Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
• To help our client’s business successfully operate and grow.
• To focus on issues that affect businesses and innovatively resolve them.
• To offer our client’s a satisfying legal experience.
Key responsibilities
• Legal Services
• To understand the fundamentals of our client’s work and their business goals.
• To understand the client’s industries and the stakeholders involved.
• To ensure compliance with local, county, national, and international laws that regulate the economic sector or industry to which the business belongs.
• To manage both big and small legal concerns that the client might have during regular business.
• To do everything in our power to protect our client.
• To collaborate with our clients and take a proactive – rather than reactive – approach to litigation and ensure that our clients are never caught off guard by an unexpected turn of events.
• To take immediate action/steps that need to be taken to mitigate client’s risk of liability.
• To help our clients navigate the complexities of their business disputes from beginning to end.
• To choose the correct path for legal disputes.
• To help clients make informed decisions focused on securing a cost-effective and favourable resolution.
• To quickly identify clients’ disputes strengths and any potential weaknesses when facing litigation.
• To work with the client to understand their business priorities and build a case strategy cantered on what matters most to the client.
• To develop litigation strategies and provide court precedents that support the client’s goals.
• To file and defend clients in business litigation suits.
• To identifying legal claims and counterclaims when clients are sued, and defenses clients can raise when sued.
• To talk to the people in the client’s company who were involved and look for potential witnesses who can corroborate the issue.
• To obtain evidence, including finding expert witnesses if necessary to testify on clients behalf.
• To manage the discovery process, including turning over required information, reviewing the information provided and interviewing witnesses.
• To submit all litigation paperwork, including motions and pleadings, during the pre-trial and trial phase.
• To negotiate settlements or explore possibilities for other out-of-court dispute resolution alternatives.
• To present evidence in support of client claims and make arguments court/mediation or arbitration proceedings.
• To appeal unfavourable decisions resulting from commercial cases in which legal or procedural errors occurred.
• To provide legal advice/opinions on the implications of government actions, new laws, court decisions and regulations and other stakeholder actions.
• To minimize the client’s exposure to litigation.
• To ensure that the necessary documents are filed with the appropriate governmental authorities and that the documents contain all the information and disclosures required by law.
• To understand and navigate the effects of modern technology.
• To ensure all legal documents are complete, accurate and properly stored.
• To educate our clients regarding various legalities and illegalities throughout their day-to-day business.
• To work with in-house legal departments and provide advice to the people running and working in the business.
• To act as the liaison between the client and its stakeholders.
• To tap into your networks to assist our clients.
Legal Operations
• Work in accordance with detailed procedures and quality standards contained office handbook and relevant procedures contained in the server and practice management tool.
• Managing multiple clients, matters, and legal activities that carry varying deadlines.
• Ensure services are provided in a timely and efficient manner.
• To take initiative to ensure the client is informed regularly on progress and costs.
• Provide weekly matter work in progress reports to the Partner.
• To use technology in the delivery of legal services.
Finance & Accounting
• To discuss with clients the possible costs of the litigation including the legal fees.
• To bill and collect monthly personal billings of five times your salary.
• To ensure upfront payment of: 100% of disbursements, tax & government fees and 70% of legal fees.
• With 30% balance of legal fees at conclusion of the matter.
Business Development
• Continuously innovate on how to provide great client experiences.
• Obtain at least 1 new instruction from each client monthly.
• Attend & organise conferences, trade shows and other networking events.
People & Culture
• To put your own personal agenda aside and always consider what is the right thing for the firm.
• To behave according to the guidelines in the firm’s employer brand book.
• To build strong working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Share information, knowhow, and best practice with colleagues.
• Develop and maintain the competencies necessary to provide a proper standard of service to clients and maintain a record of professional development.
Knowledge, skills and qualifications
• Qualified advocate
• Admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Kenya School of Law – Diploma in Law
• Masters in Law or business (LLM/MBA/MSc)
• Undergraduate Law Degree (LLB) OR) Graduate Law Degree with upper second-class honours
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) OR A-Levels, IGSCE’S OR Relevant High School Diploma
• Minimum Grade B in both English & Mathematics


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Duma works on www.linkedin.com  to apply


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