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31 August 2026, 11:59 PM WAT (Expired)
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Job Description
Job Descriptions
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage legal agreements for operations, client delivery, procurement, partnerships, investments, financing, funding, grants, and strategic initiatives, including service agreements, NDAs, MOUs, JV agreements, shareholder arrangements, vendor contracts, terms of business etc.
- Translate commercial, operational, product, financial, strategic requirements into clear legal documents covering obligations, approvals, rights, deliverables, risk allocation, liability, confidentiality, data protection, IP, disputes, termination, and others as applicable.
- Identify legal, commercial, tax, governance, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks in agreements; recommend mitigants; maintain contract registers, templates, execution records, renewal calendars, obligation trackers, approval trails, and repositories.
- Map and track applicable laws, trends, entities, licences, permits, filings, guidelines, circulars, standards, compliance obligations etc. to translate them into briefs, risk flags, recommendations, checklists, obligation registers, filing calendars etc.
- Develop and review product/service, customer/vendor, operational, and internal compliance policies, including terms and conditions, privacy notices, refund, warranty etc.
- Design and maintain governance frameworks and instruments, including board/advisory/committee structures, charters, shareholder agreements, terms of reference, board calendars, delegation and approval matrices, reserved matters, policies, SOPs, minutes, resolutions, and decision records.
- Work with HRM on organizational structures, KPIs, succession, authority levels, director/officer duties and other related matters.
- Build and maintain compliance frameworks, statutory calendars, approval flows, monitoring schedules, trackers, checklists, SOPs, evidence logs, reporting routines, escalation protocols, and documentation standards.
- Support KYC, onboarding, AML/CFT screening, sanctions checks, beneficial ownership documentation, anti-bribery controls, conflicts checks, and compliance due diligence for clients, vendors, partners, investees, and counterparties.
- Liaise with CAC, tax authorities, data protection regulators/DPO networks, IP authorities, standards bodies, sector regulators, certification partners, external counsel, boards, advisers, vendors, and other stakeholders under approved protocols.
- Prepare briefing notes, talking points, issue papers, regulator engagement notes, policy inputs, roundtable materials, post-engagement summaries, advocacy notes, sector briefings, and thought-leadership support.
Requirements
Requirements
- A lawyer with a strong academic background in law and the ability to practice law in Nigeria; ICSAN qualification and/or membership is preferred or willingness to undertake same.
- 1–3 years’ experience across corporate/commercial law, governance, regulatory compliance, company secretarial practice, policy research, legal operations, consulting, advisory, investment, or structured professional services environments.
- Practical experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial, operational, financing, funding, investment, participation, service, MOU, NDA, JV, shareholder, vendor, procurement, and policy documentation is a plus.
- Demonstrable experience with CAC-related processes, company incorporation, post incorporation filings, annual returns, statutory registers, board documentation, corporate secretariat support, and governance records.
- Strong understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks affecting businesses and individuals, including corporate, tax, AML/CFT, anti-bribery and corruption, data protection, intellectual property, employment, consumer/customer terms, and sector-specific regulatory obligations.
- Able to interpret laws, regulations, rules, guidelines, circulars, regulator positions etc. and translate them into clear implications, risks, recommendations, controls, and action plans.
- Highly organized with strong documentation governance discipline: folder structures, naming conventions, registers, trackers, version control, and audit-ready records.
- Strong research, analytical, drafting, negotiation, problem-solving, commercial awareness written and spoken communication skills in English.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; comfortable with Google Workspace, task boards and trackers; willing to use approved AI tools responsibly to support research, drafting, minutes, action tracking, and knowledge management.
- Discreet, ethical, structured, service-oriented, proactive, intellectually curious, and able to handle multiple mandates with confidentiality, sound judgment, and high attention to detail.
- Mobile and willing to support occasional out-of-station travel, regulator/client engagements, evening/weekend deadlines, and time-sensitive filings where required.
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