Additional Details
Application Deadline
6 October 2026, 11:59 PM WAT
(12 days left)
Location on Map
How are we performing? Let's hear from you!
Currently in Law School?
Visit the NYSC page now to apply to over 558 law firms
36 States Covered. 100% Free.
Job Description
Job Descriptions
- Serve as Secretary to the Afrihood Nigeria Board and its committees.
- Coordinate Board and committee meetings, agendas, papers, minutes, resolutions and action trackers.
- Maintain statutory registers, corporate records and governance documentation.
- Advise the Board and management on corporate governance requirements and directors' responsibilities.
- Coordinate the appointment and onboarding of directors and senior governance officers.
- Maintain consistent governance standards across Afrihood Nigeria, its subsidiaries and project SPVs.
- Ensure appropriate approvals, delegated authorities and reserved matters are observed across the Group.
- Lead the legal structuring and documentation of property acquisitions, development transactions and joint ventures.
- Draft, review and negotiate land acquisition agreements, JV agreements, development agreements, leases, sales documentation and other commercial contracts.
- Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence on land, projects, counterparties and transactions.
- Support the establishment and governance of project SPVs and other investment structures.
- Work closely with investment, finance, property and project teams from transaction origination through financial close and execution.
- Develop standard legal structures and documentation that can be efficiently deployed across Afrihood's Project CEO network.
- Support institutional debt, private capital, project finance and investment transactions.
- Review and negotiate facility agreements, security documents, guarantees, trust arrangements, escrow structures and investment agreements.
- Coordinate transaction documentation with financiers, investors, trustees, external counsel and other professional advisers.
- Ensure financing obligations, conditions precedent, covenants and security requirements are properly documented, tracked and managed.
- Support the legal structuring of capital deployed across Afrihood's Nigerian project portfolio.
- Oversee title verification, perfection, registration and other property-related legal processes.
- Coordinate land documentation and relevant government interfaces.
- Identify title, encumbrance, contractual and development risks before Afrihood commits capital to projects.
- Maintain proper legal records for Afrihood's property and development portfolio.
- Establish standard legal frameworks and documentation for projects originated through Afrihood's Project CEO network.
- Coordinate external property lawyers, surveyors and other professional advisers where required.
Requirements
Requirements
- LL.B and B.L; must be qualified to practise law in Nigeria.
- 5–10 years post-call experience.
- Strong corporate/commercial and transactional experience.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation and analytical skills.
- Strong understanding of Nigerian company and property law.
- Demonstrable understanding of corporate governance and Board processes.
- Membership of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) or another relevant governance/professional qualification will be a strong advantage.
- Experience with project finance, institutional investment, complex property transactions or multi-entity corporate structures will also be an advantage.
Success in This Role:
- Success will be measured by Afrihood's ability to transact confidently, protect its interests, maintain strong governance, close transactions efficiently, manage legal risk and scale its Nigerian project portfolio without losing institutional control.
- The successful candidate should ultimately build a legal and governance function capable of supporting Afrihood Nigeria as it grows into a substantial multi-project development institution.
How to Apply
- Click the Email Apply button to send your application.
- If you need guidance preparing your CV, create an ATS-compliant CV here.
- Prepare for common recruitment tests such as the Watson Glaser by practising freely on our platform here.
- After applying, track your application progress and send follow-up emails directly from your Thrive dashboard here.
The Thrive Team wishes you the very best.
Click 'Yes' to check your CV score for this job?
