Legal Counsel at Smart Partners Consulting Limited

Smart Partners Consulting Limited (SPCL) is an indigenous consulting firm poised on the business model of collaboration to provide professional services of Human Resources and Business Strategy to different companies in various sectors of Nigeria’s economy. It was incorporated in July 2013. Our idea of collaboration and partnership involves the synergy of tested experts in the market place to research, identify and proffer solutions to the ever dynamic needs of our Clients.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• Responsible for the day-to-day provision of legal advisory services to the Fund Manager Teams and the Firm.

Key Responsibilities
Transaction Support to all Deal Areas:

• Working with core investment teams on required deal structuring input
• Reviewing all related draft memoranda and agreements
• Support with negotiating agreements
• Providing needed legal input along the Investment Making process at the Firm’s operating companies
• Analysis and development of key legal learning on past and current deals to serve as precedents to the firm.

Management of External Counsel and Advisors:

• Briefing of external counsel on a need basis
• Interfacing with external counsel as may be required
• Oversight and quality control of work done by external counsel
• Managing the value received from external counsel engagements

Internal Legal Advisory Function:

• Supporting with ongoing legal input to internal functions and projects.
• Developing and codifying L&C’s Operating Policies and Manuals.
• Developing and maintaining L&C’s legal resource centre (hard & electronic).
• Supporting the Firm’s pro bono/charitable initiatives, including.

Structuring, Start-up, and Running of the Firm’s Foundation:
Other functions:

• Where possible, encouraging in-sourcing of appropriate legal work to ensure enhanced financial returns/ savings from the team
• Team leading and management responsibilities
• Discharging specific responsibilities that may be assigned by management from time to time
• Business development support: information/relationships leverage, etc to pursue/convert opportunities.

Qualifications / Skills and Attributes

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree or PhD / Doctorate Degree in relevant fields
• 8 to 10 years’ full time relevant corporate experience as a transaction lawyer (advisory, structuring, contract drafting and negotiations)
• In-house and/or law firm practice experience primarily in M&A and private equity / venture capital or investment transactions
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills
• Ability to be the primary in-house attorney on certain projects, including handling multiple simultaneous transactions or projects
• Superior interpersonal skills and team-first attitude
• Sound and practical business judgment
• Excellent communication and business writing skills
• Strong decision-making abilities, attention to detail, and ability to give guidance in a timely manner
• Initiative, creativity, proactive and solution driven thinking.
• Models / maintains unwavering standards of ethics, conduct and organizational policies.
• Experience in investment banking.
• Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and stakeholders; ability to build excellent working relationships within a matrix environment (both cross-functionally and externally).

Application Closing Date
22nd February, 2022.