Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by an indigenous oil and gas company to recruit a Legal Officer for its operations in Lagos.
Our Client is an indigenous oil & gas company who specializes in downstream.
The Legal Officer shall be responsible for monitoring and/or advising on all legal matters, commercial contracts, and agreements. The Legal Officer shall also ensure the company complies with all statutory and corporate governance practices and guidelines across multiple jurisdictions. The Department role is aligned to achieve corporate objectives
This role reports to the Legal Manager
Responsibilities
• Draft a wide variety of legal agreements, such as sales agreements for all the Company’s products and services, inter-connect agreements, landing party agreements, inter carrier agreements, master services agreements, professional services agreements, joint venture and joint marketing agreements, collaboration agreement etc
• Provide advice on corporate legal issues and business matters.
• Provide internal advisory services to the business units and departments within the Company.
• Provide commercial legal support to all departmental projects and job functions
• Ensure the development of service level agreements for service support and delivery.
• Monitor the maintenance of the registers and other records required to be maintained by the Company under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).
• Attend meetings of the Company, providing all necessary secretarial support services in respect of the meetings with the applicable rules and regulations.
• Monitor the rendering of all statutory returns and giving notification to the Corporate Affairs Commission as required under CAMA.
• Provide all such other administrative and other secretarial duties as directed by the Legal Counsel & Company Secretary.
• Implement and oversee corporate documentation and data management
• A degree/ Masters in Law.
• Minimum of 4-5 years working experience.
• Excellent team working ability to ensure smooth operation in the Legal Unit as a whole
• Constant awareness of sensitivity and confidentiality involved in the function;
• Good research skills
• Good understanding of general and specific Company and commercial law;
• Experience in licensing, permitting and regulatory affairs;
• Good written and oral communication skills
Very Attractive Offer
