PEJUOLA ZAINAB OGUNTOYE

No * Shodipo street off Akobi Crescent, Fashoro Surulere Lagos.

Date of birth: 05/08/1994 Sex: Female Marital Status: Married State of Origin: Ogun L.G.A.: Egbado South Nationality: Nigerian

Phone: 090******** E Mail: adgt9x@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

A lawyer with 4 years post qualification experience. I aim to attain professional growth through meaningful, diverse and challenging engagement, achieve efficiency/proficiency in my designated responsibilities by contributing meaningfully in any organization I work in, through innovation and creativity.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

•Very eloquent, speaks with confidence and clarity when communicating with both superiors and colleagues. Good with both written and spoken English.

•Accustomed to being in positions of responsibility. Very optimistic and self motivated, finds satisfaction and pleasure in achieving work goals.

•Able to develop action plans to achieve set goals or tasks according to priority.

•Proficiency with and Microsoft Office Suite.

•Meticulous and attentive to details.

•Quick study, coachable and adaptable in exercising initiative in dynamic environments/circumstances.

WORK EXPERIENCE

[January 2018 till date] OLANIRAN OLOTU & CO

PARALEGAL/ SECRETARY

•Convening and servicing annual general meetings (AGMs)/meetings (producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions, handling meeting correspondence and so on).

•Meeting with clients, attorneys, and other professionals to talk about case details providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings

•keeping up to date with any regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organization

•Ensuring that policies are up to date and are approved

•providing support to the board or other committees on specific projects

•writing reports and collating information

•Preparing contracts, including lease, briefs, wills, real estate closing statements, rental agreements, closing documents and other legal documents.

•Organizing and maintaining documents in a paper or electronic filing system.

•Monitoring financial transactions and foreclosures.

•Provision of legal advice on corporate matters and preparing legal descriptions of land.

•Preparing affidavits, legal correspondence and preparation of documents for eviction proceedings.

•Preparation of legal opinions and advised clients concerning proposed business transactions, rights, obligations and claims liability in respect on commercial disputes.

•Preparation of interviews, meetings and negotiations.

•Facilitating communication between the lawyers for buyer and seller

•Reviewing title reports

[April 2017 – December 2017] AJUMOGOBIA & OKEKE (BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS)

NYSC TRAINEE ASSOCIATE

•Engaging in Corporate and Commercial litigation; Acting as one of the counsels to both individual and corporate clients, preparing court processes, representing clients before the State High Court and Federal High Court in Nigeria.

•Carrying out extensive legal research and legal drafting.

•Provision of legal advice on Investments in Nigeria; Incorporation of enterprises, tax requirements and acquisition of Expatriate Quotas.

•Member of the team which provided legal opinions on issues of immigration and employment.

•Rendering secretarial services such as registrations of Companies, business names, Non-Governmental Association, filling proper returns to Corporate Affairs Commission and maintaining statutory books.

•Conducting Legal investigations at the Federal Inland Revenue Services.

•Worked as a member of the team providing legal advisory to a foreign charitable organization on enquiries of establishing a Non governmental organization in the country.

•Conducting extensive research on diverse legal issues.

•Advising clients on immigration matters including processing of Combined Expatriate Residents Permits and Aliens Card (CERPAC), Business Visas and Visa on Arrival.

[June 2016 – July 2016] OLAWALE OMOLOYE & Co.

Chambers attachment

•Attending/Recording of Proceedings (Litigation).

•Drafting of Pleadings & other Court Processes.

•I assisted in filing of Court processes.

•Conducting legal research mainly on criminal and civil matter.

•Perfection of title and obtaining Governor’s consent.

[April 2016 – June 2016] HIGH COURT IBADAN

Court Attachment

•Observing court proceedings

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2017: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, Nigeria Branch)

2016: Nigerian Bar Association. (N.B.A)

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2015 2016 – NIGERIA LAW SCHOOL, BAGAUDA KANO

B.L

2010 2015 – IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY OKADA, EDO STATE

LL. B (Second Class Upper Division)

Final Year Dissertation –Pollution in Niger Delta

2007 2010 – POLICE SECONDARY SCHOOL, ITA OGBOLU AKURE

West African Senior School Certificate

VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES

2015 2017 – FEED A THOUSAND (FATAD)

•Member of a Non-Governmental Organization that assist in feeding vulnerable and less privilege children

2016 MOCK TRIAL GROUP LEADER AT THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL

•Leader of the Mock Trial Group consisting of 48 students, arranged meetings with the members of the group to discuss various issues in the scenario given, filed all the necessary processes and pleadings.

HOBBIES

Reading, Cooking, Writing, listening to good music, interacting with people and travelling.

REFERENCES

Available on request.

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