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Job Description
Job Descriptions
- Provide practical legal advice on corporate, commercial, regulatory, labour, tax, and operational matters across the company's business pillars.
- Advise the CEO and senior management on the legal implications and risk profile of key business decisions, transactions, partnerships, and new initiatives.
- Interpret and apply relevant Nigerian laws and regulations, includingCAMA, FCCPA, tax, labour, and sector-specific regulations.
- Prepare legal opinions and risk assessments for proposed transactions, business lines, and market entries.
- Monitor changes in legislation and regulatory requirements and advise management on their impact and required actions.
- Conduct periodic legal risk reviews across business units and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, MOUs, SLAs, NDAs, vendor agreements, employment contracts, and other legal documents.
- Review SLAs and commercial agreements to identify onerous clauses, liability exposure, unfavourable terms, and other contractual risks.
- Support negotiations with vendors, clients, partners, and other counterparties to secure commercially favourable and legally sound terms.
- Maintain a central contract register covering key obligations, renewal/expiry dates, and contractual commitments.
- Standardize and maintain commonly used legal and contract templates.
- Monitor contractual obligations and ensure potential breaches, disputes, and other exposures are promptly escalated and addressed.
- Serve as the primary liaison with external lawyers and law firms on litigation, regulatory matters, filings, and specialized legal assignments.
- Manage external counsel instructions, performance, costs, legal fees, and invoices to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery.
- Coordinate court processes, filings, and litigation matters with external counsel while keeping management informed of developments and potential exposure.
- Evaluate and recommend external legal counsel based on expertise, track record, service quality, and cost.
- Ensure timely responses to legal notices, regulatory correspondence, and letters before action.
- Maintain an up-to-date register of litigation and other legal matters, including status, next steps, and financial exposure..
Requirements
Requirements
- LL.B (Bachelor of Laws) and Call to the Nigerian Bar (B.L) are required.
- Minimum of 5 years post-call experience in corporate/commercial law, gained in a reputable law firm or in-house legal environment.
- Demonstrable experience incontract drafting/review, SLA management, legal advisory, regulatory compliance, litigation coordination, and corporate governance.
- LL.M or relevant professional certification in corporate/commercial law is an added advantage.
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian corporate and commercial law, contract law, labour law, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.
- Excellent legal drafting, contract negotiation, legal research, and analytical skills.
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong organizational, project management, attention-to-detail, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage external counsel effectively and handle confidential and sensitive matters with a high level of integrity and discretion.
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