Legal Associate
- Full-time
Company Description
Our client is a multinational FMCG
Job Description
Role Overview
The Legal Officer shall support the effective management of all legal matters as they relate to all facets of the legal function – Litigation, Corporate Commercial transactions, Contracts review, Data Privacy, Ethical Business Program, Intellectual Property, Owned & Leased Property, Legal Advisory, and any other functional projects or assignments.
Responsibilities
- Work with external counsels to manage litigation and its attendant administrative processes
- Hold responsibility for monthly legal reporting.
- Contracts Management
- Hold responsibility for Legal Applications update and management – Bright Flag & Dilitrust
- Retrieve information on all legal issues, files and build into the existing legal function structure
- Provide administrative and legal support for internal investigations
- Ensure the development of service level agreements for service support and delivery.
- Manage legal invoicing and track payments ensuring accuracy and promptness of payment.
- Support regulatory issues management
- Manage Property due diligence process
- Legal correspondence drafting
- Data Privacy Compliance Management
- All such other duties as directed by the Legal Manager
Qualifications
- A graduate degree in law (minimum of second class lower).
- 3-5 years experience
- Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
- Excellent written &verbal communication skills.
- Strong knowledge of corporate commercial practice
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion.
- Highly analytical with a strong attention to detail.
- Great team player to support cohesive operations in the Legal Unit of the group.
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft office applications especially Word, PowerPoint and Excel.