Legal Advisor at AA&R Investment Group

AA&R is an emerging investment company with a diversified portfolio of investments and operations across multiple sectors of the Nigerian economy. With a strong capital base, data-driven insights, strategic international partnerships, and the best talents; we are growing businesses primed for sustainability, nation building, development and economic growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Advisor

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Summary

• The Legal Advisor will support the Group Head Legal Services in the timely, effective and efficient implementation of legal services across the group

Responsibilities

• Develop an effective filing system to ensure proper documentation, indexing, tracking and retrieval of all relevant important and confidential documents and legal paperwork;
• Draft and review various legal documents including but not limited to contracts, letters, power of attorneys, affidavits and internal policies.
• Conduct research and analysis of legal problems and issues.
• Analyze and review legal agreements, legislation and documents for the Board.
• Develop guidelines, policies, procedures.
• Deal with all correspondence that requires immediate legal attention
• Write reports, communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders
• Support in providing internal advisory services to the business units and departments within the Company.
• Liaise with external solicitors in the provision of legal services to the organization;
• Monitor the maintenance of the registers and other records required to be maintained by the Company under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).
• Ensure that all necessary statutory forms and returns are made under relevant legislations and filed as at when due with the relevant regulatory authorities;
• Ensure (internal & external) compliance with laid down guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Keep abreast of any regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the group
• Support the Group Head Legal Services in ensuring that the Group is in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements related to the operations of the business.
• Implement processes and monitor the implementation of legal clauses across the group;
• Ensure at all times that the company complies with legal and regulatory requirements
• Provide advice to Executive Management senior on corporate governance matters
• Provide all such other duties as directed by the Group Head, Legal Services

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience with at least 3 years’ experience working in a law firm
• BL and LLB, LLM (added advantage)
• Preferred candidate should have experience working in an Oil and gas company either providing legal advisory services or by acting as an in-house counsel
• Experience working as a legal associate in a law firm is an added advantage.

Functional Skills & Business Competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of international/ local corporate and commercial law as it relates to the various industries which the Group’s businesses operate,
• Experience in commercial law including contract drafting
• Strong Microsoft Word and secretarial skills and
• Ability to interpret and analyze the law and the legal issues
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to take good decisions based on the law are absolutely essential.
• Good analytical, problem-solving, researching and drafting skills
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Excellent communication (written and oral), interpersonal and negotiation skills,
• High sense of responsibility, accountability and dependability,
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and efficiently,
• Ability to exercise good judgement
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills,
• Excellent organization skills
• Delivery on work targets;
• Quality and timeliness of delivery
• Demonstration of trustworthiness: integrity, and excellence,
• Strong interpersonal relationships; customer-centric attitude, and · High sense of responsibility, accountability and dependability.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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