Senior Legal Officer at De Talents

De Talents is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Legal Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Develop, enforce and provide advisory services on Free Zone policies and procedures
• Administer the Free Zone Management registry.
• Identify new and emerging regulatory issues that may affect the Free Zone and coordinate with legal and non-legal expert resources, as necessary, to help analyse and address such issues.
• Attend meetings with investors and government agencies as required, and ensure that they are conducted in accordance with Free Zone rules and in a legal manner.
• Serve as a leading voice for Free Zone in building and strengthening the Management’s relationship with industry partners, government agencies, investors, international organisations, and industry coalitions in order to effectively shape and advance the Management’s position on important public policy issues across the region.
• Monitor the maintenance of the registers and other records required to be maintained by the Company under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) and Nigeria Export Processing Zones Act (NEPZA Act).
• Attend meetings of the Company and its SBUs, providing all necessary secretarial support services in respect of the meetings with the applicable rules and regulations.
• Monitor the rendering of all statutory returns and give notification to the Corporate Affairs Commission and as required under CAMA and NEPZA Act.
• Provide all such other administrative and other secretarial duties as directed by the Legal Superintendent.
• Implement and oversee corporate documentation and data management

Education

• LL.B. (Hons) with minimum of second-class lower division from a reputable University.
• B.L. from the Nigerian Law School.
• A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required.

Experience:

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the practice of law, including legal analysis, research and writing is required.
• Experience at a leading law firm dealing with corporate and commercial law or infrastructure matters is required, especially in the preparation, review, negotiation and documentation of commercial and infrastructure contracts
• Experience in a position directly assisting a senior management is desirable.

Application Closing Date
9th March, 2022.