Associate Lawyer Job at Alan & Grant

Alan & Grant is a firm of consultants creating innovative HR & Enterprise Solutions. We focus on enabling performance improvements around our clients’ people, product and project concerns. We work with different organizations to conceptualize, build and deploy bespoke solutions aimed at improving overall performance and align workforce to long-term corporate objectives ensuring sustained growth and profitability in the process.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Associate Lawyer
Zip/Postal Code: 0000
Job Location: Lagos
Industry: Legal

Job Summary

• To provide a high degree of professional autonomy and scope of responsibility pertaining to Strategy, Client Acquisition and Revenue Generation, Financial & Business Performance, People Management and Technical Adeptness while providing high quality legal services to clients.

Key Responsibilities

• To assist the Principal Partner in developing annual and long-term strategic plan of the firm
• To provide the leadership necessary to achieve the firm’s profitability needs and/or goals
• To proffer opinions and substantiation of the Firm’s strategic thinking and direction
• To generate revenue set and agreed with Principal Partner by attracting and procuring new clients
• To increase revenue by exploring new and additional services; developing and presenting cost-benefit analyses of new and additional services to Principal Partner
• To raise the profile of the firm and to build a strong and diverse portfolio of clients
• To research and understand client’s businesses and proactively provide solutions that are value adding
• To obtain referrals from existing and past clients
• To develop and maintain good client relationship skills, gaining clients confidence and that of other professionals
• Attend and represent firm at client meetings, conferences and workshops
• To develop with the Principal Partner the financial strategy of the firm, including an annual operating budget and capital budget
• To monitor the budget on a monthly basis and ensure that the firm achieves optimal financial performance
• Tracking revenue and ensuring individual lawyers achieve revenue budget
• To identify key profit drivers and to continuously improve the firm’s commercial awareness
• Ensure adequate management of Senior Associates and Associates within the Firm
• Create the right work ethnics and lead by example
• Develop team’s skills through coaching, mentoring and counselling
• Effective delegation and supervision of work
• Ensure that lawyers’ workload is balanced and fair
• Management of underperforming staff
• Convene and facilitate team meetings as and when required
• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide variety of legal agreements both local and international
• Drafting and reviewing Legal opinions
• Researching varying areas of law and ensuring requisite information is disseminated throughout the team
• To provide innovative solutions to client requests in accordance with International Best Practices
• To keep up to date with developments in law and practice so that standard of work is not compromised

Requirements

• A minimum of second class (upper division) from a reputable university and Nigerian Law School (N.B. Year of call must be between pre-2009)
• At least 8 years post NYSC experience from a leading law firm in Nigeria
• Strong and demonstrable transactional experience in the Nigerian Capital Market
• Strong and demonstrable experience in the Corporate/Commercial law field
• Strong networking and execution skills
• Proven organizational and people management skills
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills i.e. both verbal and written
• Proficient at all Microsoft Office packages in particular Microsoft PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to multi-task
• Committed, proactive, hardworking and flexible
• Strong core values of trustworthiness, reliability, commitment and action-oriented.