Job Title: Corporate Lawyer (Fresher Job Opportunities)
Organisation: Kiiza and Kwanza Advocates
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Kiiza and Kwanza Advocates is a legal practice firm based in Kampala
with focus on practice areas in the sectors of financial services, mining and
natural resources and electricity.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Drafting legal documents and giving legal opinions on cases.
- Prepare the appropriate legal documents for trial or court proceedings.
- Represent the company in legal proceedings.
- Design and oversee the company’s policy and position on legal matters.
- Examine the legal issues related to new services.
- Guide management on regulatory and compliance issues to ensure compliance with legal regulations
- Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (labour law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
- Collaborate with management to devise efficient defence strategies
- Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.)
- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the firm’s full legal rights Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and force
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization
- Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor Degree in Law from a recognized institution with a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
- Experience
- At least two years of relevant working experience
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience advising in a business environment
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
- Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information
- Outstanding communication skills
- Time Management Skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should Email cover letter, CV and academic documents as a single document to [email protected]
Subject line should be the position applied for
Deadline: 18th June 2022 by 5:00pm
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