JOB DESCRIPTION

LEGAL ASSISTANT

Job Title: Legal Assistant

Department: Legal

Reports To: Company Secretary

JOB OBJECTIVE:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Issuance of various Responses to inquiries and provides information to respondents, law enforcement personnel, and the general public regarding court and/or case related matters.

• Creates, updates, maintains, and retrieves case files and documents.
• Drafts, prepares, files, and distributes various types of legal documents including notices, summons, plaints, and forms e.t.c.
• Prepare case notes, case reports
• Prepare weekly work reports
• Conduct legal research on various issues and prepare legal advice
• Conducts a variety of general clerical duties including data entry and copying, filing, faxing, and mailing correspondence and/or other types of departmental documentation. ·         Reading and understanding various company contracts and deals and deciphering the legal jargon
• Providing useful inputs in formulation of deals and contracts.
• In case of lawsuits, investigating cause of the litigation, collecting evidence that are permissible in the court of law and preparing all the groundwork required to fight the case · Ensuring that all the licenses, agreements and permits of the company are valid and renewing legal contracts before it lapses
• Oversee all the legal implications of new projects
• Ensuring the safety of the company from legal litigations
• Ensuring documentation of all legal documents of the company in order to maintain confidentiality
• Prepare and attend Company meetings when assigned · Perform any other duties as may be assigned.
• Any other tasks assigned by the upper management

Who are you and what you’ve done

• Bachelor degree LLB,
• Attended Law School or registered Advocate is an added advantage

SKILLS

• Reporting Skills.
• Research Skills
• Legal Administration Skills, Litigation
• Confidentiality,

Experience

Work experience in legal field 2yrs.

NB: ALL APPLICATION SHOULD BE SENT VIA EMAIL [email protected] cc [email protected] before 18/08/2020.