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.
Minimum Qualifications
- Diploma in Law
- At least 5 years that deals in convincing and
land matters for
- MS Office suite Competent
- Driving License
Legal Intern
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
Minimum Qualifications
- 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 .
