Associate Legal Counsel at Victory Farms

Associate Legal Counsel

Closing on: Feb 20, 2026

Location: Nairobi with travel to other Victory Farms Sites

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Commercial and Contractual Support

Draft, review, and negotiate all commercial contracts including supply agreements, processing and logistics contracts, distributor and customer contracts, NDAs, MOUs, and service agreements.
Track key obligations, renewal dates, and termination rights.

2. Land, Lake and Property Risk

Support the legal management of land purchases and leases, lake use rights and site access, subdivisions, successions, and any title regularization processes.

3. Regulatory and Government Compliance

Advise on and support compliance with fisheries and aquaculture regulations, environmental and water use licenses, county cess, permits, and business licenses, public health and food safety rules.
Interface with County governments, Fisheries authorities, NEMA, regulators, Inspectors and auditors.

4. Employment and Labour Matters

Provide legal support on disciplinary hearings, show-cause and termination processes, and employment classifications (casual, contract, permanent) as well as compliance with overtime, wages, and statutory benefits.
Ensure compliance with Employment Act, Labour Relations law, minimum wage and working hours regulations.

5. Immigration and Expatriate Management

Support legal compliance for work permits and visas, expatriates’ contracts and assignments, Immigration audits and renewals.
Coordinate with the Legal and Immigration Clerk and government agencies.

6. Disputes and Litigation Management

Manage external counsel on cases involving Labour claims, land disputes, commercial and regulatory matters.
Instruct, coordinate, and supervise external counsel.
Prepare legal strategies, pleadings, and settlement positions.

7. Corporate and Governance Support

8. Data, Compliance and Risk

Support the Data Protection Officer on Data Protection Act compliance, investigations and breach responses.
Identify and escalate legal risks that could shut down operations, trigger fines or license loss and damage the company’s reputation

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Post-Graduate Diploma (Advocates Training Programme or equivalent)
Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in Commercial law, Employment and regulatory law, Land or project-based legal work.
Data Protection certification with proven practical experience.
Experience dealing with Government agencies, Regulators, Large operational businesses.
Strong contract drafting and negotiation.
Ability to convert legal principles into actionable business guidance.
High attention to detail and risk awareness.

Benefit:

Visibility into the world’s fastest growing aquaculture company.
Ideal for a candidate looking to dive into a mission-oriented Organization.
The team is committed to the candidate’s success and will provide coaching, mentorship, and unique exposure to people and experiences that come from the most successful leaders in the entrepreneurial community and the social sector.

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