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Head, Legal

Lagos, Lagos, ng💼 Full-time🗓 2015-02-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the Legal Department to provide strategic legal advice, manage litigation, and ensure regulatory compliance for a commercial organization, specifically within the oil and gas sector.

Role type

Senior in-house legal counsel (Head of Legal)

Builds

Legal strategies, commercial agreements, and corporate structures for the Group

Domain

Oil and gas / Corporate law

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Commercial contract negotiation, litigation management, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, personnel law, strategic planning, business judgment

Preferred skills

LLM, experience in senior law firm or commercial oil and gas environment

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Operate and supervise the Legal Department, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, manage disputes and litigation, advise on corporate structure and compliance, support personnel matters

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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