Litigation & Conveyancing Associate at Emerge Egress Consulting

Role Objective

• A medium sized 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.