Junior Associate

Job Descriptions

• Conduct legal research on Nigerian case law, arbitration awards, procedural rules, and statutory provisions
• Draft first versions of pleadings, witness statements, demand letters, and arbitration submissions under supervision
• Manage matter files: court calendars, hearing bundles, correspondence files, and document management
• Conduct pre-litigation searches: court registry, corporate registry, and asset tracing research
• Attend court hearings, arbitration sessions, and client meetings and prepare attendance notes
• Assist in preparing clients for hearings: document preparation, chronology drafting, and evidence organisation.
• Prepare first drafts of commercial agreements, ancillary transaction documents, and standard letters under supervision
• Corporate registry searches, title investigations, judgment searches, regulatory compliance checks
• Maintain transaction checklists, closing checklists, and matter management records
• Coordinate document execution: signatures, DocuSign workflows, and maintenance of execution copies
• Conduct legal research on contract law, property law, trust law, and corporate law; prepare research memoranda
• Support preparation of client presentations, pitch materials, and advisory notes.