This role is with a leading medium-sized law firm specializing in various practice areas, seeking an Advocate to join their team focusing primarily on commercial and conveyancing matters. The Advocate will be responsible for providing legal opinions, drafting legal and conveyancing documents, handling client matters before government registries, and managing commercial contracts.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide Legal opinion on matters relating to property and real estate.
- Drafting Conveyancing documents and general Legal documents.
- Sending terms of engagement and estimates of fees and disbursements to clients.
- Oversee handling of all client matters before the Lands Registry, Local Authorities, Survey of Kenya, and the National Lands Commission.
- Liaising with clients and key stakeholders such as mortgage lenders, estate agents, and land valuers.
- Provide legal opinion and advice on commercial and corporate transactions and matters relating to property and 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 and selling of property.
- Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare sale agreements, completion documents, and ensure proper registration of documents.
- Prepare property lease agreements and 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.
- Enhance the firm’s client base through effective liaison with existing clients.
- Ability to prepare security documents.
- Any other duties as assigned.
Job Specifications and Qualifications
- Two (2) years Post admission experience in a busy law firm.
- An upper 2nd Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a recognized university.
- A valid practicing certificate.
Key Competencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage pressure.
- Be a person of unquestionable integrity with a high sense of professionalism.
- Excellent writing and report skills.
- Excellent research skills and drafting of legal documents.
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