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Jacques Bakotoken

Jacques Bakotoken

DOUALA,CAMEROUN

Summary

Accomplished legal professional with extensive expertise in legal risks assessment, contracts drafting, and crisis management. Proficient in managing tax litigation and ensuring compliance with local laws and internal policies. Demonstrated success in preparing and managing company secretariat activities, including board meetings, while effectively handling dispute resolutions. Skilled in digital security and organisation of legal raids, aiming to leverage these competencies to enhance corporate governance and risk management strategies. Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results. Loyal employee with solid understanding of training and mentoring employees. Dedicated team player, proactive and hands-on in task completion. Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organisation skills. Seeks solutions to problems and applies extensive analytical knowledge to findings. Adept at multi-tasking, leading group discussions and managing projects.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Head of Legal Affairs

TotalEnergies Marketing Cameroon S.A.
03.2023 - 05.2026
  • Litigation Management and managing outside counsel and legal service providers (more than 300 files representing risk of 100 billions CFA francs);
  • Manage over 150 landlords claims per day;
  • Suscessful completion of sale of securities in amount of 900 million CFA francs;
  • 90% of court won with lawyers;
  • Real estate asset management;
  • Contracts management;
  • Organization of statutory meetings;
  • Tax litigation management;
  • Crisis management and legal advices;
  • Legal risks assessment and management.

Legal Officer

TotalEnergies Marketing Cameroon S.A. (subsidiary of TotalEnergies)
05.2017 - 03.2023
  • Contracts negotiation, drafting, registration and renewal;
  • Establish training programm for teams on techniques for drafting and analyzing contractual clauses;
  • Regulatory monitoring (collection, analysis and transmission of legal documents to teams);
  • Raising awareness of teams on impacts of news concerning company's activities;
  • Management of legal and administrative litigation;
  • Management of relationship with lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, police officers ;
  • Protect company interests related to voluntary appeal in relevant commissions;
  • Drafting of administrative letters (more than 80% signed by CEO);
  • Organization and participation in legal raids;
  • Legal Secretariat (Board of Directors, General Meeting, handling of shareholders complaints);
  • Handling of customers, suppliers and partners complaints in order to avoid disputes;
  • Performed to Debts collection;
  • Provision of regulatory framework for company's games, raffles and competitions;
  • Handling of complaints relating to local taxation (taxes, OYTV, advertising fee, etc.).

Legal Officer in Charge of Litigation, Legal, Litigation and Insurance Division

DIT S.A. (Douala International Terminal), consortium APM T / MOLLER TERMINAL (APM T) / BOLLORE AFRICA LOGISTICS
08.2013 - 05.2017
  • Contracts drafting, monitoring and digital security;
  • Preparation of briefs and slips of documents for litigation files;
  • Protection of the company rights and interests before the courts;
  • Contractualization of all the company's relationships with foreign and national partners;
  • Drafting of administrative letters (more than 70% signed by the CEO);
  • Management of the relationship with the company counsels;
  • Diligence, advice and permanent legal monitoring in all areas affecting the life of the company;
  • Amicable recovery of the company's debts;
  • Training of operational staff on the prevention of risks linked to damage to containers;
  • Processing of importer complaint files;
  • Systematic declaration of claims to the company's insurance companies (via brokers).

Legal Advisor

BILLONG Elcana Law Firm
09.2011 - 07.2013
  • Permanent regulatory monitoring and documentary research;
  • Representation of the firm at hearings and drafting of reports to be sent to the firm's clients;
  • Monitoring of disputes between the firm's clients and insurance companies (traffic accidents, etc.) before the courts;
  • Consultation and opening of litigation files;
  • Preparation of defense areas for the firm's files;
  • Drafting of procedural documents (order to pay, opposition to order to pay, briefs, conclusions, summons, order, etc.);
  • Preparation of transactional agreements protocols;
  • Contracts drafting.

Legal Advisor

SENDE at NKONGO Law Firm
08.2010 - 06.2011
  • Files opening;
  • Management of initials, files classification and archiving;
  • Preparation of notes of understanding and opinions relating to disputes;
  • Representation of firm before courts and administrations;
  • Participation in research and development of customer defense strategies;
  • Reports drafting and administrative correspondence;
  • Preparation of procedural documents.

Education

Master II - Tax administration

University of Douala
01.2021 - 05.2026

DESS - Corporate Lawyer

University of Douala
01.2012 - 01.2013

Master II - Business Law

University of Douala
01.2010 - 01.2011

Bachelor - Law

University of Douala
01.2008 - 01.2009

Skills

  • Legal risks assessment and management;
  • Contracts drafting, monitoring and digital security;
  • Crisis management and legal advices;
  • Tax litigation management;
  • Prepare and manage company secretariat activities including boards meetings;
  • Advice on legal risks and ensure compliance with local laws and internal policies;
  • Managing disputes resolutions
  • Organization and participation in legal raids;

Certification

  • Certification of association of corporate counsel credentialing institute;
  • Training in logistics and regulatory monitoring led by CADEV;
  • Training on lean management led by the company TotalEnergies;
  • Training on arbitration led by CADEV;
  • Training on legal secretariat world by the MAZARS Firm;

Languages

French, English

Hobbies

sports et leisure, human developement, politics

Driving licence

B Category

Computing

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet ...

Timeline

Head of Legal Affairs

TotalEnergies Marketing Cameroon S.A.
03.2023 - 05.2026

Master II - Tax administration

University of Douala
01.2021 - 05.2026

Legal Officer

TotalEnergies Marketing Cameroon S.A. (subsidiary of TotalEnergies)
05.2017 - 03.2023

Legal Officer in Charge of Litigation, Legal, Litigation and Insurance Division

DIT S.A. (Douala International Terminal), consortium APM T / MOLLER TERMINAL (APM T) / BOLLORE AFRICA LOGISTICS
08.2013 - 05.2017

DESS - Corporate Lawyer

University of Douala
01.2012 - 01.2013

Legal Advisor

BILLONG Elcana Law Firm
09.2011 - 07.2013

Legal Advisor

SENDE at NKONGO Law Firm
08.2010 - 06.2011

Master II - Business Law

University of Douala
01.2010 - 01.2011

Bachelor - Law

University of Douala
01.2008 - 01.2009
Jacques Bakotoken