Job For Legal Counsel In A Leading Law Firm
Bradfield Consulting Limited - Our client, one of the leading Law firms in Nigeria that engages in corporate and commercial law and litigation and has offices in three commercial cities of Nigeria – Lagos, Abuja and Ibadan is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Legal Counsel
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities
High level legal Advice:
- Lead the provision of high level legal advice and analysis in various areas of commercial legal practice.
- Identify and monitor emerging legal developments and key concerns relating to various areas of legal services.
- Conduct and oversee significant research into legal issues in various areas of legal services.
- Write, edit, and finalise reports, opinions, correspondence, articles, and other documents.
- Keep abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas
Supervision:
- Be able to step into leadership roles and assume responsibility as the need arises
- Ensuring filing of all processes and letters received
- Case file management: ensuring that case files are updated, accurately, endorsed, neatly stored and readily accessible.
- Cross check and ensure accuracy and sufficiency of legal advice etc. prepared by junior counsel prior to delivery to clients
- Monitor work flow of junior counsel
- Monitor on time delivery of legal services
- Conduct or ensuring training of newly hired employees
Business Development:
- Growing the existing business with regard to volume, scope , quality and value of mandates
- In coordination with Partners, take the lead in responding to RFPs
- Attending networking events, seminars etc.
- Making client visits and promoting ALP’s business
- Coordinating Marketing Research and Training activities in line with the firms business development strategies and goals
Business Management:
- Monitor compliance with policies and procedures.
- Ensure consistent application of policy across the organization, including by contributing to quality control functions.
- Ensure maintenance of ALP’s policy database.
- Supervising and monitoring issuance of invoices, payment of invoicing.
- Approving and monitoring expenses to be incurred by Junior counsel
- Policy development and implementation
- Develop procedures and policy manuals from time to time
Other duties:
- Contributing to development of the organization’s strategic and operational plans;
- Drafting and/or editing relevant materials for publication
- Undertaking any other duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Partners.
Qualifications
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Sound judgement and ability to analyze situations and information
- Excellent communication skills both verbal & written
- First Degree in Law
- Candidate must possess at least 4/5 years post call-to-bar experience as a legal counsel
- Proven experience as a legal counsel in business environment
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application Letter and CV to:
[email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.
Or
Click here to apply
Additional Information
Interested and qualified applicants should please ensure their resumes reflect clearly the following information:
- State and area of residency
- Well written and organized resume with clearly stated bio-data
- Good Educational qualification and class of degree
- All prior and current work experiences must be stated (stability with the employer is paramount)
- The total years of experience should correlate to the years at the bar.
Application Deadline 22nd July, 2019.