Job Title: Corporate/Commercial Lawyer
Location: Lekki, Lagos
Responsibilities:
• To provide expert legal support and advice to clients
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements
• Advising on financing of commercial projects and transactions
• Advising on acquisition and disposal of assets
• Researching law and drafting opinions
• Conducting Due Diligence investigations
• Attend to smaller matters and aspects of larger matters independently
• Carrying out Company secretarial duties
• Meeting and managing local and international clients
• Advising clients on legal/regulatory and policy developments
• Advising on legal and regulatory issues in projects and transactions
• Negotiating and drafting of commercial agreements and transactional agreements
Qualifications/Experience:
• 2 years minimum experience working as a lawyer in a commercial law firm or as an in-house lawyer in a company
• Minimum qualification is Degree
• LL.B, B.L (LLM is an added advantage)
• Must have knowledge and experience of the power industry and the oil and gas industry
• Very well presented and smart
• Excellent Client Care and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead and build a corporate commercial team
• Ability to work with very minimal or no supervision
• Able to meet set targets under pressure
• Confident and capable
• Efficient and detailed
• Very good leadership skills
• Able to use initiative
• Flexible and cooperative
• Able to work in a team
• Business minded
• Excellent grasp of commercial law and corporate matters in general
• Experience in Project Finance and Property law will be an advantage
• Experience in Company Secretarial duties will be an advantage
• Excellent communication and drafting skills
• Good IT skills in Microsoft outlook, MS Word, Excel and Power Point
How to Apply
This is purely a corporate/commercial role involving no litigation. Interested and qualified persons should apply for this job by emailing their CVs and Covering Letters to: andorfr@yahoo.com
Application Deadline 21 August, 2012