Senior Associate - Litigation
DCSL Corporate Services Limited - Lagos
Posted: Dec 6th, 2018
Login to ApplyDCSL Corporate Services Limited is a private limited liability company which provides company secretarial, governance, immigration and training services to diverse corporate and individual clients across several business sectors
Responsibilities
Job Description The successful Candidate will:
- Prepare and review Court processes
- Draft and review legal documents including legal opinions, company searches, briefs of argument
- Process and prepare legal advice and legal agreements
- Draft and review Legal documents and Agreements
- Represent Client at the lower & appellate courts (within & outside Lagos)
- Keep abreast of regulations, legislations, government policies and other developments that may affect the operations, business goals and objectives of the firm
- Be required to stay updated with information related to the laws and legal processes
- Negotiate contracts, ensure financial success and monitor quality of service delivery on all client cases and transactions.
- Understand the client’s business and maintain continuous engagement with key executive stakeholders within target client organizations.
- Coordinate and actively lead all business development efforts and initiatives towards growth in this Unit.
- Work in concert with the Management Team and Partners to achieve Unit objectives and deliverables.
- Report directly to the Partner and Group Head of Litigation and shall perform all other duties as shall be advised by same.
| Minimum: B.Sc/B.A Experience: 7-10 year(s) |
Location: Lagos Job Type: Permanent |
Salary: Expires: 14-12-2018 |
General Requirements
- A minimum of 2:1 from an accredited University and from the Nigerian Law School
- LL.M Degree will be an added advantage
- A minimum of 7 years’ and maximum of 10 years’ active litigation experience
- Must possess excellent legal drafting and document review skills
- Must possess excellent advocacy skills
- Excellent analytical and observation skills
- Excellent decision-making skills
- In-depth industry knowledge in Legal & Business Advisory, Regulatory & Compliance, and general commercial litigation experience
- Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
- Must have the ability to undertake in-depth legal research on all legal issue
- Excellent negotiation, team building and presentation skills
- Excellent communication (both written and oral), interpersonal, negotiation and organizational skills
