• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head of Legal


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Law / Legal 
  

Responsibilities

• The Head of Legal is first and foremost tasked with leading and motivating all the Legal Officers at the head office to ensure that they perform optimally.


• Evaluate the legal team performance and make recommendations accordingly.


• Supervise legal work of Legal Officers, paralegals, and outside counsel; consults on difficult or sensitive issues.


• Instruct and assist external legal partners where necessary to identify potential legal risks and assess issues impacting legal risk and ensure all business management approaches are viable.


• Ensure compliance by the Company with best Corporate Governance Practices including risk identification and mitigation.


• Ensure the Company is legally protected in all its transactions, with customers and other third parties.


• Draft, review, and approve policies and procedures, regulations, bylaws, and other legal documents.


• Provision of strategic guidance for the legal team as well as business units.


• Work with departmental leadership across the business in identifying, analysing and managing potential legal risk.


• Work with departmental leadership and key stakeholders across the business to oversee and ensure legal compliance across the business, maintaining the business’s integrity both internally and externally (reputational risk).


• Keeping the senior management in all departments of the business informed of developments in laws and regulations that potentially affect the business.


• Ensure that efficient systems are in place relating to compliance of high impact policies.


• Supervise the drafting of sensitive and high-value legal documentation necessary for business operations.


• Review and provide applicable contracts required for operation of the business.


• Reviews external contracts, leases, and other legal documents; research legal issues and recommends revisions as necessary. In addition to this you will provide advice to the business upon request on matters concerning the same.


• Manages legal risk within the enterprise by providing legal advice to the business and management.


• Manage the Company’s litigation portfolio to ensure that it is within set parameters by Managing disputes, claims, actions, and potential disputes.

Qualification and Experience

• Minimum of 10 years proven experience as Head legal Services/Legal Advisor.


• Minimum of First Degree in Law (LLB) is required.


• Barrister of Law (BL).


• Masters in Law (LLM) and Relevant professional certifications are an added advantage.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Preferably candidates from the banking and finance sector.


• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures in the banking and finance sector.


• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.