Legal Officer at Petrok Oil and Gas

Job Summary

• Maintain all legal documentation within the department ensuring proper filing and completeness.
• Follow up with relevant departments on outstanding legal documents/responses.
• Drafting and Vetting of all legal documents and coordination with lawyers to ensure documents are legally sound.
• Assists in the preparation of legal contracts, briefs, deeds, leases, and other legal papers
• Researches relevant statutes, rulings, and precedents to be used as a basis for responding to legal opinions or preparing briefs
• Prepares and drafts all legal documents and agreements relating to Rainoil’s operations (e.g. supplier contracts, insurance contracts, employee contracts, service level agreements) for review by the GM.
• Drafts legal agreements and prepares case notes, headnotes, and index entries describing the company’s final decisions and orders for the review of the Head, Legal
• Provides useful inputs in the formulation of deals and contracts
• Prepares all relevant documents for needed filing of statutory reports
• Collects legal journals, circulars, communiqués, legal documents and other correspondences
• Maintains all legal documentation within the department ensuring proper filing and completeness
• Follows up with relevant departments on outstanding legal documents/responses
• Works to ensure the protection of intellectual property across all Units
• Provides general legal advice to the organisation’s daily operations
• Ensures that the appropriate statutory returns are made within the stipulated deadline
• Drafting and Vetting of all legal documents and coordination with lawyers to ensure documents are legally sound.
• Management of all Consultant Contracts
• Liaison with Government Offices and Consultant Lawyers.
• Visit competent Authorities for documentation, follow-up, and keeping the record of the same