Job Vacancies for Litigation Lawyer

Hamilton Lloyd and Associates – Our client is a fully serviced legal
practice established in 1980 and has
over the last three decades earned a
reputation of consistently exceeding expectations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Litigation Lawyer

Location: Nigeria

Major Responsibilities

• The role of a litigation lawyer will come with active hands-on
  experience in cases done in various state and federal trial courts,
  including specialized courts, tribunals and appellate courts across
  Nigeria.
• He /she is expected to be comfortable in the areas of
  constitutional, commercial, shipping and aviation, oil and gas, trade,
  labour and industrial disputes etc.
• Litigation is the resolution of disputes falling in the
  corporate and commercial sectors, such as banking transactions, civil
  fraud, corporate governance, asset and venture capital projects,
  financial services regulation, mergers and acquisitions, share capital
  re-organizations and professional negligence.

Qualifications/ Skills

• 6-8 years experience post call to bar.
• A second class upper Degree would be acceptable but a Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Candidate should be able to work under pressure.
• Candidate should be able to work with no supervision
• Attention to detail is a definite requirement.
• Candidate should have worked in an SAN firm consistently after NYSC.
• Candidate should have continuous experience in litigation.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent mastery of oral and written English.

Key Accountabilities

• The candidate would be part of drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreement
• If a case is settled out of court, candidate should be able to
  engage in negotiations with opposing parties; participate in mediations
  and settlement conferences with the parties and the judge; and create
  settlement brochures, agreements, releases and other settlement
  materials.
• Candidate should be able to draft post-trial motions; identify
  and preserve issues for appeal; develop appellate strategies; gather
  evidence for the appellate record; research procedural issues; draft
  appellate documents; and present oral arguments before appellate courts.
  If the case is particularly significant or complex, litigators may
  retain the assistance of attorneys who specialize in appellate practice.
• Will consult with and advise clients; retain expert witnesses;
  attend pre-trial conferences and develop a trial strategy based on the
  facts and evidence. Will also conduct pre-trial depositions of experts
  and key witnesses; prepare demonstrative to be used as trial exhibits;
  and draft and argue pre-trial motions.
• Will collaborate with experts and clients to craft a trial
  theme, identify strengths and weaknesses in a case; develop persuasive
  arguments; prepare witnesses for testimony and draft and argue trial
  motions.
• He /she would be actively involved in dispute resolution for companies, from both a commercial and legal perspective
• Candidate would be part of the initial case investigation/assessment
• He / she will be in charge of drafting pleas and motions on behalf of the plaintiff or defendant.
• As part of his responsibilities, candidate will be part of
  depositions and interogations. Candidate would also draft and argue
  discovery-related motions including motions to compel, protective orders
  and summary judgment motions.
• The candidate will be expected to present opening and closing
  statements, examine and cross-examine witnesses and craft a persuasive
  story for the fact-finder (judge or jury) through testimony and
  evidence. Litigation attorneys also prepare jury instructions and
  conduct post-trial interviews of the jury.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Partners.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV’s to: preye@hamiltonllyodandassociates.com

Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted

 
Deadline  2nd September, 2015.