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# ProudlyCCI
Job Identification
We are looking for a Legal Counsel who will be responsible for for providing legal services to support the operations for achieving business objectives at optimal legal costs under supervision of Legal Manager, located in Erbil, Iraq
What We Expect
- Move beyond functional boundaries to contribute to the overall health and effectiveness of the operation
- Follow up the legal cases filed by and against the company in coordination with the external law firms. To have updated reports and files. İnternal coordination with the internal stakeholders. Review the documents of the legal cases which will be submitted to the courts.
- Assist the legal manager for the governance issues ( GA meeting, BoD meetings...etc.). To have updated documents. Follow up the needed transactions before the Companies Control Department and other authorities.
- Providing the needed legal support and advice to the internal departments.
- Provide proactive legal counsel and services including creative problem solving while keeping legal risks and costs within acceptable limits and overseeing significant legal issues throughout the territories.
- Drafting, vetting and standardization of various agreements and documents. .
- Conduct legal trainings as and when necessary or required.
- Budget management through monitoring of department expenses on monthly basis, especially external counseling expenses
Qualifications
- Advanced level of English
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Law
- 5+ years with corporate law firms and/or as in-house counsel
- Admitted to any reputable Bar Association
- Excellent sense of judgement and analytical skills
- Detail-oriented, creative, with a can do attitude
- Able to work on tight deadlines and multiple projects simultaneously
- Impeccable ethics, integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and result oriented
- Digital Literacy
What We Embrace:
- “People Centered” Focus
- Equal Salary Advocate
- A Globally Diverse/An International Workplace
- Inclusive Team-Building Activities
- Digital Learning Opportunities
- Leadership Exposure With Organizational Events
- Inclusive Language And Culture
- Social Clubs/Networks
- Inclusive/Family-Friendly Policies
Who We Are
CCI is a multinational beverage company operating in Azerbaijan, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. CCI produces, distributes, and sells The Coca-Cola Company's sparkling and still beverages. With 30 bottling plants, 3 fruit processing plants, and more than 10,000 employees in 11 countries, CCI offers a wide range of beverages to a consumer base of 430 million.
Our purpose at CCI is to create value for our employees, customers, consumers, and community. In line with our vision to become the best FMCG company, we put people at the core of everything we do. We achieve successful results with our people who come together as One Team, committing to live by our shared values of passion, integrity, accountability, and teamwork. Our ambition is to become a great place to work, which is inclusive, diverse, and inspiring, with its key organizational and leadership capabilities.
Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our commitment at CCI, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We are proud to become the fourth company to obtain the EQUAL-SALARY global certification and proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, covering in all our countries.
We take responsibility for the future with our Sustainability Commitments for 2030.
Focusing our roadmap on six main areas, including packaging, water, and climate on environmental issues; human rights, diversity & inclusion, and community investments on social issues, we pledged 9 commitments to continuously improve our efforts. To ensure that by the year 2030, 35% of newly hired individuals, 40% of managerial positions, and 50% of executive committee members are comprised of women.
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, sex, color, national or social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, or political opinion.
