Legal and Compliance Officer at Beneprojecti Nigeria Limited

Primary Objectives

• Provide authoritative legal advice on a diverse range of highly complex, substantive, and procedural questions on law, which may include those related to Marine, NCDMB, Labour, and Oil and Gas business operations within the region
• Drafting and reviewing major agreements, institutional and operational modalities, legal submissions/motions, and other legal documents
• Apply legal expertise in analyzing a diverse range of complex and unusual legal issues, and problems and developing innovative and creative solutions
• Coordinate, write minutes, and act as secretary at meetings

Responsibilities

• Reviews, drafts and negotiates major current agreements, consulting agreements, special licensing, non-disclosure agreements, terms and amendments for customers
• Drive contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and / or execution; manage contract change control process and related correspondence requiring legal input
• Drafting and vetting of MOA, MOU, Bank guarantee, Indemnity Bonds if any, undertakings and authority letters, vendor contracts, etc.
• Interprets contracts and advice on contractual responsibilities
• Translates complex commercial/legal scenarios into simple language and action plans
• Ensure that the CEO, Senior management team (SMT), and the board are provided updates and reports on a regular basis where necessary
• Any other duties of related responsibilities.

Educational Qualifications

• A minimum of Second Class Lower Degree in Law (LL.B) and must have been called to the Nigerian Bar (B.L)
• At least 2 years legal experience
• Knowledge of the Nigerian Labour Law, Maritime, corporate commercial and public international law
• Excellent management, interpersonal and negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to promote harmonious/cohesive teamwork in a cross-cultural context
• Proven ability to plan long-term organized priorities and work under administrative and programmatic pressure with detail oriented and professional grace
• Highly collaborative and able to establish positive working relationships with senior management and all other stakeholders to maximize cooperation and productivity
• Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint is required.