Legal Officer - Female at Beneprojecti Nigeria Limited

Beneprojecti Nigeria Limited is an Oil and Gas EPCMM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management and Marine) Company. We have a reliable team of professionals and qualified engineers with good experience in projects and contract management capabilities to provide quality service to Marine, Energy, Oil and Gas sector of the Nigerian economy. However, we have partnership/ alliances with other reputable servicing companies for the purpose of executing specific projects both Onshore & Offshore in line with the local content policy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer - Female

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Primary Objectives

• Provide authoritative legal advice on a diverse range of highly complex, substantive, and procedural questions on law, which may include those related to Marine, NCDMB, Labour, and Oil and Gas business operations within the region
• Drafting and reviewing major agreements, institutional and operational modalities, legal submissions/motions, and other legal documents
• Apply legal expertise in analyzing a diverse range of complex and unusual legal issues, and problems and developing innovative and creative solutions
• Coordinate, write minutes, and act as secretary at meetings

Responsibilities

• Reviews, drafts and negotiates major current agreements, consulting agreements, special licensing, non-disclosure agreements, terms and amendments for customers
• Drive contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and / or execution; manage contract change control process and related correspondence requiring legal input
• Drafting and vetting of MOA, MOU, Bank guarantee, Indemnity Bonds if any, undertakings and authority letters, vendor contracts, etc.
• Interprets contracts and advice on contractual responsibilities
• Translates complex commercial/legal scenarios into simple language and action plans
• Ensure that the CEO, Senior management team (SMT), and the board are provided updates and reports on a regular basis where necessary
• Any other duties of related responsibilities.

Educational Qualifications

• A minimum of Second Class Lower Degree in Law (LL.B) and must have been called to the Nigerian Bar (B.L)
• At least 2 years legal experience
• Knowledge of the Nigerian Labour Law, Maritime, corporate commercial and public international law
• Excellent management, interpersonal and negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to promote harmonious/cohesive teamwork in a cross-cultural context
• Proven ability to plan long-term organized priorities and work under administrative and programmatic pressure with detail oriented and professional grace
• Highly collaborative and able to establish positive working relationships with senior management and all other stakeholders to maximize cooperation and productivity
• Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint is required

Application Closing Date
15th February, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.