First Excelsia Professional Services Limited – Our client, a leading organisation in the business and practice of Law, is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: General Corporate Commercial Lawyer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Law
Summarized Job Description:
- Interfacing with regulators and stakeholder engagements on behalf of clients
- Negotiating, reviewing and drafting simple and complex corporate and commercial contracts
- Providing assistance with company secretarial duties, and support to the Firm’s clients
- Providing legal advice/opinions and analysis on a broad range of legal issues and transactions undertaken by the Firm’s clients
- Supporting the Firm’s corporate/commercial legal activities for regulatory compliance
- General corporate/commercial work
- Identifying and articulating risks associated with proposed transactions, projects and activities undertaken by the Firm’s clients
- Conducting independent, effective legal research to stay updated on donor policies and the regulatory environment
Person Specification:
- LLB, BL, (ICSA or ICSAN certification and active practice may increase chances)
- Minimum of 4 years commercial/corporate experience either in-house or in a law firm
- Good business acumen
- Good team spirit, interpersonal skills, maturity, and professionalism
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Attention to details
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Good knowledge of practices and applications in Merger and Acquisition, Capital Markets Dispute resolution, and all aspects of Corporate Law.
- The ideal candidates must have an extensive experience in Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Governance and Company Secretarial services.
To Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job title as the subject of the email.
Application Deadline:
20th October, 2022.