Key responsibilities:

• Directing, coordinating and supervising groupwide legal matters.
• Monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring external counsel.
• Ensuring timely filing of statutory returns.
• Preparing legal templates required for business processes and engagements; negotiating contracts with counterparties.
• Identifying and forecasting legal risks and advising on legal risk mitigation.
• Acting as company secretary.
• Attending and maintaining of minutes in respect of group meetings.
• Providing and implementing recommendations on the group’s corporate governance framework, ensuring that the group not only adheres to legal requirements but to global corporate governance best practices.
• Liaising with regulatory and governmental institutions as required.
• Tracking and maintaining records of regulatory developments within the group’s industries and reporting such developments to management.

Requirements

Education:

• A law degree with excellent grades and qualified to practice law in Nigeria.

Experience:

• 5 years post qualification work experience in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment. Strong preference will be given to applicants that have worked in top-tier law firms.

Language Proficiency: English & French (excellent oral & writing skills).

Knowledge and skills:

• Proven law firm or in-house experience and background in Nigerian law and regulations particularly power, employment, project financing, investment law, company law and general corporate advisory.
• Proven background on liaising with regulatory authorities in Nigeria. 
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office applications in particular, MS Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience in managing and dealing with high-profile counterparts with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Commercial awareness.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
• High degree of personal maturity with the ability to lead conversations and negotiate with high profile counterparts.
• Ability to critically analyse complex problems and provide structured solutions.
• Comfortable with working as part of a team.
• Confidentiality.
• Willingness to work flexible hours if necessary.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Possess keen eyes for details.