Company Description Bradfield is equipped not only to attract excellent personnel but to ensure that they are improved and empowered to deliver on every client’s strategic intent/organizational goal. Our value is to assist in getting rid of all inconvenience associated with recruitment; plus reducing unsuitable employees either via skill or culture. And more… all this would be done within concise turn-around time. Beyond this, we package and deliver quality trainings to help prune your employees to deliver efficiently.
Job Description
2.1. Company Secretarial:
Provide support to direct reports, by coordinating with the clients to schedule and represent the firm at Board and
Annual General Meetings, and conferences calls;
Generate required reports in preparation for client meetings, and arrange for execution of such documentation by the directors and shareholders as may be required;
Conducting a regular legal compliance audit on the company and rendering returns with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission amongst other as may be required from time to time.
2.2. Drafting and Review of Legal Documents:
Assist the senior associate in handling with appreciable skill, the drafting and review of contracts and other legal documentation including letters, memoranda, reports, internal notes etc.; Assist with the review and negotiation of commercial contracts.
2.3. Client Meetings:
Provide support to direct reports, to conduct meetings, negotiations and discussions on legal transactions, disputes, regulatory and compliance issues; understanding the issues involved and
preparing detailed reports;
Taking an active part in the meetings of the clients, understanding the issues and proffering a possible way of action to deal
with the instructions of the client;
Preparing client meeting notes and sharing with the appropriate parties.
2.4. Administrative function:
Assist the senior associate in handling with appreciable skill, all administrative
responsibilities;
Updating and keeping a track of the important legal documents covering a wide range of clients, so that it is made available to the senior associate whenever there is a requirement.
Performing other sundry tasks like scanning the legal documents, preparation of bills that need to be issued to the clients, retrieving the necessary supporting legal documents, maintaining the corporate database, computing the penalties;
Starting work-flows and digitally archiving documents pertaining to the department, according to internal procedures and instructions.
2.5. Research and Legal Advice:
Assist the senior associate in conducting with appreciable skill, required legal research, and gathering all the data and information that is relevant to the
instructions;
Offering advice on the law, legal procedures and on simple to complex legal issues. Studying and identifying the laws that are applicable to the instructions;
Preparation and drafting of various legal opinions, drafts, and other relevant legal material and reports;
Assisting the other groups/departments of the firm, with reviewing any legal issues arising in their day-by-day activities, and drafting, where required, corporate documentation.
2.6. Reporting:
Timely reporting to the client, any significant variation in the applicable legal framework, which may affect the Company’s operations.
Preparing periodical reports required by the client on any subject falling within the competence of the corporate practice group, including without limitation compliance reports, newsletters etc.
Qualifications
3-6 years post call to bar experience
Exeperience in IT/ Intellectual property, Data Protection, FinTech
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Call to the Nigerian Bar (BL) minimum;
Master of Laws (LLM)
Additional Information
1.1. Ability to accurately identify and apply law, whether or not clients ask specific legal questions;
1.2. Keeping abreast of developments in relevant law;
1.3. Knowledge of when and where to find expertise.
Reliable legal judgment and appreciation legal risk
Comprehension of the facts and ability to properly analyse the facts;
Understanding of the issues raised by clients, and their business needs and
priorities;
2.3. Ability to note gaps and ambiguities in the information provided, to follow through to resolve them;
2.4. Ability to extract and explain key issues, giving appropriate weight to those issues;
2.5. Ability to test business assumptions and identify alternative options;
2.6. Understanding of political and media sensitivities in the areas the Associate is advising in;
2.7. Ability to give a risk-based analysis - explaining possible consequences, the likelihood of those consequences, and ways to mitigate or eliminate the risk;
2.8. Ability not to over-inflate risks, and to test conclusions, and to seek second opinions where appropriate;
2.9. Ability to consider whether when and how Partners need to be involved and advise accordingly;
2.10. Ability to air, own and resolve mistakes, and to extract and apply key learning points from them focusing on his/her continuing development;
2.11. Correct application of the law, and ability to present solutions to the client’s problems.
3. Production and communication of sound legal analysis, using secure legal research
3.1. Ability to conduct proper and extensive research on any and all matters;
3.2. Ability to consider whether he/she is being asked the right legal questions;
3.3. Ability to research efficiently and proportionately, using relevant and up-todate sources;
3.4. Ability to seek out enough facts to understand the problem accurately and, where necessary, seek clarification and confirmation from clients;
3.5. Ability to know when to discuss his/her legal analysis with colleagues;
3.6. Ability to understand the relevant business needs and priorities, and tailor his/her communications to those needs (e.g. considering whether advice should be by email, phone or meeting, or a combination);
3.7. Ability to communicate clearly and decisively, selecting relevant information and disregarding irrelevant or overly academic considerations;
3.8. Ability to work with clients to explore the options available to them.
