Legal Officer at United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Reference No: #RMD004
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Contract Type: Permanent
Industries: Banking / Finance & Investment

Introduction

• Group Risk Management Directorate strives to achieve sound corporate governance, robust compliance and effective risk management processes for credit, market and liquidity.
• Strategies deployed help build robust capital management, effective risk monitoring and proactive risk mitigation.

Job Functions

• Advisory, Analytics, Communications, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Research

Specification/Responsibilities

• Render legal opinions to other sectors of the Bank.
• Oversee the preparation of legal agreements, opinions and other documents and review same.
• Monitor proposed legislation, review new legislation and advise on the impact for the Bank.
• Oversee the litigation portfolio of the Bank including debt recovery litigation.
• Review out-of-court settlement proposals and concessions on debt recovery accounts.
• Oversee the perfection of legal documents, maintain Bank's securities database and oversee management of the Bank's collateral documents.
• Oversee the Bank's relationship with external solicitors including selection of solicitors, negotiation of retainer agreements and approval of solicitors' bills for professional services.
• Disseminate information within the Bank on frequently arising legal issues .
• Participate in meetings of various other committees, Bank activities and inter-sectoral meetings as required.
• Generate various reports, policy documents, etc as required by Executive Management or the Board.
• Tract workflow of departments and units to ensure timely delivery of servic

Requirements
Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years post-NYSC experience

Educational Qualification:

• Minimum of Second Class Lower degree in Law (LLB)
• Minimum of Second Class Lower from Law School (BL)