Legal Officer

Job Descriptions

• Attend to court matters and matters with the law enforcement agencies.
• Draft and/or review legal letters, contracts and agreements, briefs, notices, circulars, correspondence, orders, reports and other legal forms from individuals, companies, government or third parties, as requested, including all our sites.
• Checks documents or papers for compliance and correction
• Research and prepare legal opinions on various civil matters, including claims for compensation against the company.
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues.
• Ensure the company (all within the Efficacy Group) complies with the Labour Act.
• Prepare, file and plead cases in the Commercial Court in pursuit of amounts owed to the Company.
• Attend to and proofread every content drafted by the Customer Service Officer before posting the same on our social media platforms on request/instruction as the need arises.
• Liaise with and assist external counsel in the discharge of their obligation.
• File oppositions in matters where title is being passed or property is being encumbered, and there are arrears due and payable to the Company.
• Research and prepare legal opinions on various civil matters, including claims for compensation against the Company.
• Attend to all the company’s events and the planning of the same with the Customer Service Officer, as may be required.
• Attend to all legal and corporate meetings, which include clients, vendors and Customers.
• Attend to all the company’s WhatsApp groups and ensure proper compliance on the platform.
• Work with Accounts on statutory documentation.
• Work with Land Assist on clients’ management, documentations, including drafting of Contract Agreement for all Peak sites and any other sites as instructed.
• Maintain a database of the status of all court matters involving the Company.
• Stand in for the legal officer II when absent or out for an official assignment.
• Communicate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority, etc.), creating relations of trust.
• Attend to issues of compliance or welfare as the case may arise, and attend to urgent issues that require solution/intervention by the legal unit.
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s fulllegal rights, as soon as the agreement/contract has been established.
• Draft petitions, review petitions and follow up on petitions, especially with respect to all our estates, staff and vendors.
• Draft subcontractor agreement and ensure the file is open for each of them, follow up on their job execution with the Cost manager.