Litigation Manager at HF Group

Reporting To: Director Company Secretary & Head of Legal

Overall Job Purpose

To handle litigation, arbitrations /court cases by instructing and liaising with external advocates to ensure the company does not incur losses and also to mitigate on losses from suits.

Principle Accountabilities

• Responsible for instructing the Company's external Lawyers by writing letters of instructions to ensure that company’s interests are adequately and promptly represented.
• Directly liaise with external lawyers in respect of preparation of evidence and witnesses for all pretrials.
• Attend court and testify on behalf of the company to ensure the company does not incur losses.
• Provide response to correspondence from external lawyers to advice on company’s position on legal matters and obtain update reports from external advocates on all legal suits.
• Provide legal advice on recovery cases in order to realise our securities.
• Negotiate on legal fees with external advocates.
• Compile requisite injunctions and major court cases reports for the various committees

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor of Law-LLB, Diploma Kenya School of Law, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
• 5 years Litigation experience in a busy environment.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Ability to work independently under strict deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Analytical and Negotiation skills.
• Drafting pleading skills.
• Demonstrated good planning and organisation skills.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Team player and must have integrity.