/Experience

• Law Degree and 5+ years of experience in-house or at a law firm working with in-house clients; in-house experience is a plus.
• Fluency in both French and English is essential. The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in both languages
• We welcome applications from citizens of Nigeria and citizens of other ECOWAS member states; selection is subject to verification of citizenship and work eligibility.
• Ability to work independently while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively across functions and departments.
• Requires a practical, business-oriented approach to problem-solving and effectively counsel internal clients by providing them with clear, concise and pragmatic advice and creative solutions where necessary to meet their business needs.
• Strong working knowledge of contract, intellectual property law and an understanding of the international laws of the jurisdictions. This includes protection of copyright and other proprietary rights, data privacy, warranties, indemnification, disclaimer of liability and information reuse provisions.