Legal Officer Job in Kenya

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Study matters and advice the company on their legal implications
  • Prepare business contract documents and review those prepared by suppliers to ensure that the company’s interests are protected.
  • Liaise with external legal firms to ensure that the company’s cases are promptly and efficiently attended to 
  • Prepare company witnesses to provide a strong defense for court cases
  • Prepare reports on finalized and outstanding cases to the legal Manager for information and direction
  • Pursue the company’s debtors in accordance with the legal procedures to recover debts
  • Take minutes for various management committee meetings and circulate the same to the relevant Managers for action
  • Monitor developments in the law and ensure that the company complies with the changes
  • Liaise with other legal institutions e.g. AG’s chambers, Law Society of Kenya e.t.c for consultations on best practices and resolution of outstanding legal matters
  • Provide safe custody of vital company’s documents such as, original contracts
  • Ensure that company’s trademarks are registered, renewed and protected to avoid infringement
  • Facilitate legal conveyance of company’s documents such as, land title deeds to protect company’s assets
  • Manage insurance matters in liaison with the insurance officer and ensure they are resolved in the company’s best interest

Requirements


  • Bachelor’s degree in law
  • Diploma from the Kenya School of Law
  • Advocate of High Court of Kenya
  • 5 years post admission experience in legal practice
  • Good communication skills (both oral & written).
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent presentation and report-writing skills.
  • Unquestionable character and integrity.
  • Good team player, self-motivated, creative, innovative and focused.

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