Legal & Compliance Officer at Cornerstone Insurance PLC

Responsibilities

• Review and provide legal advice on all contract documents.
• Review ongoing cases and advice management accordingly.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action taken.
• Provide legal protection and risk management especially on contract management.
• Provide and interpret legal information and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff.

Litigation Management:

• Review progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external Lawyers.

Contract Negotiation:

• Review all contracts or any other documentation where the Company has committed itself and assess legal implications that need to be brought to the executive management’s attention.
• Prepare, review and modify contractual instruments to assist and support various business activities.
• Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions and prepare and advise on the necessary checklist to be adopted to ensure information is submitted on time.

Compliance:

• Provide support to the compliance function as may be required from time to time

Administrative Duties:

• Ensure appropriate record keeping and documentations of information.

Job Requirements

Education:

• LL.B (Hons.) B.L
• LLM will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of Windows, Power Point, Word and Excel or similar programs required.