Assistant Manager, Legal at Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support periodic Compliance audit of the Group companies.
• Render support on all legal and secretarial needs of the company.
• Render support in the management of the real and intellectual property of the company.
• Assist in the development of guidelines, policies and procedures for the department/company.
• Draft, analyse and review legal agreements, legislation and documents for the Company and all its organs.
• Monitor (internal & external) compliance with laid down guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Provide legal support for heads of departments and units.
• Prepare periodic reports for the department’s consideration.
• Monitor compliance with all legal requirements including contractual and commercial law, health and safety law, environmental law, labour law, etc.
• Monitor, assess ongoing cases and executing the best course of action.
• Serve on Committees or special project vehicles of the company as may be directed by the Head, Legal.
• Conduct appropriate research for all legal cases - legitimacy of asset deals, lawsuit investigations, labour and employment etc.
• Keep track of new updates in corporate and business law.
• Support team leaders in negotiations for contracts with third parties.
• Assist with company secretarial and administrative duties.
• Perform other sundry duties assigned by the Head, Legal.

Qualification

• Minimum of Second Class Upper at LLB and/or BL levels
• LL.M is a clear advantage and could make up for 2:2 both LL.B and B.L

Experience:

• Minimum 3 - 6 years post Call experience at least 2 of which must have been in a top law firm in Nigeria or any Common Law country or in the In-house Legal department of a large business organization, preferably in a manufacturing environment and better still an FMCG company.