Senior Associate Lawyer

Purple Star Consulting Limited

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Job Title: Senior Associate Lawyer
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Client: Confidential


Job Purpose/Summary


The Senior Associate Lawyer is required to demonstrate significant experience and breadth of knowledge of litigation practices. To proffer sound legal advice, diligently conduct cases and represent clients to achieve a favorable outcome, and advise on technical, strategic and procedural aspects across the spectrum of problems. However, the focus will be on providing advice on a broad range of legal and commercial matters and being involved in negotiations and legal drafting.


Key Functions/Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality legal service to all clients
• Receive requests for legal advice from current and potential clients and decide on the most appropriate responses to make to these requests
• Examining legal data to determine the advisability of defending or prosecuting a lawsuit.
• Gathering evidence to initiate legal actions or formulate a 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.
• Managing and monitoring cases through the enforcement process ensuring that all activities are completed in the required timelines and conform to court rules.
• Conducting 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, a form of response or a course of action to be taken.
• Provide expert and timely advice on law, legal procedures and a wide range of associated issues.
• Negotiate, draft, and finalize terms and conditions for a wide range of agreements contracts and other legal documents (such as service agreements, master agreements, financing agreements, supply agreements, lease and construction agreements, joint venture agreements, and non-disclosure agreements).
• Reviewing and interpreting agreements, policies, procedures, and other relevant documentation to identify problems with respect to the legality, enforceability, form and substance, and recommendations.
• Providing commercially focused legal transactional advice on company formation, articles of association, shareholder’s 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.
• Tracking and reviewing legislative bills to identify areas of likely impacts on the operations of clients and potential clients at large
• Monitoring and reporting on the promulgation of new laws and regulations in Nigeria.
• 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 tasks and perform other related duties as assigned in accordance with the Firm’s objectives

Education:

• Degree in law

Experience:

• 10 years’ experience within a Legal firm.

Language Requirements:

• English

Certifications/Training

• Call to Bar Certificate