Project Legal Advisor

Job Description

• Draft and review agreements, contracts, MOUs, SLAs, and letters of award for the Group and our subsidiary companies in Nigeria.
• Maintain an up-to-date contract schedule for the Group and our subsidiary companies in Nigeria.
• Focus on the commercial business and legal support to ensure that the business has good and solid relationships with all external stakeholders including but not limited to customers, suppliers, distributors, and agents. This will include negotiation and finalization of all agreements, providing advice on the consumer, competition, labour, and all other commercial law.
• Ensure legal due diligence during land/property acquisition; Title investigation & Local legislation.
• Ensure compliance with the Contracts Management Policy, Process, and Procedures.
• Draft and ensure standardization (to the extent possible) of legal documents such as Title transfer deeds, Agreements of sale, Offer letters, Conveyance documents, Lease Deeds, License Agreements, etc.
• Provide in-depth legal opinions on various issues affecting the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Draft and review legal correspondence.
• Conduct legal research and constantly monitor legal and regulatory changes for timely updates and legal analysis.
• Attend and monitor all pending litigations and proceedings involving the Company.
• Attend and monitor all pending law enforcement matters involving the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of the Legal & Company Secretary department.

Qualifications

• LLB and B.L degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of corporate and commercial law is a must-have
• Real estate experience is strongly desired
• Good grasp of relevant laws and hands-on interpretation and application of company secretarial issues.
• Experience interfacing with the law enforcement agency
• Excellent communication, research, presentation, and analysis skills.
• Proven ability to determine priorities, cope with high volumes of work, plan and organize workloads, set targets, meet deadlines, and achieve high-standard results.