Legal & Company Secretarial Executive

Heirs Holdings Ltd

The Legal Executive will join the Legal team of Heirs Holdings Limited to provide legal and company secretarial support to the Legal Adviser/Company Secretary with particular focus on providing strategic governance support which will include legal advisory support, company secretarial support and regulatory compliance support for the Group restructuring project. The services provided will cut across various sectors including financial services, real estate, oil and gas, power, hospitality, healthcare and philanthropy.

Responsibilitie(s):

  • FAMILY OFFICE - Providing legal, company secretarial, governance and administrative support with respect to the formation, operation and management of the Family Office.
  • Act as point of communication between the Family office and related stakeholders.
  • Work closely with the Chairman in setting the agenda for stakeholder meetings, attend meetings, take minutes, email management and drafting action points arising.
  • Review relevant documents and agreements.
  • Provide legal support service to the Family Office within the framework of the Family Office investments and operations
  • Act as the corporate information repository for all Family Office investments
  • Support relevant units and external stakeholders with corporate information as may be required. -
  • Ensure the proper custody of corporate documents for the Family Office and related companies
  • Filing all necessary returns with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
  • Review and advise on transactions or initiatives in respect of the Family Office.
  • REGULATORY COMPLIANCE - Keep up to date on all applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines including keeping track of any proposed changes, updates, repeals and re-enactments relating thereto and advising the relevant business function or investee company as appropriate.
  • Providing summaries on proposed enactments or changes to applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines and keeping abreast of and timely notification of applicable legislative processes including town hall meetings, bill passages, etc.
  • COMPANY SECRETARIAT - Providing company secretarial and administrative support with respect to management meetings, board meetings, board committee meetings of Heirs Holdings and supported businesses.
  • Drive policy awareness campaigns within the companies supported through emails, physical trainings and other identified platforms on an ongoing basis.
  • DATA PROTECTION - Administering data protection policies and practices of Heirs Holdings
  • Overseeing and monitoring compliance with the NDPR and other data protection laws, data protection policies, awareness-raising, training, and audits
  • Advising the business, management, employees and third parties who carry on data processing activities of their obligations under the NDPR.
  • Acting as a contact point for Heirs Holdings and liaising with NITDA on issues relating to data processing.
  • Monitoring and updating the implementation of the data protection policies and practices of Heirs Holdings and ensuring compliance amongst all employees of Heirs Holdings.
  • Ensuring that Heirs Holdings undertakes a Data Impact Assessment and curbing potential risk in Heirs Holdings data processing operations.
  • Maintaining a data base of all Heirs Holdings data collection and processing operations of Heirs Holdings.
  • LEGAL ADVISORY - Providing legal advice on a wide range of legal matters related to Heirs Holding’s operations and businesses (including supported companies) and providing legal assistance with respect to drafting of Heirs Holding’s legal contracts in order to reduce Heirs Holdings risks and liabilities and adequately protect its interests.
  • Providing transactional legal support and transaction management for any transaction HH is involved in.

Qualification/Experience Requirement(s):

  • - 3 to 7 years’ experience in providing corporate legal services.
  • - Bachelors in Law (LLB)
  • -Must have completed the Nigerian Law school
  • - Master’s in law (LLM) will be an added advantage
  • -Professional qualifications will be an added advantage

Summary

Job ID

441

Job Title

Legal & Company Secretarial Executive

Company

Heirs Holdings Ltd

Location

Lagos

Department/Function

Legal

Job Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Full Time

Minimum Qualification

B.SC

Preferred Years of Experience

5

Application Deadline

-788 day(s)