We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Legal Officer, Corporate Transactional Support
Job Identification: 365
Location: Lagos
Job Schedule: Full-time
Duties & Responsibilities
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- Provides, under the guidance of the
- Team Lead, legal advisory services in respect of various contracts to SBUs,
- SRFs and the Bank’s subsidiaries with respect to structured finance, project
- finance, international trade, oil & gas financing, derivatives,
- telecommunications financing (operators, service providers and dealers)
- highlighting the Bank’s attendant obligations, privileges and rights and
- consequences of breach of such contracts
- Researches and prepares legal opinions on basic day-to-day issues bothering on the Unit’s activities.
- Attending meetings with SBUs and other
- SRFs for purposes of negotiating terms and conditions of commercial transaction to be entered into by the Bank.
- Prepares the drafts of all species of local and cross-border Bonds and Guarantees and vets/reviews drafts of same prepared by counterparties to ensure there are no adverse clauses and that the interest of the Bank is adequately protected and understudies the Team Lead and
- Guarantee Supervisors in the Department in the art of Bonds and Guarantee drafting and reviews.
- Supports the Team Lead in the actualization of numerous product and service offerings, alliances, partnerships and other synergistic relationships created by the Products & Channels Unit.
- Prepares, reviews and vets a wide range of documentation, including but not limited to letter of domiciliation, Indemnities, Irrevocable Remittance Undertakings, Irrevocable Standard Payment Orders, Letters of Comfort, Letters of Support, Letters of Intent, etc.
- Prepare Loan Agreements, Corporate
- Guarantees, Sales & Collection Agreements, Letters of Hypothecation,
- Equipment Leases, Deeds of Release etc.
- Conducts, analyzes, and interprets searches on Certificates of Registration/Incorporation of corporate entities.
- Supports the Team Lead and Unit Head in the provision of general advisory services to the Bank’s subsidiaries.
- Ensures compliance with the principles and policies contained in the Information Security Handbook.
- Works with External Solicitors to verify the genuineness of Letters of Administration and probate documents
- Follows up on External Counsel on briefs assigned to them, including but not limited to the processes involved in the preparation and filing of legal pleadings, motions, etc
- Ensures compliance with the principles and policies contained in the Business Continuity Management Handbook.
- Assists the Team Lead and Unit Head in the Unit’s involvement in, and compliance with the Bank’s Information Security
- Management Policies, Business Continuity Management, BS25999, ISO 27001, and initiatives, internal audit outcomes and compliance with recommendations,
- ICAFAS, Business Performance Management, PSQA etc.
External Qualifications
Education:
Minimum:
- Education: First Degree in Law and Professional Certificate of Barrister At Law (compulsory)
Experience:
Minimum:
- Experience: Two years post call, legal practice in chambers
Application Closing Date
24th January, 2024; 08:47 AM.
Deadline: January 24, 2024
Job Features
Job Category | Legal Officer |