Legal Officer at Pal Pensions

Role Objective

• Responsible for the effective and efficient administration of the Company Secretarial and Legal department, provision of legal advisory services support and ensuring effective management of legal and contractual risks.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance in preparing, drafting and vetting all agreements.
• Conduct legal research to assist the Company Secretary in rendering accurate legal opinion and high standard of commercial practice
• Render returns at CAC, submit forms and other Statutory Notices to CAC for filing and obtain certified true copies
• Assist the Company Secretary in proper documentation/ record keeping of all matters
• Update list of contracts, guarantees, indemnities and security documents, titles, leases, licenses etc, and ensure proper records are obtained and kept
• Update list of litigation-cases database regularly and provide monthly reports on cases and law firm handling it
• Assist in preparation, collation and binding of Board Papers
• Conduct investigations internal and external to outline legal issues affecting the Company and proffer solutions
• Provide effective support for the management of the Company Secretariat function including drafting of minutes, resolutions and excerpts of minutes
• Obtain information from departments for briefing external lawyers, where necessary and assist in collating Legal Reports, Documents/Correspondence on Litigation
• Daily monitoring and reporting of news with particular emphasis on industry related news
• Preparation of monthly report of updates on pending litigation(s) on company and the funds for the sign off of the Company Secretary/Legal adviser
• Good grasp of CAMA and PRA 2014 including PenCom Guidelines
• Maintain and update, in conjunction with the Company Secretary, all statutory books for PAL and any other tasks he/she may be required to do

Qualifications

• Minimum of Second Class Bachelor's Degree in Law
• 2 - 4 years working experience
• LLM would be added advantage
• Must be admitted to the Nigerian Bar

Person specification:

• Hands on skills in managing complex relationship in a matrixed environment
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Sound analytical mind
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills