Litigation Associate

Bradfield consulting is a professional service firm created to provide human resource solutions for organizations of any size. Our goal is to help our esteemed clients eliminate issues bordering on having incompatible or inexperienced employees. Our partnership begins from attracting the right employees, settling them well at work and ensuring that they are equipped to deliver on your goals. Our culture of seamless collaboration enables us to go well beyond recruitment; we meet with every client, seeking to understand their needs and culture in a bid to engage the perfect candidate fit for them. This collaborative culture of problem-solving enables us to add great value to our clients businesses. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Litigation Associate

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Industry: Law Firm

Job Summary

As a Litigation Associate, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality legal advice, and litigation services to our clients. You will be responsible for managing complex corporate transactions, drafting and negotiating contracts, and providing general business advice to clients.

Key Responsibilities

The candidate must possess demonstrable and applicable knowledge of legal issues pertinent to corporate commercial/transactional practice. Representing individuals and corporate entities at the court Listens actively and delivers written work which is concise, accurate, with no typos and a high level of attention to detail. Demonstrates highly effective oral and written communication skills. Can succinctly explain core legal issues to colleagues and clients effectively. Ability to recognize, understand, analyze and classify commercial as well as legal issues and the context in which legal issues arise. Use the analysis to identify relevant and applicable concepts and facts as well as identify alternative legal and commercial solutions to issues that arise on transactions. Displays the requisite flexibility in meeting with client demands and is relentlessly focused on outcomes. Manages time effectively and delivers on the expectations of the corporate services group’s objectives and clients. Ability to note gaps and ambiguities in the information provided and to follow through in resolving them, as well as the ability to conduct proper and extensive research on all matters using relevant and up-to-date sources. Ability to give a risk-based analysis - explaining possible consequences, the likelihood of those consequences, and ways to mitigate or eliminate risk. Candidate must have sufficient knowledge of commercial law, including, but not limited to corporate law and general business advisory matters.