Legal Manager (M/F) | Safi (Morocco)

Job :

Main responsibilities:

• Advise management and legally secure company decisions, operations, and commitments.
• Manage legal issues related to contracts, commercial matters, companies, litigation, and labor law.
• Identify and manage legal risks, proposing pragmatic solutions that balance company protection and business needs.
• Oversee sensitive legal cases and coordinate external counsel when necessary.

Secondary responsibilities:

• Support strategic projects, investments, financing, and tenders.
• Contribute to compliance, regulatory monitoring, and the improvement of internal legal practices.
• Draft, analyze, and negotiate company contracts and commitments, particularly commercial, industrial, purchasing, service, partnership, lease, warranty, and financing agreements.
• Manage pre-litigation and litigation, define strategy, and coordinate lawyers and other external advisors.
• Provide legal support for companies and governance: corporate bodies, powers, delegations, corporate operations, and formalities.
• Assist teams with commercial and labor law issues, especially sensitive cases and disputes.
• Report on legal risks, monitor regulations, and update templates, procedures, and contractual frameworks.
  

Required profile :

• Master's degree in Business Law, Private Law, or equivalent.
• More than 7 years of professional experience, ideally gained in a business law firm; complementary experience in a company is a plus.
• Excellent French and good professional English skills; professional Arabic is a plus.
• Rigor, discernment, analytical and synthesis skills, with a solution-oriented approach and the ability to provide clear and operational recommendations.
• Strong negotiation skills, assertiveness, and a sense of confidentiality, integrity, and professional ethics.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to influence, and capacity for transversal work, with significant exposure to General Management and operational departments.
• Autonomy, responsiveness, and ability to manage multiple strategic and sensitive cases within tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of the company's business and financial challenges.
• Occasional travel to Morocco as needed for cases, projects, and negotiations.