Mission

· To provide legal support services to the team by coordinating the litigation correspondence and follow-up with relevant departments on all litigation issues and thus contribute to the smooth operation of the division.

Roles & Responsibilities

· To coordinate existing and potential litigation disputes and provide support as required.

· To classify all related documents in Litigation databases, ensure proper documentation and archiving are in place for all assigned cases and the associated correspondences/transactions, and update information systems such as online database of litigation cases and the related reports.

· To provide administrative correspondence regarding litigation affairs toward judicial offices.

· To provide responses/explanations to inquiries made concerning the files submitted to judicial and supervisory authorities and take the required actions.

· To be dispatched to judicial offices to receive or register the documents for the cases in which the appearance of the lawyers in person deems not necessary by the line manager.

· To prepare monthly/weekly management reports at the manager's request and guidance.

· To handle financial tasks including petty cash or in case of regional coordinator, finalizing lawyers’ monthly budget, registration of payment requests, court bills, etc. and also respond to related queries by lawyers, and prepare the reports.

· To correspond with judicial and administrative authorities for the department and also the regions if required.

· To coordinate between regional lawyers in the performance of duties.

· To perform and ensure proper typing and/or formatting of letters, presentations, and documents specified by the litigation manager to eliminate editorial errors.

· To be dispatched to Police Stations and/or prosecutor’s office for notifying the writer of summons, if required.

· To be dispatched to banks for paying court costs and to judicial offices for submitting related payment slip as well as conducting and following up all the financial transactions related to Litigation Department, if required.

· To ensure all relevant departments are aware of related court verdicts and have taken respective action toward court sentences.

· To handle registration and announcements receives from allocated systems such as Baray, Sana, and SDM system and also follow up on the related issues and attend associate meetings.

· To provide reports regarding the assigned cases’ number, status or subjects at the manager’s request.


Education

· Bachelor’s degree, preferably in law

Experience

· Minimum of 3 years of experience in commercial/litigation legal;

· Experience working in a medium organization

· Experience in handling and negotiating funding is added advantages