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28 November 2026, 11:59 PM WAT
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Job Description
Job Descriptions
- Provide legal advice on maritime operations, shipping, vessel chartering, marine logistics, and offshore support services.
- Draft, review, and negotiate charter party agreements, vessel hire contracts, commercial agreements, and other business-related contracts.
- Advise on Nigerian maritime laws, regulatory compliance, vessel documentation, licensing, and applicable industry requirements.
- Manage maritime and commercial claims, disputes, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution processes.
- Review marine insurance arrangements and advise on contractual liabilities, indemnities, and operational risks.
- Provide commercial and corporate legal support to our maritime and other entities.
- Liaise with regulatory authorities, external solicitors, insurers, business partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate legal risks, monitor contractual obligations, and provide timely legal advice to management.
- Maintain proper legal documentation and support the organization’s corporate governance and compliance obligations.
Requirements
Requirements
- LL.B. degree and call to the Nigerian Bar.
- 5 - 8 years’ relevant post-qualification experience in maritime law, shipping, commercial law, or a related legal practice.
- Demonstrable experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, preferably including charter parties, vessel hire agreements, and marine services contracts. ConsultLawyers
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian maritime law, shipping regulations, commercial law, and applicable industry requirements.
- Working knowledge of maritime claims, marine insurance, P&I arrangements, dispute resolution, and contractual risk management.
- Experience in shipping, offshore marine services, oil and gas, energy, or logistics will be an added advantage.
- Excellent legal drafting, negotiation, research, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide practical, commercially sound advice.
- Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work independently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and electronic document-management tools.
- High standards of integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
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