Role Objective
A growing yet busy law firm in Nairobi seeks to add to their team a knowledgeable and versatile individual with expertise in Conveyancing and Litigation matters.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
Conducting clients’ consultation to understand, interviewing them on their legal issues, needs objectives, and provide advice accordingly.
Providing legal and technical advice including drafting legal opinions.
Undertaking due diligence on various litigation matters.
Conducting research on relevant laws, regulations, precedents, and case law to build on each case assigned.
Drafting and reviewing various legal documents
Managing deadlines and court schedules effectively, ensuring timely filings and appearances.
Preparing and filing legal pleadings and documents with the appropriate court or tribunal
Collaborating with advocates and colleagues in various high value litigation cases in order to achieve success.
Representing clients in legal matters such as hearings, motions, and trial proceedings.
Regularly updating clients on the status of their cases in a simple manner by breaking down the legal terminologies.
Conducting cross-examination.
Engaging, Draft and review settlement agreements to ensure that the client’s interests are protected through a favorable resolution
Corresponding and negotiating with opposing counsel to resolve disputes favorably.
Ensuring that invoicing, collection of payable fees and timely payments are made.
Building positive and maintaining good relationships with clients and potential clients.
Participation and contributing to the growth of litigation department goals and objectives.
Enhance the firm’s client base through effective liaison with existing clients.
Provide Legal opinion on matters relating to property & real estate.
Drafting Conveyancing documents and Legal documents.
Sending terms of engagement and estimates of fees and disbursements
Oversee handling of all client matters before the Lands Registry, Local Authorities and Survey of Kenya & National Lands Commission
Liaising with clients and key stakeholders such as the mortgage lenders, estate agents, land valuers.
Ability to prepare security documents and ensure they are properly executed and properly registered.
Provide legal opinion, advice on conveyancing, commercial and corporate transactions and matters relating to property & real estate.
Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts, legal documents and ensuring they are duly executed.
Offer legal advice to clients on the legal processes involved in purchasing & selling of property.
Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare sale agreements, completion documents and ensure proper registration of documents.
Prepare property lease agreements & ensure contracts are duly signed as scheduled.
Liaising with clients and key stakeholders such as the mortgage lenders, Land Registry, Government Departments, estate agents, land valuers and surveyors.
Assist with due diligence and other intellectual property issues related to contracts, agreements and other transactional matters.
Any other duties as allocated.
Job Specifications and Qualifications
Three (3) year Post admission experience in a busy law firm.
An upper 2nd Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a recognized university.
A valid practicing certificate.
Experience in Litigation, Conveyancing and Commercial Matters.
Key Competencies
Be a person of unquestionable integrity with a high sense of professionalism.
Excellent writing and communication skills.
Excellent legal research skills and drafting of legal documents.
Proactive and aggressive.
Keen attention to detail.
Team player with leadership skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage pressure.
Strong knowledge of Kenyan property law and conveyancing procedures.
Ability to litigate with composure.
Exceptional client care skills.
Business acumen skills
If interested in the position and meet the above requirements, kindly send your CV on or before 18th February 2025 to the email careers@emergeegressconsulting.com and indicate the position applied for in the subject line. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Apply via :
careers@emergeegressconsulting.com