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;