Legal Officer

FlexEdge is a business support services company driven with the desire to enable, empower and enhance organizations with employable talents for ground breaking results.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Legal Officer
Job Location: Lagos
Status: Permanent

Role

• To render assistance to the Head, Legal & Company Secretary in ensuring the highest level of corporate governance within the Group, providing quality legal solutions and minimizing business liabilities, exposure and interruption arising from non-compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in pre and post- meeting activities for the Board and the Group.
• Maintenance of a checklist of regulatory filings.
• Maintenance of statutory and other related records including register of members, directors, share register for each Company within the Group.
• Conduct of legal research and constant monitoring of legal and regulatory changes.
• Dealing with correspondence, collation of information and preparation of reports.
• Liaising with external counsel and follow-up on pending litigations.
• Assisting in contract lifecycle management – preparation, drafting, vetting and negotiation of agreement.
• Monitoring and filing of completed contracts and other corporate documents.
• Preparation of board resolutions and extract of minutes, schedule of meetings etc.
• Contribution to the development and improvement of the Legal Services Unit and Company Secretariat.
• Carrying out of other duties, properly assigned, as may be occasioned by the exigencies of the job.

Required Qualifications

• Academic: LL.B and B.L degrees as well as membership ICSAN and Must have completed the compulsory NYSC program
• Candidates: candidates should have strong proficiency in English Language & French language
• Work Experience: (include number of years and kind required): Minimum of 3-4 years relevant work experience in a busy environment, preferably a law firm.

Other Requirements:

• Good grasp of relevant laws and hands-on interpretation and application of company secretarial issues
• Excellent communication, research presentation and analysis skills.
• Proven ability to determine priorities, cope with high volumes of work, plan & organize workloads, set targets, meet deadlines and achieve high standard results.

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