Legal Officers at FairMoney

• This is a great opportunity to join and grow with our legal team to support one of the largest and fastest-growing digital banks in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. The role will be dynamic and will leverage your commercial experience and familiarity with financial services. You will additionally provide company secretarial assistance to FairMoney.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Legal Advisory & Support: Drafting and reviewing legal documents, drafting agreements such as facility agreements, Service Level Agreements, etc. Review of Conditions Precedent (CPs), to ensure all drawdown documentation meets lender requirements.
• Credit Disbursement & Securitization: Perfection of security, coordinate legal perfection of mortgages, charges, and debentures.
• Legal Risk Management: Contractual risk identification, identify and escalate risk clauses in strategic documentation.
• Litigation/Conflict Management: Engagement with external solicitors, brief solicitors, provide documentation, and liaise on litigation strategy.

Requirements

• Candidate must have at least 4 years of experience in a Financial Institution.
• 4 years of relevant legal experience.
• Knowledge of commercial, corporate, and financial laws.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advisory skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Litigation/Conflict Management: Management of Court Orders, ensure timely verification and processing of court orders (e.g., Garnishee, Mareva, Injunctive Relief).
• Litigation/Conflict Management: Engagement with external solicitors, briefing solicitors, providing documentation, and liaising on litigation strategy.
• Customer Legal Relations: Response to solicitor/customer complaints, draft and issue responses to legal complaints from solicitors representing customers.
• Legal Administration: SLA and Contract Review, review SLAs, NDAs, and procurement/service contracts across business units.
• Document Execution & Filing: Document execution and tracking, coordinate execution of legal documents.
• Legal Recordkeeping: Maintenance of litigation schedule, maintain and update a live litigation tracker, including solicitor names, next hearing dates, and case summary.
• Compliance & Governance: Perfection of Securities (support), follow-up on registry filings, and administrative support.

Requirements

• Candidate must have at least 3 years of experience in a Financial Institution.
• 3 years of relevant legal experience.
• Knowledge of commercial, corporate, and financial laws.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advisory skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Finance & Payments: Legal invoice processing, process and track all external solicitor and court-related payments.
• Legal Recordkeeping: Document archiving, maintain hard and soft copies of all agreements.
• Security Management: Security Register Maintenance, maintain register of perfected legal and equitable securities.
• Garnishee Compliance: Garnishee/Mareva Register, maintain register tracking all court orders involving account restrictions.
• Mail & Dispatch: Legal correspondence tracking, track all incoming/outgoing mail, court documents, and courier dispatch.

Requirements

• Must have been called to the Nigerian Bar (Minimum of Second Class lower).
• Currently enrolled in the NYSC program.
• Must reside in Lagos.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong research, drafting. and writing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong proficiency with work technology tools.
• Knowledge of Corporate, Investment, Business Transactions, and Telecommunications laws.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance matters.