Legal Manager Brilliance Executive Management Consultancy Limited

Job Purpose
The Legal Manager will manage the legal risks affecting the Company and ensure that they are managed and resolved as required by the law or the needs of the business. Serve as Legal Counsel and a resource to the Senior Management Team on legal matters; issues of institutional procedure; negotiating and drafting agreements; managing litigation, and as an authority on corporate governance.

Summary of Key Responsibilities;

• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues
• Ensure that the corporation complies with all related legislation or regulations such as investment laws, corporate laws, telecommunication laws, labor laws, intellectual property laws, and contract laws
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority, etc.), creating relations of trust
• Conduct appropriate due diligence assessments with regard to company transactions.
• Receive and act upon all court summons, pleadings and demand letters served upon the companies.
• Manage, control, and monitor instructions to and expenditure by external lawyers engaged to render legal services.
• Ensure that the Company is represented in court by competent advocates.
• Arrange, attend, and direct strategy meetings with external lawyers on how to proceed.
• Keep a follow-up on all the cases in which the Company is a party, to ensure quick and optimal resolution for the company
• Take up the role of Company Secretary for active participation in the corporate governance under the instruction of the Board of Directors in accordance with the law, Memorandum, and Articles of the Association
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts, and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization mostly the Senior Management Team.
• Prepare all relevant documents, as directed by the Board or Law such as the annual director’s report.
• Generate and draft contracts and agreements that are compliant with the law, are aligned to company strategy and business principles, including appropriate and required clauses, and protect the company’s interests.
• Undertake a legal review of and advise the companies regarding important legal developments, documents, agreements, policies, and procedures
• Establish and maintain an effective and efficient contractual management system with respect to contract drafting, reviewing, negotiation, and execution in collaboration with other departments

 Required Skills & Competencies

• Excellent Communication Skills (Verbal & Written)
• Skilled in Companies Act & Corporate Practices
• Attention to detail
• Excellent Negotiating  Skills
• Good Leadership
• Financial Management and Principles
• Audit principles and practices
• Mentorship Skills
• Sober Character
• Corporate Governance Principles

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor of Laws Degree
• Masters in Commercial Law will be a plus
• Post Legal Commercial Qualifications are an added advantage
• Must have a minimum of 12+ years of working experience mostly involving  Acquisitions, Commercial agreements transactions, and Property law
• Legal working experience with a Bank, Telecoms, Mining or Government Agency will be a plus
• Must have worked as Legal Counsel or Company Secretary
• Proven ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
• Sound judgment and ability to analyze situations and information
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• A high degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law
• Must be a member of LAZ with a Valid Practicing Certificate