Location: Westlands Nairobi
Employment Type: Full Time Job
Experience - 2-5 years
Duties/Responsibilities
1. Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts and ensuring they are duly executed;
2. Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare agreements for sale, completion documents (where necessary) and ensure proper registration of documents;
3. Draft legal opinions and maintain the database;
4. Conduct legal research on various areas of law as may be assigned by the Partners;
5. Oversee filing and maintenance of intellectual property applications and registrations;
6. Assist with due diligence and other intellectual property issues related to contracts, agreements and other transactional matters;
7. Effect the legal formation of entities including organizational documents and take further action as required by law;
8. Provide legal advice on commercial and corporate transactions; and
9. Ability to prepare security documents and ensure they are properly executed and properly registered. Litigation
10. Participate in initial client interview and obtain all relevant information and documentation;
11. Conduct legal research relating to pleading and motion preparation;
12. Ability to negotiate settlements for clients and draft settlement agreements;
13. Attend and conduct hearings at all levels of the court structure;
14. Draft legal opinions and maintain legal opinion database;
15. Updating clients on their matters on a timely basis;
