JOB DESCRIPTION LEGAL OFFICER

Our Client a leading cement manufacturing company dedicated to producing highquality cement products for regional infrastructure development is currently seeking a detailoriented and experienced Legal Officer to join their legal department. Reporting to the Legal Manager the Legal Officer will provide essential legal advice on all business transactions to ensure compliance and support our companys strategic initiatives

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 companys interests are protected.
  
• Liaise with external legal firms to ensure that the companys cases are promptly and efficiently
  
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• 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 companys 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. AGs chambers Law Society of Kenya e.t.c for consultations on best practices and resolution of outstanding legal matters
  
• Provide safe custody of vital companys documents such as original contracts
  
• Ensure that companys trademarks are registered renewed and protected to avoid infringement
  
• Facilitate legal conveyance of companys documents such as land title deeds to protect companys assets
  
• Manage insurance matters in liaison with the insurance officer and ensure they are resolved in the companys best interest
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelors 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 reportwriting skills.
  
• Unquestionable character and integrity.
  
• Good team player selfmotivated creative innovative and focused.