Group Legal Officer at Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group)

Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) is a leading financial market infrastructure provider in Africa, connecting Nigeria, Africa and the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Group Legal Officer

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Nigerian Exchange needs a consummate legal professional with a strong personality, good people management skills, and the ability to provide effective legal support and manage and mitigate risk.
• The individual would be required to have a thorough understanding of The Nigerian Exchange Group of Companies’ policies, overall mission and strategy, as well as a strong legal background, including stellar academic credentials.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing and advising in a qualitative manner legal documentation of all types, including simple and very complex contracts in respect of general commercial matters within agreed timeframes;
• Providing enterprise wide legal support on a myriad of legal issues in a timely and qualitative manner;
• Providing legal opinions and advice as requested by other employees of NGX Group and its Affiliates, the Board of Directors of NGX Group and Affiliates and NGX’s Investor protection Fund;
• Providing legal advisory services to NGX Group and Affiliates, their respective Board Committees, and the Trustees of the Investor Protection Fund;
• Working with other business departments on general legal issues involving operational, administrative, financial and labor related matters;
• Resolving general commercial legal issues in line with the law, best practice and international standards;
• Attending meetings with officials of the Nigerian Police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and other such authorities, the Multidoor Courthouse, external parties in respect of litigation/court/ADR related matters and attending court to represent NGX Group and Affiliates;
• Representing NGX Group and Affiliates in respect of appeals to the applicable Boards from the decisions of the Disciplinary Committee;
• Attending meetings with third parties and stakeholders regarding legal issues involving the above stated matters;
• Engaging, relating and managing external counsel instructed to render advisory services to NGX Group and Affiliates and exercising quality control over the services;
• Minimizing the exposure of NGX Group and Affiliates and NGX Investor Protection Fund to legal liabilities;
• Ensuring compliance of the enterprise with all applicable laws, and providing sound legal advice on legal obligations and implications on the enterprise’s business conduct, transactions and policies.

Person Specification & Required Qualification(s)

• Candidates should possess a LLB and LLM Degree in Law;
• Minimum of 4 years’ Post-Bar experience within the legal function of a listed company, top-tier Law Firm;
• Demonstrate professional maturity and poise; ability to employ perfect discretion in sensitive situations;
• Ability to generate trust and respect from staff and external stakeholders;
• Track record of strong performance managing against deliverables attracting and maintaining new client relationships in industry or the financial sector;
• Demonstrate professional maturity and poise; ability to employ perfect discretion in sensitive situations.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.