Vacancies in a Group of Companies

• Giving legal support and advice to the Board, Management and other Strategic Business Units [SBUs].
• Providing legal opinion on legislative enactments as it relates to the company’s business and instructing external Solicitors and guiding such Solicitors on litigious matters.
• Giving legal appraisal of Investment proposals, ensuring safety and security of such investments including the preparation and perfection of investment instruments e.g. mortgages, deeds, guarantees, credit facilities, bonds, assignments etc.
• Drafting proposals and vetting of important correspondence initiated by other SBUs such as letters of employment of staff, repudiation of liability, contracts and agreements.
• Liaising with MDAs, professional bodies and regulatory and security institutions such as the CAC, FIRS and the Police.
• Serve as the Secretary to the Board of Directors [BOD] and the Executive Management Committee [EMC] including implementing policies and procedures initiated and approved by the BOD and EMC
• Reports to the CEO

Professional and Personal

• Must have a minimum of a First Degree Law with 10-15 years post Bar Call experience. The candidate should have extensive experience In Commercial Law Practice
• Must possess strong documentation. Project Management, Team Management and Entrepreneurial Skills with good sense of independent judgment, ability to motivate a diverse group of people and exceptional interpersonal, verbal, written, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrate effectiveness in negotiations, interfaces and commercial management of business.
• Demonstrates customer relationships building skills and effective management of resources (human. material, and reputation).
• Ability to identify and analyze risk associated with multitude of exposures that the Company may face and recommend the best and most profitable solutions.
• Ability to speak French language would be an added advantage