Jobs at Pivotage Consulting

Ref Id: BS/005/LA
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria.
Type: Full Time
Job Category: Experienced

Summary / Objective

• The Real Estate & Corporate Finance Legal Associate will be the driving force of the legal department and handle all legal company correspondences, including liaising with external counsel and will work closely with managing partners and team members.

Job Responsibilities

• Liaising with the external solicitor and take ownership of the company’s legal activities.
• Drafting, reviewing, vetting and executing all legal instrument for the company.
• Giving sound legal opinion and advisory to the management and stakeholders.
• Attending company meetings that involve compliance and legal implications, including transactions, negotiations and Board meeting.
• Taking ownership of sensitive legal and compliance documents.
• Driving the company’s legal and compliance processes.
• Liaising with clients in contract drafting and reviewing and ensure successful execution.
• Liaising with external solicitors to ensure efficient and successful closure to litigation matters.
• Filing of company’s returns in accordance with the Companies and Allied Matters Act.
• Handling all police affairs where applicable for the company.
• Undertaking searches in Land Registry.
• Providing legal advice concerning the company’s matter including but not limited to business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
• Interpreting laws, rulings and regulations for the company.
• Representing the company in court or before government agencies.
• Searching for and examining public and other legal records to write opinions or establish ownership.
• Performing administrative and management functions related to the practice of law.
• Communicating with the company’s clients as may be required from time to time.
• Conducting research and analysis of legal problems.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications and Requirements

• The candidate is required to have a minimum of 5 - 10 Years’ Experience.
• Specialist experience in Real Estate and Corporate finance legal advisory.
• Candidates must have a broad knowledge of the law, time management, and sense of ownership for the job.  
• Experience of standard forms of contract
• Applicants should possess or hold an LLB degree from a reputable university and a BL from Nigerian Law School. Possession of LLM added advantage.
• Professional member of the Nigerian Bar Association.

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Ref No: SEH/1002/IMM
Location: Lekki, Lagos State
Career: Senior level

Job Summary

• The Senior strategist develops, explores and provide the team with information gleaned from researching markets for relevant data on the product, target audience and strategy as well as presenting strategic concepts recommendations for a range of clients to ensuring quality is never compromised.

Job Responsibilities
The key responsibilities for this role include:

• Providing the creative team with a clearly defined strategy that contains concise information on the product, target audience and strategy so that they can develop creative ideas applicable to the media channels that will promote the idea most effectively.
• Developing concepts in conjunction with the creative team (creative director, Copywriters, creative designers) for clients.
• Giving a comprehensive framework for advertising strategies by analyzing a wide range of information in great detail, including demographics, socio-economics and the market for the client’s product as well as market share.
• Researching on and developing strategic concepts for new businesses.
• Conducting client surveys and other types of research to gauge the overall level of client satisfaction and address areas of concern.
• Carrying out researches using the internet and other identified sources to keep the team up-to-date with issues/events/changes in the external environment that could impact new and existing business opportunities.
• Exploring a variety of market research data to monitor cultural and social trends and their impact on consumers’ attitudes, behaviors and perceptions.
• Developing strategic plans for campaigns, and ensure the creative work not only fits the brand but is also strategically focused.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
• Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Requirements

• BSc, BA, or HND in Marketing or relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 5 - 7 years’ experiences in similar role.
• Excellent ability to carry out adequate research.
• Ability to come up with creative marketing strategies for clients.
• Must possess strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Must have proficient knowledge/experience of digital marketing.
• Knowledge/experience of media planning.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely; both verbally and in writing.

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Job ref.: LY/135/GO
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Reports to: CEO.

Job Responsibilities.

• Evaluating findings and developing strategies and arguments in preparation and presentation of cases.
• Gathering evidence to formulate defence or to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case.
• Examining legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
• Advising clients of the legal and business implications of proposed transactions, anticipating legal and contractual concerns and devising strategies to resolve them.
• Providing expert advice on Joint Ventures and other partnership arrangements and be capable of drafting all relevant documentation.
• Conducting and concluding contractual negotiations on behalf of various clients.
• Liaising with lawyers in other parts of Legal or elsewhere in the Group to ensure a coordinated input of legal advice to the client.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with key clients.
• Protecting the company interests, by ensuring all necessary checks and investigations are undertaken (e.g. undertaking all necessary due diligence/disclosure exercises as appropriate).
• Responding to court processes that need a reaction at least 72 hours before deadline so as to enable adequate review before filing
• Ensuring all documentation prepared is error proof, grammatically and in other respect and to this end, at least one other team member must double check prepared processes for accuracy.
• Notifying Clients, subject to supervisor/partner’s approval of every development in cases assigned to team.
• Reading Judgments and decisions in all cases handled by the firm as such decisions are delivered.
• Overseeing and managing product liability litigation caseload and other cases of company-wide significance.
• Developing and executing litigation strategy, manage discovery obligations, manage outside counsel, determine proper case disposition, and monitor litigation budgets expenses.
• Evaluating and managing pre-litigation disputes.
• Advising business units concerning various matters, including product warnings, product use instructions, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Leading or participating in significant internal investigations.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Requirements

• A good academic qualification with at least a second class upper degree from a recognized university and the Nigerian Law School. Relevant post graduate qualifications will be an added advantage.
• 8+ years active experience in litigation and alternative dispute resolution
• Relevant post graduate qualifications will be an added advantage.
• Ability to handle complex litigation cases, such as trials at the State and Federal High Courts, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and confirmation on the number of cases concluded or appeals argued.
• Strong legal ability, a practical commercial approach and excellent drafting and communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Remuneration
Open to negotiation.