The document describes the role and responsibilities of a Regional Legal Counsel position for a multinational company operating in Africa. It outlines key challenges such as legal and regulatory compliance, management of day-to-day legal affairs without in-house counsel, and ensuring business integrity. The Regional Legal Counsel would handle all corporate and operational legal matters, provide legal advice and solutions to business issues, and manage outside counsel. They would have 10+ years of legal experience in Africa across both common law and civil law jurisdictions, including countries like The Gambia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, Angola and Nigeria.