Vacancy at Invent Alliance Limited For a Legal Officer, 14th May, 2019

Invent Alliance Limited is a company specialized on creation of multi sector and multi discipline business platform with specialist partnerships for value co-creation in each of the different business segments through modern co-petition business principles. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Legal Officer Location: Lagos Summary

• The Legal Officer will be primarily responsible for providing advice, guidance and representing clients in court. This position can encompass a wide variety of roles.

• Consult various sources and prepare policy papers.
• Review the legal matters of the company and work upon managing them efficiently.
• Help clients in preparing legal documents related to their case.
• Relate with lawyers and other law personnel to discuss about cases.
• Prepare various legal reports on the cases handled.
• Give legal advice to clients after studying their cases.
• Conduct meeting with clients in order to understand the details of their case.
• Stay updated with the information related to laws and legal processes.
• Give the company detailed explanation of legal issues that may arise due to certain reasons.
• Advise the company’s management on the ways to avoid legal issues from arising.
• Give advice on any litigation that may impact the trust.
• Offer legal interpretation service to the company’s management on different factors on the present laws and regulatory needs.

• Minimum of LLB.
• Minimum of 1 year post bar experience.

• Research skills - while preparing for a case or providing advice, candidates frequently need to conduct extensive research to learn about related cases and previous judgments that may have a bearing on the case at hand.
• Excellent communication skills - Candidate needs to effectively communicate both verbally (with clients, judges, or juries) and in written documents (such as legal summaries and statements).
• Good analytical skills - candidates must be highly analytical and able to examine the facts related to cases and contracts in order to develop a compelling legal argument in both criminal and civil matters.
• Good judgement and reasoning skills - this role requires sound judgment and exceptional reasoning skills. Candidates need to examine the evidence at hand and make decisions related to legal strategies and options.