Legal Officer

Requirements

• Nigerian-qualified lawyer with LLB and BL.
• 3–5 years’ post-call experience.
• Experience in a reputable commercial law firm and an in-house / industry role, preferably within a regulated business, financial services institution, fintech, payments company, technology company or similarly complex environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Nigerian commercial law, contract fundamentals, corporate law basics and the legal environment for fintech, payments or digital financial services.
• Good contract drafting, review and issue-spotting skills.
• Strong legal research ability and clear legal writing.
• Good generalist legal exposure across contracts, regulatory-adjacent advisory, corporate governance support, compliance-adjacent matters, data protection clauses and legal operations.
• Strong organisation, matter tracking and deadline management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assigned matters at once and escalate early where senior legal judgment is required.
• Attention to detail, sound judgment and willingness to work within defined templates, playbooks, trackers and approval gates.
• Comfort using AI-assisted tools responsibly as part of legal research, drafting, document review and matter tracking.

Advantageous:

• Experience in fintech, payments, banking infrastructure, SaaS, lending, financial services or technology contracting.
• Experience supporting contract repositories, legal operations, task management systems or document automation.
• Exposure to data protection, AML/KYC, regulatory filings or Board-facing documentation.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• The ideal candidate is a disciplined mid-level lawyer who wants to grow into a strong commercial legal adviser.
• They are careful with drafting, reliable with deadlines, honest about escalation, and comfortable working in a structured legal team where quality, documentation and speed all matter.
• They should be able to support the Senior Legal Lead without needing every instruction broken down, while still knowing when a matter is above their authority and must be escalated.

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