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20 October 2026, 11:59 PM WAT
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Job Description
Job Descriptions
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, agreements, and other legal documents involving the Principal and third parties.
- Ensure that agreements adequately protect the Principal’s interests, rights, assets, and obligations.
- Identify unfavourable clauses, potential liabilities, and contractual risks, and recommend appropriate amendments before executing agreements.
- Advise the Principal on the legal implications of proposed transactions, partnerships, investments, and contractual commitments.
- Monitor contractual obligations, renewal dates, termination provisions, and compliance requirements.
- Liaise with external lawyers, law firms, and other relevant parties where necessary.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks relating to the Principal’s personal affairs, business interests, investments, properties, and professional engagements.
- Advise on measures to prevent disputes, financial losses, contractual breaches, fraud, and unnecessary legal exposure.
- Provide legal guidance on significant decisions and transactions before commitments are made.
- Develop appropriate legal safeguards to protect the Principal’s interests.
- Advise on dispute resolution, settlement negotiations, and litigation where necessary.
- Monitor relevant legal developments that may affect the Principal’s interests.
- Advise on the preparation, review, and execution of wills and other estate-planning documents.
- Guide the establishment and administration of trusts, where applicable.
- Advise on succession planning, inheritance arrangements, asset distribution, and wealth preservation.
- Review arrangements involving executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and powers of attorney.
- Identify potential legal and cross-border succession issues and coordinate with relevant specialists.
- Ensure that estate-planning documents are properly maintained and updated when necessary.
Requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Degree and qualification as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
- Current practising entitlement where required for the duties assigned.
- A minimum of five years’ relevant post-qualification experience is preferred.
- Demonstrable experience in contract law, legal advisory services, risk management, or commercial law.
- Experience in wills, trusts, estate planning, asset protection, property law, or intellectual property will be an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian law and demonstrable familiarity with UK laws.
- UK legal qualifications or professional admission will be an advantage.
- Experience advising high-net-worth individuals, business owners, executives, or families on sensitive legal matters will be an advantage.
- Excellent legal research, drafting, negotiation, and contract review skills.
- Strong analytical ability and sound legal judgement.
- Practical knowledge of legal risk assessment and mitigation.
- Understanding of wills, trusts, succession planning, and asset protection.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High standards of confidentiality, integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
- Strong attention to detail and document management skills.
- Ability to anticipate legal issues and recommend preventive measures.
- Effective stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple sensitive matters and meet deadlines.
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