Senior Legal Manager at Eden Solutions and Resources

Job Description

• We are looking for an experienced executive to provide corporate and balanced legal advisory duties to the Legal Department and effectively meet deadlines accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Review the existing legal cases of the organisation and work upon resolving them
• Provide legal advice to the management and analyse the risks while signing new business deals
• Analyse legal information and do the essential paper work and handle litigation management
• Review contracts and agreements and see to it that they comply with the legal norms
• Drawing up contracts and other legal documents
• Settling disputes and supervise any agreements
• Analyse legal documents, supervise legal assistants, conduct legal research
• Advise the executives and employees on changes to the laws affecting the company
• Provides legal advisory and counselling on other official matters
• Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal cases (labour law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
• Collaborate with management to devise efficient defence strategies
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external lawyers, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company's full legal rights
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and clients
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organisation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Law
• 8-12 years progressive work experience
• Masters (LLM) degree preferred
• Extensive legal experience
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work well within a team and individually
• 35 years & above

Salary
Monthly Pay Range: N350,000 - 500,000