Main Responsibilities:

1. Contract Management: drive contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of negotiation process, review and contract execution.
2. Perform due diligence and risk assessment on contracts transactions including undertaking legal risk analysis and providing legal support for new and ongoing projects.
3. Ensure contracts are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and remain up to date with legislative changes that could affect current and future contracts.
4. Investigate and draft legal responses to claims against the bank or other requests of legal nature.
5. Manage the litigation portfolio in which the Bank is a party to ensure adequate representation including appearing before any court or tribunal as a witness or to watch brief as necessary.
6. Liaise and instruct external lawyers and other external legal services providers in relation to any proceedings where external legal counsel may be required.
7. Manage litigation costs and measure external lawyers and other external legal services providers to ensure efficiency.
8. Provide legal opinions/guidance in relation to all aspects of contracts and litigations matters.
9. Conduct Legal awareness training across business.

Daily Responsibilities. 

1. Provide legal opinions/ guidance to the business and carry out legal research.
2. Draft/Review contracts to which the Bank is a party to.
3. Respond to legal correspondences. 
4. Receive and assess claims against the Bank.
5. Instructing and liaising with external lawyers and other external legal services providers.

Educational qualifications and work experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree LLB
2. Minimum (6) Year’ experience in Legal practice, Legal drafting, Legal communication &Advocacy
3. Professional qualification: Post Graduate Diploma in law Arbitration Mediation.