Adept Systems - Senior Litigation Associate Jobs in Kenya

Adept Systems - Senior Litigation Associate Jobs in Kenya

Oseko and Ouma is a reputable midsized law firm in Kenya that has been existence for over 25 years successfully handling complex litigation and challenging corporate commercial work for a wide range of corporate clients both locally and across the border. Its areas of practices include; banking and finance, real estate, energy & natural resources, intellectual property, corporate and commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution.

The Senior Litigation Associate reports to the Managing Partner and oversees all activities of the Junior Lawyers, deals with all complex legal transactions, identifying legal issues and offering the firm and its consumers optimum solutions as well as ensuring that the firm responds appropriately to any legislative changes.


Key Responsibilities

Develop, streamline and implement legal compliance policies and procedures and ensure the teams observation and successful implementation of these policies and standards;

Provide high quality legal services to the firm’s clients, predominantly in relation to Commercial Transactional and Advisory matters;

Identify legal issues within the business and provide legal analyses and possible legal solutions

Offer advice to departmental leaders across the business on applicable laws and the interpretation of legal documents in a manner that avails a practical legal approach while properly managing the risks to the firm;

Prepare various complex contracts, develop and document standard terms and conditions for the firm’s consumers;

Negotiate settlements for legal disputes;

Attract new business from existing and potential clients, keeping the managing partner in the know;

Participate in maintaining relationships within the

organization departments and externally with state authorities and government officials;

Responsible for departmental credit control and client payment follow ups;

Ensure updated and accurate reports are delivered on a weekly basis to the Managing Partner on legal and administrative departmental operations;

Lead junior associates in handling various drafting tasks, inclusive of quarterly/annual report drafting, proxy statement development etc.


Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Undergraduate Law Degree (LLB) OR Graduate Law Degree with upper second-class honours;

Kenya School of Law – Diploma in Law;

Admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;

At least Five (5) years dispute resolution experience in a medium to large law firm or in-house department;

High quality research and drafting of relevant legal documents;

Team player, honest and customer centric;

Good leadership and mentorship skills;

Hard working with good negotiation and communication skills;

Open to travelling within Kenya on a need basis.

How to apply:

Please make your application on our online recruitment portal, jobs.adeptsystems.co.ke. This will require you to create a profile and in addition attach your detailed and up to date CV with your contact details, details of current and expected remuneration, the names of three professional referees and a cover letter demonstrating how you meet our requirements. Your application should be sent by close of business Tuesday, 17th September 2019

Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.

For more information and job applications details, see; Adept Systems Jobs in Kenya