Senior Legal Manager at Eden Care & Resourcing Limited

Eden Care & Resourcing Limited is a Human Resource Consulting firm with specialisation in the recruitment & training of Domestic and Support staff.

We allow you focus on your professional goals and aspirations, we specialize in the placement of competent staff for organizations. We do not only hire & place staff, we also engage organizations in capacity building for enhanced corporate effectiveness.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Legal Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for an experienced executive to provide corporate and balanced legal advisory duties to the Legal Department and effectively meet deadlines accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Review the existing legal cases of the organisation and work upon resolving them
• Provide legal advice to the management and analyse the risks while signing new business deals
• Analyse legal information and do the essential paper work and handle litigation management
• Review contracts and agreements and see to it that they comply with the legal norms
• Drawing up contracts and other legal documents
• Settling disputes and supervise any agreements
• Analyse legal documents, supervise legal assistants, conduct legal research
• Advise the executives and employees on changes to the laws affecting the company
• Provides legal advisory and counselling on other official matters
• Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal cases (labour law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
• Collaborate with management to devise efficient defence 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 lawyers, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company's full legal rights
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and clients
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organisation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Law
• 8-12 years progressive work experience
• Masters (LLM) degree preferred
• Extensive legal experience
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work well within a team and individually
• 35 years & above

Salary
Monthly Pay Range: N350,000 - 500,000

Application Closing Date
30th September, 2020