Legal Associate at Proten

Key Responsibilities

• Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all applicable statutory or regulatory requirements
• Provide sound advice, on commercial compliance and legal issues to the business as well as manage & liaise with external legal counsel
• Assist with the development, revision, and/or implementation of a contract management system, compliance policies, and best practice procedures
• Drive awareness with regulatory and statutory directives and requirements
• Liaise and engage regulatory bodies/authorities
• Keep abreast of, monitor and analyse regulatory trends and changes in regulatory directives, rules and regulations
• Prepares and assists with legal and corporate filings and reports
• Work on business registration and incorporation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Laws from a reputable university & member of the Nigerian Bar Association with preferred or equivalent practical experience
• Previous tech industry or handling assignments or projects within fintech is huge plus
• Experience working as a legal associate or legal assistant in a corporate establishment or in a law firm
• Experience working with agreements, including drafting and preparing simple amendments to standard templates
• Ability to work with a wide range of contract types including service agreements, amendments, addendums, schedules and statements of work
• Experience supporting a legal team in a fast-paced and high volume environment
• Understand & implement various CBN reporting requirements (CBN-CRMS), and closely work with Finance and engineering to manage reporting and compliance obligations.
• Experience with legal software solutions (e.g., contract lifecycle management, workflow automation, etc.)

We’re hiring a legal associate to join our growing team. As our legal associate you’ll work collaboratively across teams, providing support on legal matters.

• Advanced critical and possess legal reasoning skills
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Ability to project and manage to a high standard
• Organisational and collaborative skills
• Attention to detail
• Confidentiality
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent drafting skills
• Excellent negotiation skills.