AGROMAP HOLDING is Hiring

Position: LEGAL MANAGER

Categories: Business Law, Private Law, Law

Information on the general framework of the position

AGROMAP HOLDING is a company headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. In Côte d’Ivoire, it owns the subsidiaries AGROMAP NBS, AGROMAP CONSULTING, AGROMAP TECHNOLOGY, and AGROMAP RENEWABLE ENERGY. In the sub-region, it owns AGROMAP GHANA, AGROMAP GUINEA, AGROMAP CAMEROON, and AGROMAP CONGO (Brazzaville). These subsidiaries design and implement sustainability projects through Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), provide agricultural traceability solutions, and conduct environmental studies. These projects have a positive socio-economic impact on smallholder farmers and their communities by helping to improve their resilience to the effects of climate change. As part of its workforce expansion, AGROMAP HOLDING is recruiting a Legal Manager.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CEO of the HOLDING COMPANY, the General Counsel will be responsible for ensuring the legal soundness of all the Group’s operations, playing a strategic role in providing legal advice, risk prevention, and dispute resolution. More specifically, his or her primary responsibilities will include:

Strategic legal advice

• Advise senior management and subsidiary directors on all strategic legal matters;
• Analyze the legal risks associated with strategic decisions, growth initiatives, and new business ventures;
• Actively contribute to executive committee meetings regarding the legal aspects of major projects;
• Notify management of any changes in laws or regulations;

Contract Management and Security

• Draft, review, negotiate, and approve all of the Group’s contracts (including commercial contracts, agreements with national and international lenders, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, and land contracts);
• Set up and manage a centralized contract tracking system;
• Ensure that the clauses are consistent and compliant with OHADA law and national legislation;

Management of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)

• Provide legal guidance on the structuring, negotiation, and monitoring of the Group’s PPPs;
• Analyze PPP regulatory frameworks in the countries where we operate;
• Draft and finalize concession agreements, public service delegation agreements, and co-development agreements;
• Identify and manage risks specific to PPPs (regulatory, public counterparty, termination);
• Represent the Group in negotiations with government agencies and departments

Legal Compliance Monitoring

• Ensure ongoing compliance with the applicable OHADA Uniform Acts;
• Assist management with restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, or the establishment of new entities;
• Oversee the maintenance of companies’ legal records (minutes of general meetings, RCCM filings, amendment documents, etc.);
• Advise on corporate governance and compliance issues;
• Conduct regular legal audits of the Group’s operations, contracts, and practices;
• Identify, assess, and map legal risks by entity and by country;
• Develop and lead internal legal training sessions for operational teams.

HR Support

• Provide support to the HR Department on all legal matters related to personnel management;
• Draft and approve employment contracts, consulting agreements, and memorandums of understanding;
• Advise on disciplinary proceedings, terminations, and labor disputes;
• Ensure that HR practices comply with the Ivorian Labor Code and the laws of the countries where the company operates.

Litigation and Pre-litigation Management

• Manage all of the Group’s disputes and litigation (commercial, labor, real estate, tax, etc.);
• Represent the Group before the competent courts or coordinate with retained counsel;
• Develop and implement strategies for the amicable resolution of disputes;
• Monitor legal and arbitration proceedings.

Profile required

• Master’s degree in Business Law / Private Law or any other related field;
• At least 8 years of successful experience in business law, including at least 3 years at a business law firm or in a corporate legal department, 3 years of experience in OHADA law in French-speaking Africa, and significant experience in public-private partnerships (PPPs) or institutional partnerships;
• Proven, in-depth expertise in business law, contract and obligations law, and public-private partnership (PPP) and concession law;
• Strong skills in legal project management (planning, budget management, monitoring, and evaluation);
• Knowledge of OHADA guarantee and security mechanisms;
• Proficiency in contract drafting techniques;
• Ability to analyze and negotiate complex multi-party contracts.
• Proficiency in computer software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);

Skills & attitudes

• Executive leadership;
• Legal rigor and precision;
• Ability to analyze and synthesize information;
• Autonomy and sense of responsibility;
• Sense of privacy;
• Negotiation and persuasion skills;
• Written and oral communication;
• Stress resilience and priority management

Conditions and benefits

• Position based in Abidjan;
• Start-up as soon as possible.

How to apply

Interested candidates who meet the criteria are asked to send the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae in Word and PDF format;
• Copies of diplomas obtained in relation to the desired profile in PDF format.

Please send your application to the following email address: recrutements@agro-map.com, specifying the job title“Legal Manager” in the subject line, no later than June 11, 2026, at 12:00 a.m.