COMMERCIAL AND CONVEYANCING ADVOCATE- Nairobi

Our client, a leading law firm in Kenya, head quartered in Nairobi is seeking to hire Commercial and Conveyancing Advocate to be based in Nairobi. The ideal candidate must be a person of high integrity, hardworking and able to work with minimum supervision, possess good communication skills and self-motivated.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ability to prepare security documents and ensure they are properly executed and properly registered
• Provide legal opinion, advice on commercial and corporate transactions and matters relating to property & real estate.
• Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts, legal documents and ensuring they are duly executed
• Offer advice to clients on the legal processes involved in purchasing & selling of property.
• Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts and ensuring they are duly executed
• Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare sale agreements, completion documents and ensure proper registration of documents
• Work to protect the interest of clients, researching information and communicating with clients.
• Conduct research to identify legal ownership of properties by assessing government land registry documents or title deeds if the land is not registered to anyone.
• Prepare property lease agreements & ensure contracts are signed on the scheduled date of transfer.
• Oversee the fast-tracking & diligent handling of all client matters before the Lands Registry, Local Authorities, and Survey of Kenya & National Lands Commission.
• Liaising with clients and key stakeholders such as the mortgage lenders, estate agents, land valuers and surveyors.
• Sending terms of engagement and estimates of fees and disbursements.
• Assist with due diligence and other intellectual property issues related to contracts, agreements and other transactional matters
• Processing of stamp duty payments and registration of documents at various registries.
• Procure clearance certificates and consents.
• Liaison at the Land Registry and Government departments.
• Drafting conveyancing document and other legal documents.
• Develop positive relationship with clients and meet clients’ expectations.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 3-4 years Post admission experience in a busy commercial law firm/department with particular emphasis on Conveyancing, Real Estate and projects, Banking Securities and Commercial Law.
• Be a team player, proactive, self-motivated and aggressive
• High level of accuracy and attention to details.
• Advocate of the High Court.
• A valid practicing certificate
• Management skills is a must

• Ability to prepare security documents and ensure they are properly executed and properly registered
• Provide legal opinion, advice on commercial and corporate transactions and matters relating to property & real estate.
• Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts, legal documents and ensuring they are duly executed
• Offer advice to clients on the legal processes involved in purchasing & selling of property.
• Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts and ensuring they are duly executed
• Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare sale agreements, completion documents and ensure proper registration of documents
• Work to protect the interest of clients, researching information and communicating with clients.
• Conduct research to identify legal ownership of properties by assessing government land registry documents or title deeds if the land is not registered to anyone.
• Prepare property lease agreements & ensure contracts are signed on the scheduled date of transfer.
• Oversee the fast-tracking & diligent handling of all client matters before the Lands Registry, Local Authorities, and Survey of Kenya & National Lands Commission.
• Liaising with clients and key stakeholders such as the mortgage lenders, estate agents, land valuers and surveyors.
• Sending terms of engagement and estimates of fees and disbursements.
• Assist with due diligence and other intellectual property issues related to contracts, agreements and other transactional matters
• Processing of stamp duty payments and registration of documents at various registries.
• Procure clearance certificates and consents.
• Liaison at the Land Registry and Government departments.
• Drafting conveyancing document and other legal documents.
• Develop positive relationship with clients and meet clients’ expectations.

• High level of accuracy and attention to details.
• Management skills

• Advocate of the High Court.
• A valid practicing certificate