Legal Counsel

hace 2 meses


Bogotá, Bogotá D.E., Colombia Yara International A tiempo completo
About the Unit

About Yara: Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Supporting our vision of a world without hunger, we pursue a strategy of sustainable value growth, promoting climate-friendly and high-yielding crop nutrition solutions for the world's farming community and food industry.

Legal

The Legal area is a full-service in-house legal department responsible for a wide range of legal duties. By using our knowledge of Yara's business and its corporate culture, legal proactively assesses and manages risks and deals with the legal matters Yara confront. Members of the Legal deal, to a great extent, with the preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts connected with Yara's business activities, joint venture collaborations, and other major business development projects

Responsibilities

Role Statement and Mission

  • Legally manage in line with the goals and guidelines set forth by Latam entities.
  • Legally monitor compliance on corporate governance by Andean Region and Central America.
  • Ensure standardization of legal documents in the countries.
  • Identify legal risks and legal contingencies.
  • Implement monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
  • Monitor regulatory initiatives and political risks in the region.
  • Monitor Legal-Tax Governance compliance in the region.
  • Act as the point of contact with Legal Americas for Legal Compliance and Legal Ops.
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Provide proactive, fast, effective, high-quality, and business-oriented legal support and advice in key projects.
  • Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws relevant to the business to provide strategic advice and foster compliance.
  • Support compliance of corporate governance of local entities.
  • Support Latam in the centralization of information required to report to Yara Intl or Yara Legal Americas.
  • Update Yara's JV register and Legal Claims reports.
  • Supervise the standardization of legal templates.
  • Centralize and monitor trademarks in Latam.
  • Monitor external counsel where the Legal Department has no seat.
  • Monitor regulatory initiatives and political risks in Latam.
  • Supervise Legal-Tax Governance compliance in Latam.
  • Serve as the point of contact with Legal Americas for Legal Compliance and Legal Ops for the implementation of initiatives in Latam.
  • Support the Latam Legal Director in all initiatives.
  • Provide and implement best practices, contributing to the improvement of processes.
  • Management Duties
  • Leadership: Create alignment across Legal and its interfaces with other areas in the countries.
  • Communication: Collaborate and coordinate with legal peers.

HESQ

  • *Know and comply with the Policy, Safety Principles, guidelines and HESQ standards established by the company, based on the Safe by Choice philosophy, as well as the applicable legal requirements and Know and comply with the other requirements defined in the Matrix of HESQ Responsibilities, associated with their position / role.
Profile

Education

Law degree

Specialization degree: Commercial, Civil or Tax law.

Litigation or labor law skills are a plus but not necessary

Work Experience

At least 7-8 years of relevant legal experience, preferably commercial, civil and tax legal experience in a global law firm.

Knowledge & Skills

Advanced written and spoken English

Office (Excel, power point, word)High Performing

Communicating with Impact

Corporate and business oriented

Risk Analysis, Assessment and Action

Trusted Legal Advice

Temporary position for maternity leave coverage*

Additional Information
Contact details

Ximena Quiroga - Talent Acquisition Expert

Lillyana Cavelier - Legal Director Latam

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