Job Description
Our client a leading multinational urgently seeking to recruit legal personnel for the following positions.Lands Clerk
Duties & Responsibilities
- Keeping an updated register of all properties owned & leased by VEK
- Obtaining Annual Land Rates demands for all properties owned and leased by VEK from various registries around the country
- Obtaining annual Search Certificates for each property leased and owned by VEK
- Payment of all annual land rates for all properties
- Obtaining Annual Clearance Certificates for each property
- Proper and updated storage and filing of receipts and clearance certificates for each property.
- Obtaining demands from all Local Authorities
- Paying the rates
- Obtaining Annual Clearance Certificates for all properties
- Keeping and updated record of all Titles and their Expiry Dates
- Reporting to HOL on any Title OR AND Lease with 5 years to expiry and below
- In collaboration with Legal Administrator, confirming that we have title to each property
- Investigating ,Confirming and reporting on status of each title at the Lands Registry annually
- In collaboration with Network Manager, monitoring all leases- term & expiry
- Annual Leases status verification.
- Reading Kenya Gazette and Newspapers and reporting to the HOL on any matter touching on any Lease or Title
- Reading all Notices by National Lands Commission, Government Compulsory Acquisitions
- Follow up in collaboration with external counsel on all approvals at lands/city/ county/local authorities for subdivisions, amalgamation, change of use etc
- Stamping and registration of all land related documents such as Agreements, Licenses generated from within
- Generating a Monthly Report on all the above activities to the HOL for distribution to MD.
- Diploma in Law
- At least 5 years that deals in convincing and land matters for
- MS Office suite Competent
- Driving License
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensuring that the company’s interests are protected in contracting by reviewing contracts.
- Ensuring that the contracts/agreements are acceptable and not entirely one sided by negotiating clauses.
- Checking and ensuring that important clauses in all contracts have been included
- Preparing addendums amending, correcting or extending validity of contracts.
- Attendance of contract negotiation meetings.
- Ensuring that they are within negotiated terms, the law, that due diligence has been conducted etc.
- Assistance in arranging board meetings and annual general meetings.
- Assistance in preparation of agenda and time table for board and annual general meetings.
- Assistance in the Preparation of board papers.
- Supervising the Filing of accounts and annual returns at the registry.
- Supervision of other filings in the Company Registry
- Actual generation and drafting of clauses in agreements in line with the needs and requirements of the company.
- Commenting on contracts in tender documents and suggesting changes.
- Keeping a diary of all cases that are in court and when they are coming up for hearing.
- Collection of supportive evidence for litigation and dispatch to lawyers.
- Ensuring that all documentary and other evidence is well preserved and stored, all files are in place and well updated and coordinating the entire litigation process.
- Preparation of witnesses for hearing- pre trial briefing with the lawyers.
- Accompanying of witnesses to court.
- Arranging and attending strategy meetings with the lawyers on how to proceed.
- Follow up with lawyers on the progress of court matters and pushing them to take certain actions.
- Ensuring that the interests of the company are in place and current through leases, licences etc
- Monitoring payment of rates through the external lawyers, notifying the relevant offices within the company for payment.
- Ensuring that the company’s interests are properly secured for example by registering mortgages and charges over properties where advance payments are paid such as advance rents for leased properties.
- In disposal of properties, advise to the company on the process, legal requirements and documentation.
- Legal research, analysis and preparation of legal opinions on matters arising.
- Assessment of Bank Guarantees for compliance.
- Arranging and calling the administration committee meetings
- Taking minutes in administration committee meeting and distributing the same
- Liaising with the administrators in the arrangement of the AGM
- Law Degree- From a reputable university
- Completed pupilage at a Law Firm
- Recently admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of The High Court of Kenya
- Diploma Kenya School of Law
Qualified candidate to send in their CVs to info@frankmconsult.com CC frankmconsult@yahoo.com on or before 5.00PM of Tuesday 30th December 2014 .
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