Litigation & Conveyancing Associate

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.

Industries:Management Consulting

Function: Legal/ Lawyer