Legal Officer at Ascentech Services Limited

Location: Kirirkiri, Apapa - Lagos
Industries / Sector: Agriculture, Steel, Agro - Chemical

Job Responsibilities

• Draft a wide variety of legal agreements.
• Provide advice on corporate legal issues and business matters.
• Provide internal advisory services to the business units and departments within the Company.
• Provide commercial legal support to all departmental projects and job functions.
• Ensure the development of service level agreements for service support and delivery.
• Monitor the maintenance of the registers and other records required to be maintained by the Company under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).
• Provide all such other administrative and other secretarial duties as directed by the Legal Counsel & Company Secretary.
• Assist in the development of guidelines, policies, procedures.
• Analyze and review legal agreements, legislation and documents for the Board.
• Ensure (internal & external) compliance with laid down guidelines, policies and procedures; investigate issues of non-compliance as may be required.
• Review and advice management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.
• Any other duties as may be assigned.
• Collaborate with management to devise efficient defense strategies
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s fulllegal rights
• Conduct your work with integrity and responsibility
• Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation

Job Requirements

• B.Sc Degree in Law or J.D. degree
• 2 to 4 years’ experience
• Proven experience as a Legal Counsel in business environment
• Excellent knowledge and understanding ofcorporate law and procedures
• Full comprehension of theinfluences of the external environment of a corporation
• Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Sound judgement andability to analyze situations and information
• Outstandingcommunication skills.