Legal Officer

Reference No: #RMD004 Location: Ikeja, Lagos Contract Type: Permanent Industries: Banking / Finance & Investment Introduction

Group Risk Management Directorate strives to achieve sound corporate governance, robust compliance and effective risk management processes for credit, market and liquidity.
Strategies deployed help build robust capital management, effective risk monitoring and proactive risk mitigation.

Job Functions

Advisory, Analytics, Communications, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Research

Specification/Responsibilities

Render legal opinions to other sectors of the Bank.
Oversee the preparation of legal agreements, opinions and other documents and review same.
Monitor proposed legislation, review new legislation and advise on the impact for the Bank.
Oversee the litigation portfolio of the Bank including debt recovery litigation.
Review out-of-court settlement proposals and concessions on debt recovery accounts.
Oversee the perfection of legal documents, maintain Bank’s securities database and oversee management of the Bank’s collateral documents.
Oversee the Bank’s relationship with external solicitors including selection of solicitors, negotiation of retainer agreements and approval of solicitors’ bills for professional services.
Disseminate information within the Bank on frequently arising legal issues .
Participate in meetings of various other committees, Bank activities and inter-sectoral meetings as required.
Generate various reports, policy documents, etc as required by Executive Management or the Board.
Tract workflow of departments and units to ensure timely delivery of servic

Requirements Experience:

Minimum of 3 years post-NYSC experience

Educational Qualification:

Minimum of Second Class Lower degree in Law (LLB)
Minimum of Second Class Lower from Law School (BL)

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