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Job DescriptionsCounsel clients on their rights, obligations, and the best course of action under the law.Advocate for clients, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses during trials or hearings.Prepare contracts, wills, deeds, lawsuits, and appeals to ensure legal compliance.Investigate case law, regulations, and statutes to build strong arguments.Settle disputes and negotiate terms between opposing parties outside of court.

Job DescriptionsProvide timely legal advice to the Estate Manager, Facility Management team, management, and other relevant stakeholders on estate-related matters.Monitor compliance with applicable laws, regulations, statutory requirements, and estate policies.Identify potential legal risks arising from estate operations and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.Review and advise on policies, procedures, notices, circulars, and communications issued to residents, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders.Maintain awareness of relevant changes in property, tenancy, labour, environmental, health and safety, and other applicable legislation.Review and manage tenancy, lease, occupancy, renewal, termination, and related documentation.Provide legal guidance on resident complaints, breaches of estate rules, unauthorized occupation, subletting, alterations, and other occupancy-related matters.Support the enforcement of estate rules and regulations in a fair, consistent, and legally compliant manner.Draft warning letters, breach notices, demand notices, notices to comply, and other legal correspondence.Advise management on appropriate actions relating to defaulting residents and other occupants.

Job DescriptionsDraft and/or review legal documents, contracts, term sheets, offer letters, agreement to lease, deed of sublease, procurement agreement, utilities agreements, construction and infrastructure development, financing and other corporate documents etc.Identification of potential risk factors for new and existing transactions and suggesting mitigation measures.Provide litigation and court process drafting support to the Head of Legal.Assist in the review of the Corporate Governance Handbook (CGHB).Preparation of Board materials for Board meetings.Taking of minutes of Board meetings.Drafting and reviewing board resolutions and extracts.Assist with company secretarial functions, such as statutory filling and updating company records on an ongoing basis in a timely manner (jointly with the Head of Legal).Conduct and commission research and analysis of specific legal questions and preparation of information memoranda, opinions, position papers and, any other legal research as may be required.Monitoring Nigerian legislation as well as advising on the impact of existing and newly enacted legislation on the Company’s business.Following up and ensuring that all board action points are met immediately after the Board meetings.Ensuring that the central storage (Egnyte) for all key corporate documents are kept up to date (e.g. constitutional documents, title documents, board materials, key correspondence or letters, key financing and commercial agreements), jointly with the Head of Legal).Provide sound advice on compliance matters to the various units and departments.Assist with the preparation and submission of regulatory filings.Undertake periodic audits to identify gaps in compliance processes.Track and ensure timely remediation of compliance issue to ensure that the Company’s business is compliant with all relevant legal, regulatory and the contractual obligations.Assist in developing, maintaining and updating internal compliance policies and procedures.Coordinate and deliver compliance training sessions for employees on topics such as anti-bribery & corruption, anti-money laundering, conflicts of interest etc.