Legal Officer

Legal
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
November 14, 2025
Full Time

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Job Description

Duob Recruitment – Our client is an import and export gateway to the east that provides world class quality terminal operations, best turnaround time of vessels and most efficient cargo handling with best customer service delivery.

They are currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial shipping contracts;
  • Advising on, and responding to, time critical shipping and trading operational incidents and pre-litigation disputes;
  • Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a broad range of shipping and maritime commercial agreements; including supply chain agreements and software as a service agreements;
  • Advising on documentation ancillary to such transactions, such as general terms and conditions, tenders, agency/brokerage agreements, terms sheets, memoranda of understanding and inter company service agreements;
  • Assessing merits of, and handling, formal legal claims and disputes (including in relation to demurrage, off-hire, cargo quality, contamination and quantity) and, where applicable, liaising with the General Counsel and external counsel in relation to such claims;
  • Supporting the commercial and operations teams in connection with the drafting and negotiation of parent company guarantees, letters of credit, NDAs, and letters of credit;
  • Providing legal advice on various commercial issues ranging from general legal support in the areas of corporate governance, commercial regulation, insolvency and insurance.
  • You will be working in the legal team and supporting the key delivery of quality legal work in line with the Chief legal officer

Skills and Requirements

  • Strong academic qualifications.
  • Qualified Solicitor and Barrister in Nigeria with relevant post qualification experience (3 – 4 years
    PQE).
  • Astute, commercially aware and highly motivated.
  • Effective communicator with excellent negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Full command of the English language.

Application Closing Date
15th November, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV / Resume to: jobs@duobrecruitment.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

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