UAC Nigeria Job Vacancies: Legal Services Manager

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UAC of Nigeria is a fully owned Nigerian public company and one of the Largest diversified businesses in the private sector. UAC of Nigeria Plc is currently recruiting for the following position:

Job Title: Legal Services Manager

Descriptions:
Reporting to the company secretary/legal advisers, the legal services manager will be responsible for litigation, conciliation, mediation, arbitration, debt recovery, legislative intelligence and advisory, police matters legal aspects of employee issues, legal aspect of banking transactions, general legal advisory, legal cost and litigation, budget management etc.

Specific Job Roles:
•   Management of the litigation and debtors portfolio; and resolution of the legal disputes of UAC of Nigeria Plc and its Business Units ('group') through Alternate Dispute Resolution techniques;
•   Manages the litigation budget and implements legal cost cutting techniques for he group;
•   Implements an effective legislative intelligence and advisory systems which support the group's strategic and operational plans;
•   Manages the group's relationship with external counsel/law firms and serves as the link between the group and external law firms/counsel;
•   Advise the group on legal aspects of baming and employee relations'
•   Handles police matters and manage police relations for the group;

Job Requirements:
•   Have at least a second class upper degree in law;
•   Have at least 10 years post call experience of which 8 years should have been spent in a similar position of multinational company/conglomerate or op range multi-structured legal practice with focus on commercial law, corporate law and practice, real estate, law of securities, litigation practice and ADR-Alternate Dispute Resolution techniques, employment law, law of banking and securities etc;
•   Be computer literate;
•   Have excellent written and oral communication skills

Remuneration: Very competitive in line with Industry Practice

How to Apply:
Please send you resume to careers@uacnplc.com.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email.

Deadline: 8 August 2011.

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