Legal Manager at Lheon Consulting Limited

Lheon Consulting Limited is a strategy development and talent consultancy company, devoted exclusively to career shaping and personal development activities. We work globally with professionals and experts in the financial sectors to offer resourceful training, assessment and recruitment services to financial and non-bank financial institutions through use of innovative technologies to achieve a perfect workplace.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for a detail-oriented and experienced Legal Manager to manage the company’s legal matters related to fraud recovery, police investigations, and claims handling.
• The role involves pursuing recovery actions in fraud cases, coordinating with law enforcement agencies, and overseeing all legal aspects of the company.

Responsibilities

• Handle all criminal and fraud matters relating to the company, and recover financial losses for the company from employees, guarantors, insurance companies, etc.
• Manage all legal aspects of internal and external claims (e.g., employee fraud, customer disputes, third-party liabilities).
• Represent the company in official investigations and proceedings.
• Analyze and review legal agreements, legislation and documents and provide advice for management upon requests.
• Ensure (internal & external) compliance with laid down guidelines, policies and procedures; investigate issues of non-compliance as may be required.
• Liaise with the Police and security agencies on behalf of the company in any part of Nigeria
• Visit security agencies and attend meetings related to criminal matters, and ensure the speedy completion of criminal matters.
• Provide legal support for the company, generally and specifically for employee service management
• Attend court with regard to the above on behalf of the company, where necessary.

Requirements

• LLB. Degree with call to bar certificate plus 10 years’ proven post-call working experience as a Legal Manager.
• Proven record in legal investigation, litigation, fraud recovery, and successfully won cases in court.
• In-depth experience in recovering claims and handling insurance bodies.
• Strong knowledge of corporate law and insurance practice
• Good understanding of general and specific company & commercial law.
• Sound leadership, collaborative, negotiation and communication skills.

Application Closing Date
20th August, 2025.