Legal Officer

Job Summary

The job holder will provide legal support to ARM business units in connection with a diverse range of corporate and commercial transactions including project finance, corporate finance, real estate, mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions etc.

Job Details

Company Secretarial Services: Support the effective delivery of company secretarial services including (but not limited to) the planning and organizing of Board meetings, Annual General Meetings, and communication of resolutions and outcomes. Maintenance of best corporate governance practice including but not limited to ensuring that regulatory filings are promptly made, providing advice to management in respect of company secretarial matters, keeping statutory books and ensuring compliance with governance expectations.
Provide Legal Advisory: Provide legal advisory to internal stakeholders on contracts, financial regulations, and internal policies, as well as on regulatory, institutional, and financial issues arising from the interpretation and application of regulatory requirements / provisions.
Legal Drafting: Responsible for preparing and reviewing legal documentation for a wide range of the organization’s activities; negotiating relevant drafts or master agreements, reviewing individual transaction documents; proposes and designs appropriate amendments to internal policies and standard documentations / contracts.
Corporate Finance Transactions: Support and advise the organization in the negotiation and drafting of documentation to effect capital raising activities in the international capital and money markets, and other forms of corporate finance transactions.
Capital Market Transactions: draft or review debt and equity capital raise documentation, guarantees, trust deeds, security deeds, escrow agreements, safe custody agreements etc. Knowledgeable in legal matters relating to asset management, capital raising and finance.
Legal Vehicles: Draft and review legal documents concerning the creation of corporate trust funds and Special Purpose Vehicles, with the dual aim of both securing the obligations of the SPV, as well as insulating the organization from the financial and legal risks from these vehicles.
Collaboration with Compliance Unit: Ensure extensive due diligence, is conducted on counterparties and that all returns and filings to Regulators are promptly made.
Stakeholder Management: Proactively seek to build mutually beneficial and trusting relationships with both internal stakeholders (subsidiaries and shared service functions), and external stakeholders (i.e. regulators), with the aim of delivering operational impact. 
Legislative Watch: Proactively identify, analyse, and respond to legislative developments affecting ARM and its subsidiaries with the aim of shaping policies and legislation to ARM’s benefit

Requirements

Education 

LL. B Degree from an accredited university 
B.L Degree from the Nigeria Law School 

Experience 

Minimum of 10 years’ work experience required.
SEC sponsored individual with experience working in Capital Markets.

About Company

ARM Holding Company Limited

https://arm.seamlesshiring.com

Asset & Resource Management Company Limited (ARM) was founded in 1994 as an asset management firm.We provide a broad range of unique wealth creation services by offering traditional asset management services as well as alternative investments through our private funds business. ARM currently manages total assets of circa N540 billion. Over the last twenty years, we have built a strong reputation both locally and internationally through in-depth, high-quality research, investment management expertise, and value-adding products and services. Our clients range from corporations to private and public institutions and include high net-worth investors and small savers.