Job advert: Corporate & Commercial Attorney

Position: Corporate & Commercial Attorney

Permanent place of work: Douala, Littoral – Cameroon

Application Timeframe: 15/3/2022 to 15/04/2022

Compensation Structure: Fixed Salary

Commission on cases successfully closed.

Expected Start Date: 01/06/2022

1. Summary

Conver Africa is currently recruiting a Corporate & Commercial Lawyer for a Douala-based law firm. This newly-established law firm is focused on building a solid reputation in the corporate and commercial law practice and provides a wide variety of legal and tax advisory services to local and international clients. The firm is also developing a litigation and dispute resolution practice.

2. Duties and Responsibilities:

The principal duties of the Corporate & Commercial Lawyer are summarized as follows, Work with Managing Partner to design the Firm’s strategy and lead its implementation Provide top-notch legal and tax advice to the firm’s clients as need may arise on their various questions of law and business. In this light the Corporate & Commercial Lawyer will work as Associate Manager and manage the team of junior Associates and interns and also work on the orientation, training and discipline of employees

Litigation & Dispute Settlement

• Drafting written submissions in diverse litigation, arbitration and other alternative dispute settlement mechanisms subject matters that may involve  the Firm’s clients in Cameroon
• Represent clients effectively in court and Arbitration Tribunals.
• Gather evidence and testimony from a range of witnesses for use in hearings,
• Establish and maintain strong collaborative working relationships with clients

3. Requirements

Applicants must

• Be a member of the Cameroon Bar and possess at least three B) years’ experience working in a law firm or as a free-lance legal services provider following their call to bar.
• Have a Master’s degree in Business Law, Finance Law, Applied Taxation or any specialized field from a Cameroonian University
• Sound knowledge of practical aspects of Business law and practices in Cameroon with a good understanding of the taxation and custom regimes.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including strong presentation skills
• The firm shall only select applicants who can communicate (read, write and speak) in
• English and French and have experience pleading cases in French.
• Experience in Litigation, Arbitration, mediation and negotiation with a confident and
• measured approach to winning cases.
• Effective use of computer systems for the generation of professional reports, establishing legal Memos, articles, scheduling meetings and designing Power Point
• presentations
• High level of integrity and professional accountability.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Good organisational skills and capacity to be detail-oriented

4. Application Process

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