Vacant Job For Associate Lawyer at Alan and Grant

⏲ Jul 3, 2019, 11:07 PM
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Alan & Grant is a firm of consultants creating innovative HR & Enterprise Solutions. We focus on enabling performance improvements around our clients’ people, product and project concerns. We work with different organizations to conceptualize, build and deploy bespoke solutions aimed at improving overall performance and align workforce to long-term corporate objectives ensuring sustained growth and profitability in the process. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Associate Lawyer Zip/Postal Code: 0000 Location: Lagos Industry: Legal Job Summary

To provide a high degree of professional autonomy and scope of responsibility pertaining to Strategy, Client Acquisition and Revenue Generation, Financial & Business Performance, People Management and Technical Adeptness while providing high quality legal services to clients.

Key Responsibilities

To develop and maintain good client relationship skills, gaining clients confidence and that of other professionals
Attend and represent firm at client meetings, conferences and workshops
To develop with the Principal Partner the financial strategy of the firm, including an annual operating budget and capital budget
To monitor the budget on a monthly basis and ensure that the firm achieves optimal financial performance
Tracking revenue and ensuring individual lawyers achieve revenue budget
To identify key profit drivers and to continuously improve the firm’s commercial awareness
Ensure adequate management of Senior Associates and Associates within the Firm
Create the right work ethnics and lead by example
Develop team’s skills through coaching, mentoring and counselling
Effective delegation and supervision of work
Ensure that lawyers’ workload is balanced and fair
Management of underperforming staff
Convene and facilitate team meetings as and when required
Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide variety of legal agreements both local and international
Drafting and reviewing Legal opinions
Researching varying areas of law and ensuring requisite information is disseminated throughout the team
To provide innovative solutions to client requests in accordance with International Best Practices
To keep up to date with developments in law and practice so that standard of work is not compromised
To assist the Principal Partner in developing annual and long-term strategic plan of the firm
To provide the leadership necessary to achieve the firm’s profitability needs and/or goals
To proffer opinions and substantiation of the Firm’s strategic thinking and direction
To generate revenue set and agreed with Principal Partner by attracting and procuring new clients
To increase revenue by exploring new and additional services; developing and presenting cost-benefit analyses of new and additional services to Principal Partner
To raise the profile of the firm and to build a strong and diverse portfolio of clients
To research and understand client’s businesses and proactively provide solutions that are value adding
To obtain referrals from existing and past clients

Requirements

Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
Excellent communication skills i.e. both verbal and written
Proficient at all Microsoft Office packages in particular Microsoft PowerPoint
Strong analytical and research skills
Ability to work under pressure and to multi-task
Committed, proactive, hardworking and flexible
Strong core values of trustworthiness, reliability, commitment and action-oriented.
A minimum of second class (upper division) from a reputable university and Nigerian Law School (N.B. Year of call must be between pre-2009)
At least 8 years post NYSC experience from a leading law firm in Nigeria
Strong and demonstrable transactional experience in the Nigerian Capital Market
Strong and demonstrable experience in the Corporate/Commercial law field
Strong networking and execution skills
Proven organizational and people management skills