The Legal and Corporate Affairs Division of the COMESA Secretariat is headed by the Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs, supported by the Legal Affairs Officer and Intellectual Property Coordinator and the Senior Legal Assistant. The Division is the legal advisory arm of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and serves as the Office of the Legal Counsel of the Organization. The function of the Division is to provide legal advisory services to the policy organs of the organization as well as the Secretariat on the operations of the organization in terms of programmes and administrative matters .