Legal Associate at a Reputable Law Firm - Willers Solutions Limited

Willers Solutions Limited - Our client, a reputable Law firm, is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Associate

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• To provide high quality legal service to all ML clients.
• To develop and maintain productive and strong client relationship.
• To establish and sustain relationships with other professionals.
• Receive requests for legal advice from current and potential clients and decide on the most appropriate responses to make to these requests.
• Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
• Gather evidence to initiate legal actions or formulate defense, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of the case.
• Upon receipt of court processes, carry out the required action in accordance with court instructions and set duration.
• Discuss next actions, payment plans or other support and settlements with opposing parties, proactively throughout the litigation process in accordance with strategy and where appropriate.
• Manage and monitor cases through the enforcement process ensuring that all activities are completed in the required timelines and conform to court rules
• Follow through on litigation officer to procure rulings and judgments from Court
• Conduct legal research on a variety of legal issues leading to the preparation of technically sound legal opinions, reports, and papers, summarizing results and including recommendations respecting implementation, form of response or course of action to be taken.
• Support senior fee earners by providing technically sound legal advice directly to clients with appropriate supervision.
• Provide expert and timely advice on law, legal procedures and wide range of associated issues .
• Attend and represent ML at client meetings.
• Negotiate, draft, and finalize terms and conditions for a wide range of agreements and contracts and other legal documents (such as service agreements, master agreements, financing agreements, supply agreements, lease and construction agreements, joint venture agreements, non-disclosure agreements)
• Review and interpret agreements, policies, procedures, and other relevant documentation to identify problems with respect to legality, enforceability, form and substance, recommendations, and drafts.
• Provide commercially focused legal transactional advice on company formation, articles of association, shareholders agreements, joint venture agreements, board minutes and resolutions.
• Excellent legal risk awareness, evaluation and management skills including an ability to create solutions and deliver pragmatic outcome-focused judgments that take account of the business environment.
• Track and review legislative bills to identify areas of likely impacts on the operations of clients and potential clients at large
• Monitor and report on the promulgation of new laws and regulations in Nigeria
• Prepare fee notes.
• Provide advice to clients with regards to secured and unsecured loan/debt facilities
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and forces
• Responsible for ensuring effective management of time, effort and resources in order to generate maximum efficiencies.
• Make a constructive contribution to the non-chargeable activities of the firm.
• Undertake special task and perform other related duties as assigned in accordance with departmental and Firm’s objectives.

Requirements

• Degree in Law and having preferably obtained a 2.1 or above although all applications will be considered.
• Master of Laws LLM will be an added advantage
• At least three - five (3 - 5) years post qualification experience with reputable firm
• Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) will be an added advantage
• Proficient in the use of IT particularly Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and willing to learn new packages.
• Evidence of interest in, and commitment to, the success of the firm.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive and strong team-working ethos.
• Articulate and confident, able to summarise and present arguments quickly and concisely.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Must be keen to innovate and be successful at formulating and implementing strategies and plans.
• First-rate communication skills - both written and verbal and ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the firm.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.