Legal job candidates available

One of our solicitor clients, who is currently a salaried partner of a London W1 firm, is looking for a new position, preferably in a London law firm where her skills and expertise can be fully utilised.

She is aged 50, was admitted in 1991 and has worked for the past 15 years in Central London practices, prior to which she worked in the building society industry.

Her areas of skill and work experience include High Court and County Court litigation (as well as Employment Tribunals) for private and corporate clients, including large and small contractual disputes, tort/negligence claims (including professional negligence), protection of intellectual property rights, insolvency, employment, commercial and residential landlord & tenant (contentious and non-contentious), some EC, environmental and entertainment law, sports & leisure law, arbitration and mediation.

Many cases involved injunctions, in particular freezing injunctions and search orders. She is fluent in one foreign language, and has a working knowledge of others.

Please contact us if you are interested in this candidate.

Highly experienced individual with knowledge of working in both the UK and Nigeria, bilingual in English and French, looking for a new position in the UK where her skills and knowledge will be utilised.

Qualifications:

2001 - Solicitor (UK). Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test.
1989 - MBA. International Business & Export Management City University Business School, London, England.
1987 - LLM. Corporate & Commercial Law University College, London, England.
1983 - Called to the Nigerian Bar.
1982 - LLB. University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Work Experience:

2001 Rodgers Horsley & Whiteman (RHW), Surrey, U.K. - Locum Solicitor

Cover for Corporate and Commercial partner. Responsible for shares acquisitions and assets sale involving due diligence investigations, complex international negotiations and high value transactions.

2000 Maternity Leave

1991-1999 Agbaje Anozie & Wada. Legal Practitioners, Lagos, Nigeria. Solicitor.

Solicitor in a legal practice which specialised in corporate and commercial law. Diverse work load including company formation, joint venture agreements, loan documentation, employment contracts and commercial litigation for clients including the Lagos British School; Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations Limited, (UK); Kenwright Walker Wylie Solicitors, UK; FSB International Bank, Nigeria; Nigeria Telecommunications Plc, Continental Merchant Bank; Soviet Sekhopromexport, Russia; Living Earth (UK) and Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS), Nigeria.

1989 - 1990 Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations Ltd and its group of companies, including Crown Agents Financial Services Ltd (a bank authorised by the Bank of England), Crown Agents Asset Management Ltd, Green Shields Cowie (freight forwarding company).

Legal Adviser Worked on a variety of international commercial contracts in relation to the supply, carriage and insurance of goods, the provision of services and civil, mechanical and electrical works, dealing with all aspects, including financing, drafting invitations to bid, negotiation of contract terms to dispute resolution. Assisted in the preparation of World Bank, UK Government Department for International Development tenders.

1984 - 1985 Professor Kasumu's Chambers, Lagos, Nigeria.

Trainee Solicitor Corporate and Commercial law, litigation and conveyancing. Clients of the firm included: Shell Nigeria, Central Bank of Nigeria and Mobil Producing Nigeria.

1983 - 1984 Department of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice, Lagos, Nigeria.

Trainee solicitor/National Service
Criminal prosecutions mainly of currency forgers.

Skills

Excellent English; Good written French; 45 wpm typing; Microsoft Word; Access and Excel; Clean English driving licence; good interpersonal skills and sound commercial judgement.

Please contact us if you are interested in this candidate.