Legal Officer Job at Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc

Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc is the premier, largest and most profitable, non-aligned Primary Mortgage Bank in Nigeria. Abbey is one of the seven national Primary Mortgage Banks (PMB) licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). The recent recapitalization exercise saw the downsize from 105 mortgage banks to only 34 now surviving. We not only emerged successfully capitalized but one of the few that also met our National obligation as well as amongst the public liability companies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Legal Officer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Duties and Responsibilities

• Legal Advisory on Mortgage. Land use and other related matters
• Laising With Board of Directors convening and servicang annual general meetings
• Structure. draft arri review reports and other documents relating to mortgages etc
• Represent cornpany in legal proceedings (administrative boards court trials etc.)
• Consult and handle all corporate legal processes (e.g. mergers 8 acquisitions financiavsecurities offerings compliance issueS transactions agreement lawsuits patents)
• Draft and administer all real estate and nonnal estate related contracts

Requirernents

• 2nd Class Upper Degree in Law
• 4-5 years of post bar experience
• Very Sound knowledge and understanding of Mortgage laws
• LLM and ICSAN certificatbn is an added advantage.

Method of Application
Interested candidates should send their CV and Portfolios to: careers@abbeymortgagebank.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.