Conveyancing Advocate

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 matters.

Drafting and reviewing various legal documents

Engaging, Drafting and reviewing settlement agreements to ensure that the client’s interests are protected through a favorable resolution

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 the conveyancing 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.

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.

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.

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 transactions and matters relating to property & real estate.

Any other duties as allocated.

Job Specifications and Qualifications

At least two (2) 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 Conveyancing Matters.

Key Competencies

Be a person of unquestionable integrity with a high sense of professionalism.

Excellent legal research skills and drafting of legal documents.

Proactive and aggressive.

Keen attention to detail.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Strong knowledge of Kenyan property law and conveyancing procedures.

Exceptional client care skills.

Industries:Management Consulting

Function: Legal/ Lawyer