Legal Consultant
Compliance Professionals Plc
Total years of experience :5 years, 9 Months
2017-2018
The Federal Executive Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria approved a project for the audit of the Nigerian maritime sector and the compliance of port concessionaires.
•Project Secretary to the Project Management Office of CPP.
•Secretary to the Steering Committee chaired by the Honourable Minister of Transport and its Directors
•Secretary to the Work Group Committees of Consultants
•Part of the team of legal advisers to the Project
•Drafted, reviewed and negotiated contracts of consultants and industry experts
•Interim project manager (2 weeks)
•Budget forecast, creation and management
•Data Synthetisation
•Number of people managed: Six
Company Secretarial & Compliance 2014-2017
•Facilitate the on-boarding of new directors; draft and review minutes of board meetings and other company secretarial duties
•Advise the business on the selection of external counsel and legal costs
•Develop the business strategy plan for the legal department in alignment with the overall strategy plan of the company.
•Promptly monitor and advise on identified and potential risks, threats and developments in the company’s legal and regulatory environment and key regulatory/compliance issues.
•Liaise and maintain relationships with regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
•Manage the legal risk and compliance monitoring desk for CSCS Plc
•Report legislative/capital market updates as it affects business decisions
•Draft, negotiate and provide legal opinion on agreements for the Company’s business activities
•Carry out regular internal legal audit/internal due diligence with respect to company’s contracts
•Provide legal support to project teams
Accomplishments:
•1st Runner-Up Employee of the Year 2015
•Support counsel for the legal advisory team on ‘Project Beam’ for the trading of derivatives and futures in the Nigerian Capital Market.
•Part of the legal advisory team to the Insurance Repository, the first of its kind in West Africa;
•Advised on possible sanctions to be included in the Central Securities Depository Rules
•Reviewed, advised and negotiated terms of TATA Master Service and License agreement for the purchase of the $5m solution for the central depository of the Nigerian capital market.
•Part of the legal team who negotiated the Master Service Agreement and license Agreement for the $700, 000 software application for the start-up subsidiary - Insurance Repository Nigeria Limited (IRNL)
•Member of the team for the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NSEG); reviewed the chairman’s opening speech for the 21st Summit.
Technofields Nigeria Limited Lagos
Legal Counsel 2013-2014
•Legal advisory services
•Drafted and negotiated service contracts, employee contracts and lease agreements
•Developed and executed business strategy plans for the business
Engage• Business strategy development for the NOW TV start-up funded by British Sky Media
• Skillfully created brand awareness campaigns which increased NOW TV customer base by 22%, directed market research on competing brands
• Part of the team that developed the social media public relations strategy of NOW TV online.
• Conducted consumer market research for BSKYB to understand the needs of online television viewers.
• Part of the marketing and Ad think-tank team
meant
•Delivered legal advisory services to immigrants and foreign students
•Reported court proceedings/hearings, drafted letters and liaised with the UKBA (United Kingdom Border Agency) on behalf of immigrants
•Part of the team which provided project financing advisory services to the bank
•Drafted various finance agreements in relation to asset finance, import finance, cross guarantees, syndicated loan and share collateral agreements
•Contributed actively in negotiation, mediation and conciliation meetings.
Acted as supervisor of the in - house counsel relationship management team
•Operated as secretary of the library committee and energy and oil committee at the firm.
•Handled litigation processes for various clients including - M-Tech, UPS, Flour Mills, Bank PHB.
•Company secretarial team member for organizations such
LLM