Description
- Assist in providing legal advice and support to internal departments on routine legal matters, including contracts, disputes, compliance, and general business operations, under supervision.
- Support the management of litigation and dispute resolution matters by preparing case files, legal documentation, court pleadings, and tracking case progress.
- Attend court sessions, tribunals, and legal proceedings as required, and assist with follow-up actions, filings, and enforcement of court decisions.
- Attend court and defend or prosecute Company's matters/cases before courts, tribunals, and other adjudicating bodies, and ensure that hearing outcomes, adjournments, directions, and next steps are accurately recorded in the case management system and promptly communicated to the Legal and Compliance Department and other relevant internal stakeholders.
- Draft and prepare court and tribunal documents, including but not limited to plaints, written statements of defence, replies, counterclaims, applications and chamber summonses, affidavits and counter-affidavits, notices, written submissions, and legal memoranda, for review and approval by senior legal staff prior to filing.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date legal records in the Company's ERP system, ensuring timely entry of case, contract, and matter data and consistency between the ERP, the contract registry, and the case management system.
- Assist in handling legal complaints and claims by ensuring timely documentation, responses, and escalation to senior legal officers where necessary.
- Draft, review, and assist in negotiating basic contracts, agreements, MOUs, leases, and other standard legal documents under guidance.
- Maintain and update the legal documents and contract registry, ensuring proper filing, organization, and tracking of agreements and renewals.
- Support regulatory compliance activities by assisting in monitoring applicable laws and regulations and implementing compliance-related actions.
- Conduct legal and regulatory research and prepare summaries on relevant laws, regulations, and judicial decisions affecting the company.
- Liaise with external legal counsel, courts, registries, and regulators on routine matters as directed by senior legal staff.
- Assist in the development, review, and implementation of internal policies, procedures, and compliance documentation.
- Support the legal recoveries process in collaboration with collections, credit risk, and operations teams, ensuring actions comply with legal requirements.
- Assist with preparation of legal reports, opinions, meeting agendas, resolutions, and minutes when required.
- Participate in internal meetings and assist with follow-up on legal action points.
- Support legal awareness and training initiatives for staff by preparing materials and documentation.
- Perform any other legal or administrative duties as may be assigned from time to time.