Senior Legal Associate

Overview

Our client, a leading law firm in Kenya is looking to hire a senior associate who will be working in their conveyance and commercial department. The suitable candidate should have strong and demonstrable experience in commercial law.

Responsibilities

• Accepting instructions from clients and partners.
• Developing a work schedule at the beginning of every new project and monitoring the same until the deliverables are accomplished.
• Ensuring all new jobs are assigned the correct job reference at commencement.
• Ensuring correspondence with advocates via emails, telephone, online meetings and letters.
• Planning and holding project progress meetings with clients.
• Drafting conveyance, commercial, probate and intellectual property transaction instruments.
• Researching and preparing legal and/or advisory opinions.
• Attending court.
• Allocating assignments to the operations department and following up on progress and delivery of the same.
• Reviewing documents using a checklist.
• Ensuring accurate and prompt issuance of bills to the clients.
• Following up on pending bills in a file via telephone calls, emails and letters.
• Any other duty as may be assigned by partners from time to time.

Additional education

• Bachelor of Law (LLB).

Experience

Additional experience

• Minimum Six (6) to seven (7) years post-admission experience.
• Must possess valuable experience and deep knowledge of conveyance and strong experience in commercial law.

Additional skills

Preferred qualities in a candidate include:

• A person of integrity and a hard worker.
• Willingness to learn.
• Ability to think on one’s feet.
• A dynamic personality.
• Positive attitude.

Terms and conditions

Suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications, accompanied by relevant academic certificates and testimonials by 7th April 2023.