Junior Legal Counsel at Artee Group

Artee Group - The story of SPAR can't be told without mentioning Artee Group. Over the past 30 years, Artee Industries Limited has grown from very humble beginnings to become one of the fastest growing business conglomerates in Nigeria. The story started in 1988, with the opening of a small supermarket store measuring 120 m2 in Lagos under the Park ’n’ Shop banner. Today, its business spreads from retail to real estate, shopping malls and manufacturing, rightly gaining popularity as Artee Group.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Legal Counsel

Location: Lagos

Primary Functions

• Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a varierty of legal topics (labor law, partnerships, corporate finance etc.).
• Collaborate with management to devise efficient defense strategies.
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance.
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues.
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties(regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.) creating relations of trust.
• Keep current on latest legal operations industry trends and developments and identify opportunities to implement industry's best practices.
• Work with contracting function to maintain the department's library of executed contracts,pre- approved form documents, contracts clauses, templates, historical documents and update the materials as required.
• Analyzing and studying the existing system.
• Liase with external counsel to add value and buildup the existing framework.
• Communication and collaborations with other departments.
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company's full legal rights.
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders.
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organisation.
• Conduct your work with integrity and responsibility.
• Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation.

Skills Set

• Able to work in fast paced environment.
• Prioritize and manage time effectively.
• Be well informed about the current trends in the market.
• Be able to think out of the box, innovative and possess problem solving skill.
• Ability to work with different teams with a sense of urgency, responsibility and accountablity.
• Man management skill.
• Good communication skill.

Salary
N150,000 - N200,000 monthly

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@arteegroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail

Application Deadline  17th December, 2022.